Pyramid Apple Trees .
A. Garden Corner.
TN gentlemen’s gardens, in the Old Country at any rate, during the last century, a good deal of attention was given to the planting of pyramid apple trees; but the practice is not now very general, because it has been proved inferior in results. A pyramid tree is one in which the leader has been allowed to grow and side branches trained beside it sj r mmetrically to form an even tree, almost the opposite method to that generally practised, where centre growths are all removed to form an open, cupshaped bush. With the pyramid tree one side is always in shadow. Also the flow of sap is unequally distributed, and great care in pruning and training is necessary if the lower and outer branches are to retain their efficiency. With the open bush tree as grown here these defects are not visible. The centre is open, the tree lower, and all branches receive the maximum of light and sunshine, and as far as apples are concerned, they cannot be grown well unless freely open to the sun’s rays. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 810, 10 July 1933, Page 9
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