Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-01
Horticultural nofes
pruning Continued. J
By Frank Sirnons


We prune for four objects. First to
balance the top and root system at
| planting; second, to shape the tree;
third, to cause it to produce fruit.
fourth, Co. health
Pruning at Time of Planting.
In digging the tree, many of the SINAI
fiber roots are cut off. For this reason
it is harder to transplant large tree
| than small one, so it is necessary to
cut away a larger portion of the top.
| Without this pracaution the tree woulf
wither, dry up and die before it eouH
grow a new hberous root system
supply the necessary moisture
Another great mistake generally
made at the time Of planting is in prun-
| ing the limbs toe close to the stem.
| The writer, when little boy, saw a
large orchard just set out by an old
uncle. The stems of the trees had
evidently been studied from the ground
up with little limbs He had cut these
oii SiCSC " lAS Stcu, 50 IL Was cover
ed with white sores. Say, uncle, your
trees will all die. You have cut their
skins full of holes-they will bleed to
death. They died.
We have two electric forces repre-
senting the male and females. These
forces are forever striving to unite
| Uniting, they create. When either
electric force predominates destruc-
ton prevails; from those destroyed
elements the electric forces create new
objects.
Electricity and moisture cling to-
gether; electricity moves and carries
atoms of moisture with it; in it's eff
forts to carry the moisture with it, it
will break the strongest glass. In
passing through glass or crockery it
often leaves the surface covered with
moisture. 81
The point of every blade of grass,
} the points of the saw teeth edges
of every leaf of trees or other yegeta-
ton, act as so many lightning rod
points for receiving and giving off the
ever-circulating electric forces The
' female electricity from the earth is
constantly entering the minute fiber
= Gus roots of the tree and carrying with
it the atom of moisture laden with the
= elements for the growth of the leaf, the
: weed, bark and seed (fruit) of the
r tree. In the lobes of the leaf the male
a electricity from the sun meets the
atom of moisture conveyed by the fe
q male electricity and there separating
j. the elements for the growth of the
v leaf. Seed (fruit), wood and bark car
e ry it along between the bark and wood
> Of the tree even to the extremity Of
- the most minute rootlets. In it's course
q it grows wood and bark. 1t enters the
e stem CT the fruit-groWing seed and
e pulp. .t
. The poison and undesirable elements
:. contained in the atom of moisture that
g came from the soil is absorbed by the
8 dry atmosphere surrounding the leafs
b as the impurities are cast off by your
j. lungs. as shown by breathing On the
window glass. The leaves of the tree
!. represent the human lungs.
n In my uncles trees, covered with
s wounds how could the sap return and
grow rootlets? Cut your limbs a few
/ inches from the stems. Later, when
g the tree has grown strong, vigorous
! top, they will die and can be removed.
:, Pruning for Shape.
The best form of tree for our cold
i dry climate, high winds and snow
drifts, is the single head pyramid form
G Select your straightest and most Wig
:. orous shoot for your leader. Cut all
side branches baHk to within few
inches of the stem until you reach
height sufficient for man and team to
f pass beneath the branches without
+ danger of peeling the branvhes or
s Knocking off the fruit. Keep the side
/. branches nipped in June so as to form
round, symmetrical pyramid top.
= The low head and sprawling tops
: recommended by some of our horticul-
turists does not apply to our high, con-
e tinuous sunshine, free circulation of
= pure air, heavy wind storms, frost and
= snow. The branches must be up out
;, of the way of cultivation.
!. The next article will be how to
e prune for fruit and health and notes
S on natures great pruning shears, the
great prairie and forest fires.
r T, SIMMONS