The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05
.qIla .season for, Pruning.

= The following seasunabie aniee;;o is
from our valuable contemporary, the
Country Gentlemen:
ps II is now admitted by all uh0 have
given aitention 10 the subject, anu IL IN IN
Iii accordance with both theory end pyac-
tiee, that TO favor 6 free gtotth Of the
shoots and leaves, pruning should be psls
formed. while trees are dormant or leaf.
lrss. Oa the other hand. 70 check
growth, and TO promote fruitfulness, the
pruning should be done on the trees in
leaf and growing. We@know Of no cult.
vatorB who dissent from these truths. It
is commonly admitted, also, that summer
pruning fayors more speedy healing Of
the wounds.
Each season, therefore, has it's peculiar
advantages. Unless the trees have super.
abundant xjgor, the pruning should not
be done after the buds bee:n TO swell.
Winter may DE Dcitcr. than crrly spring
for hardy trees, by allowing the .feshly-
cut faces to dry, and close the sap pores
before ste commcncement of growth !;
but, as cutting away branches a.awayaa
makes trees more susceptible TO the effects
OF cold, the work should not be per,
formed much before spring on half-tender
trees. Pruned at this season Of the year,
they are not checked in growth, a. when
the work 10 'lonc lin summer, when the
tree must lose 4 portion Of It's leayes,
rand become thus suddenly checked in
the performance Of its functions.
Pruning III summer, or while the trees
are in leaf and growing, may be practced
II they are in vigorous condition, and
htIf n oil pnrfin,, 10 <,t,f -,
! There can be no harm at any season in
removing single misplaced shoot A
better way is to rub off needless shoots as
they are starting, or to pinch off the ends
to prevent extending, as this is not at.
tended with ,rge loss of leaves. If
trees grow too fast to bear, a general
pinching over the head, or a summer
thinning of the shoots of the whole tree,
vii. tend to induce fruitfulness the sec.
ord year.
AS we have already stated, summer
pruning usually favors the more speedy
healing Of the wounds where limbs OF
much size are cut off. But experiments
do not prove that pruning at this seasoni
is always best for the tree James Red
path, Of Iowa, cut off branch from an
| apple tree in every month of the year,
anu W the emu OIL nVe yeATB, when all had
healed oyer, the wood was found least de-
cayed, on cutting into the tree, in those
pruned in February and March, and
| most in those cut In June and July-the
latter having healed entirely over one
year the soonest IN another similar ex-
pertinent, all were healed over in four
years, with similar result. The decay
from the summer pruning was about
three times as great as in winter.
In this connection we offer q practical
hint for the mechanical removal of limbs
which require the use of the saw. To
prevent splitting the bark on the lower
side; qs tho limb falls, first make small
cut beneath and opposite to the main cut
made by the saw above; or if they do
not quite coincide, let the lower one be
slightly nearest the tree. This mode will
not only leave smoother face, but will
save time and trouble to the operator.
who must otherwise hold the branch with
one. OF his hands or by an assistant. The
saving. off Of the stumps above mentioned
Is rapidly and easily done without any
such care.