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Bulletin No. 140 - The Summer Pruning Of A Young Bearing Apple Orchard, L. D. Batchelor, W. E. Goodspeed
Bulletin No. 140 - The Summer Pruning Of A Young Bearing Apple Orchard, L. D. Batchelor, W. E. Goodspeed
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The majority of horticultural writers seem to favor the summer pruning of apple trees. The practice, and the arguments made in its favor vary widely and in some instances seem almost contradictory. On the other hand some experimenters and practical workers have obtained negative results by summer pruning from the view-point of crop production and tree growth. Dickens(1) caused unproductive ten year old apple trees in Kansas to bear satisfactorily during the fourth year of summer pruning. The Gardners' Chronicle(2) compiled the opinions of more than one hundrend eighty-five fruit growers who practiced summer pruning, and about 82% of these …
Bulletin No. 83 - Pruning Of Tree And Bush Fruits, W. N. Hutt
Bulletin No. 83 - Pruning Of Tree And Bush Fruits, W. N. Hutt
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"How shall we prune" is a question probably more frequently asked than any other in the whole range of horticulture. To answer it brings forth a second question, viz., "Why do we prune?" Pruning is a means to an end. So then to prune intelligently and therefore successfully, there should be in the mind of the operator some definite purpose. Too often pruning is simply a cutting of the tree without any idea as to the final purpose such cutting is to serve. Such pruning invariably does harm instead of good, and has ruined countless trees. Since the ultimate purpose …