Title: APPLE GROWING IN EASTERN CANADA
Identifier: applegrowinginea00cana (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: Canada. Dept. of Agriculture; Canada. Agriculture Canada
Subjects: Apples; Pomme; Pomme
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Contributing Library: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Digitizing Sponsor: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada

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Figure 9. Two styles of pruning. The thicker tree, on the right, has consistently yielded more and better fruit. that have greater spread, the central leader should be allowed to 'top over' and become a lateral so that the modified central leader tree form is developed. 34 PRUNING OLDER TREES Older trees constantly need to have broken and dead branches removed. It is good to anticipate the death of shaded, useless, and weak branches. Some varieties have many small twigs and branches; they should be thinned by removing the slow-growing weak ones. This is an especially useful practice to increase fruit size and should be standard practice for varieties like Red Delicious. Water sprouts can sometimes be used to develop natural braces to strengthen weak crotches. When nature has produced a water sprout on a weak branch, and a conveniently located one on a strong branch, they can be twisted around one another and securely tied. When they grow together they become an excellent brace. Sometimes you can graft a water sprout into another branch with a similar effect. Sometimes strong water sprouts can be tied down and trained to replace broken branches. Otherwise, upward-growing water sprouts should be removed in trees of all ages. If possible, have the same person prune young trees for the first 4 or 5 years so that one general plan of development is followed. Pruning is simplified if done in steps. First, remove any large branches; second, make any smaller cuts necessary to control or develop the desired tree structure; and only then attend to details such as crossed branches,

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