The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-02-15
pp,lNlNG IN ORCHARD AND VINEYARD.
,o,r on this important Subject Read Before the Kennewick Fruit
Growers by Il. NJ. Bartlett. ..

! IL sskiuy m: to prepare 'Pel
. ,,r,ius. the Committee on Top
:. has given me far too co"pre-
..,s;ve q subject. Properly we
.h.u,d have at least FIVE papers. one
each on pruning apples. peaches
,..r. and cherries. grape and small
ir.it, such IS hlAckber'ies. rasp-
l,.rrirs, dewberries, currants, etc.
,.unot. of course, hope to treat
III these subjects IN a single paper,
"a iuasmuch a. Two of them are
ofer.ater local importance than the
o,her,, I shall con6ne what have
"a say to the pruning OF peaches
sud grapes.
First q word about the impor-
,.sce Of pruning. 1t is simply the
.ue.t;on of y neither We are to have
6rs Of second or third rate fruit.
lti,of especial Importance to us
vhen trees and vines make such
l,pid growth, and when fruit sets
8 obesyily-far beyond the power
dthe tree to mature. You. can
have from the same tree either a
thousand small peaches or FIVE hun
as,d large ones. and the Eve hnn-
dlsd viii probably bringyou double
IL price Of the thousand. This is
aseugh to make it evidentthatevery
Auis grower ought to make a thoro
and early study of the science Of
penaisg. It is Of course far better
totaaw how to do it yourself than
,odepsnd upon some one who says
hsknsws. but who may very likely
run Jour trees. Do tleave your
eel 4 the mercy of some tramp
fnk ptuuer;; any body can learn
hsv. The Fruit Grower, publisht
a&. Joseph, Mo-, publishes ten
litk booklets. which sell at s cents
u 06vefor Z dollar. From the one
entitled Hints on Spraying one can
karn enough to make START with.
The proper way to learn is l think
to study such treatise as this, aud
then go.out into your orchard and
tryto putits theories into practice
aud leaan BY experience
lspfuning the peach in this 10,
elAy We must rem en- Der We invar-
iably have great deal more wo. d
than can safely be allowed L. re
min Nearly ever, tree will med
Nsosous pruning. Il it's not done
!ae truit will be small ans many
amoa will break down vlth their
'oad Ct poo frui O.e oft~u sees
sfees With props under them. This
means that they have not been
properly prpued, since 8 zee ign
vFuned will never need d prop.
70 not be afraid of cutting out too
@uea, but oe yer, mach atrai Of
cutting in the wrong place.
Where The right pla Is oepenos
upon the age Of the tree. Ii it is a
'eatling. just being planted, it
saoa'd Be cut back from II to IL
.aches from the ground. giving a
es head. which fesi.ts the wind
ND makes picking and everything
,s'efexcept cultivation. The ef.
w tue second year should be to
i've the tree a proper shape, the
lunches starting from different al.
tade on the trunk. so as to avoid
Aches, aud spacing out equally
i oil directions, as much As can be
sa within 20 as to admit the sun
So'' There eau be no other OBJ
IN pruning the second year ex
q y to shape the tree, as it ought
w 70 bear a peach that year.
& iae third year there are two OBJ
~ nrst to still further correc,
shape. aud to promote frui,
.''os, but as the tree oneht no,
n ave much the third year, We
say that properly everything
ought to yield to the impor.
81 a'e OF shaping the tree aud max
sure OF crop the fourth and
years. But here a word abou,
proper shape of a peach tree o
'o'rd season | once found g
p : called fruit pruner cutting f
- 'ae inside branches of one OF MY