PRUNING APPLE AND PEAR TREES.
Tho'e trees, unlike many others, will bear to be overfly cut back without injury. The young wood s'louiu, each yuiv, be carefully xhiiuietl out. They should by no means be allowed to go two or more years without pruning, for by such neglect more da-iHW is done than inexperienced persons are award oh The old wood fchouM not be cut away more than what is really necessary to keep the branches from statins too much cvowdeJ. The main shoot's should b ' slio"iened, so ay to cause them to become stromc, t 'fit they m iy b;' able to carry a crop of fruit without b -i \<z b >i-n« daw n by its woi.vht.
One fault in fruit trees generally in this colony is, ♦'nit they nften bear fruit too younaj. n»ul cap.not est,v, l)li h tJn-inse'voj so as to b 'come fine trues
It is necessary thai, every pervm win i^ (]»e owner o" a r -"i! "o '.en should tna!%e binisc-lf a? much m .. b^ ;( ''c' aequxinte'l with the proper iihwh- „}" pmning. : r • ntren v p-ien" t'nv .a n-i* \<'i of y.nii'^ frees are iii'Miyim r.<;^i-' .•ttaic-!-; i\-v«Jbiv t'.o "vatesfc c ut 5i ;<: rim • y in oiu.ft!< \iivc .trmgers for this »u-k V7i_ ;i • m-f-c.ii p .son hivj rthce beoii ciiV v . i v\ 111 v>o wise to procure his aerviocs a^.dn, if
A > iii ;■ after the I if has fallen tha pruning may h> I'iiim •' no! -nl, if t'le lre°s are diseiseil, the s o ci' ii io don- t.ie better, for the bliglit will be much iiivi- c c isi y Kept un ler.
PRUNING APPLE AND PEAR TREES.
Otago Witness, Issue 559, 16 August 1862, Page 6
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