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ness’ is often the one to stab you in the back.PRUNING FRUIT TREES.John Buchanan, of Berwick, Nova Scotia; writes in the Amer.iean Fruit Grower:—“Pruning is done by some from custom or for a balance of sunlight to leaves and fruit, and to get a tree whose brandies will stand a load of fruit. I think I have a formula for a pruning style which combines these ideals.“After deciding on the distance apart of the young trees, and supposing an old style 30-foot square orchard is desired, then allow the first branch to conic out about 2*1 to 30 inches from the ground. So far, 1 can't “say that it makes much difference on which side the first branch starts, though I rather favor the south. Ta^c tluit the first permanent branch starts on the south, the next permanent branch out to be up the trunk about 15 inches uuJ start on the north side. This makes the first pair. The. third permanent branch can come 15 inches farther up the trunk and on either the cast or west. Say the third branch comes on the cast of the tree, then the fourth permanent branch will start from the opposite side. You now have the first two pairs. Later, another one or two pairs can be allowed to grow in the *15 degree angle. On large trees I think that one ought to fork the main branches -1ft. from the trunk.”A young American seaman namedW dill Mv.Kw-lfurl nnlArinlii vn
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Franklin Huon and Derwent Times
Franklin, Tasmania, AU
Thu, Jul 30, 1936
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