The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-01-01

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az az Neither is advisable. If you
u Uni TO kill a tree root and branch
v "% allow leaf to get as big as a
nn,Vnirrels ear and it will starve to
S 5ddotb Trees may live without roots
uud often do as in the case of willows,
S S,it The elaborated sap in the cuttings
D ponds out roots and these begin to
Sink in the nutriment from the soil
md the leaves that start from the same
"n1rce cook it up, so to speak, into
Jioestible form. This lesson on the
uofnre of tree growth may be turned
80 practical account in pruning. Re-
rOenber never to leave your tree in
ouch condition that it will not put out
ioaves in the early spring. 1t may
survive but cit will have hard road
~ travel" There is a difference in
Jiffprent kinds of trees where they
Store their elaborated sap. A peach
free stores the most OF its elaborated
can in it's body while an apple tree
has the most in the limbs This &C
commits for the fact that a peach tree
can be pruned more heavily than an
annie tree without disastrous results
This elaborated sap must nour1sh the
frnit as we'll as the tree. This &C
counts for the well-known fact that
too much pruning checks frultfulness
even in a peach tree
4 tree rests in the winter for the
reason that there are no leaves to
cook the food and it would have to
lie there undigested till spring. This
condition of things allows the fruit
grower to take some rest, too, but ne
must have a care not to go TOO far
and refuse to work except when MS
trees work The wide-aWake fruit
grower will find good deal that can
be done when his trees are dormant
and. therefore, idle, and a part OF 1t
must be done at that time. Some
kinds of spraying must be done When
the trees are resting. Ii there is san
Jose scale in your orchard, spray with
the sulphur lime wash before the leaves
start. Any time in the winter Will
do in mild climate, but in rigorous
climate some harm might be done IL
very cold weather should Immediately
follow Do your pruning In the WIN
ter time-any time when the trees are
not frozen The idea has been prev
aent that pruning in early winter
is very injurious to the tree but facts
have proven the falsity of this notion
and facts are stubborn things" Some
foolish notions die hard and this idea
Of injury by winter pruning seems to
be like cats-having nine lives. Ii
you are going to do any top working
get ready for it now or before winter
begins to break The thing to do now
is TO cut your scions any time when
the tree is not frozen. Put them in
your out-cellar in a box and cover
with sand. They can be buried out
doors if the soil is not too wet. Let
the work of putting in the gratis be
done in March and April. 1t can be
done even after the leaves begin to
grow if the scions are kept dormant.
"A thirsty scion and sappy stock"
is a good rule to go by. Wax the
fresh cut wood well to keep out the
air. No tying is needed as rule
The question is often asked me how
long an apple tree will live and bear.
Some apple trees have been known to
live and bear we'll for more than a
hundred years But it does not fol
low that even the same variety will
live and bear as long under other
conditions of soil and climate. Just
recently l was reading in one OF my
papers of a pear tree on Long Island