Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-18

Certainly i'll the 'nhNter or selection of
varieties the question of the adaptabli,y
Of soil ard site. the laying out and
planting. cultivation or management Of
soil. protection from insect enemies and
fungoue disease. harvesting storing and
marketing. substantial progress has been
made and well-defined systems or noli-
ces have been quite generally adopted.
on the other hand there are few definite
or well-defined systems Of pruning II Ia
sort of nt-or-miss. co-as-you-plense
policy from start to finish. If we ask
why this lacl, of definite principles or
widely accepted policies in pruning. the
answer is, in part, tho diverse. not to
say sccninkly paradoxcul objects
sought TO he accomplished by the same
oneration. FOR example, We prune to
! stimulate as vcll rs to check vigor Of
growth: 10 hasten MS well as rctard the
ago of bearing: to incrcaso ae we'll rs de-
crease frutculnesa; TO promote as we'll
as restrain the production Of wood II
such directly opposite results are ac-
corrlishod by pruning, the methods ciu-
nlcvcd must he variable and tho dirficu.
ties Of tho subject aspondlnplv great.
Again the answer may lie. in part. in
the fact that wc often fail to recognize
the multiple individuality or colony char
,.or Of o,. riaher nlante ye too often
,,,,,,. &c . treo 40 - distinct dcffnitc mi
-. ,vo ,~c r,ouo 70 troot II nc an,rdi.
..i-,,,i u.i.b n cnn,rIoto a,,toronv like the
,t.,,o,. GOWNS of animal ,iso The rect
,oo he mn svstor, Of corele,cd dc.
,,..i,o ,,~,o,s o,cb rarrerr,iny soma sin.
49,. c,.,,.,i,r ro, 4bo ,rNole bodv n Ia,
49,, .,,o,1-d,ri,ot en,n or ,,fe for The or
Oh, Ii,.rc .p.
,o,,.ol o.cr,. ~nar Every hud with e,
,odo e.. M ,rdt,.i1.ia1 and is lito hoih ~
s,rr,,,,ro and f,,n,.io, evorr other hu,
,rd r,do ,-vc,, loaf comes fror, y nuo
,s rr,c,i,o1,,. lil.e every other leaf. an.
ovor, ,,.,.hir., roo.-bair Il like over,
o.hor ro,t-roi- pv removing n certain
ro,.,ior or .be tr.o ~ ono tins we 4,
c,a.eo tic vitality. and ENLARGE IFS rsor,1
r,.. -. ror,o,.;,,- - l,l,n ror,ion n. ,no
ttor .i,,,A wa decroaso tie ,-ito1,tv vc
me, erin cr,arro IT,. usefulness
srcb r,c.s MAJ. nartioll,. ovnloin on
ri. NJ ,rooreea and the chaotic cnnd'
,ior p, NV. i,..,,.1a,,f,c rerprdinr nr,ininr
rut the,- do NOT satisfy. can II no tina
, ro c1i,,r 70 ola ror,,e ard ,,,nthods bo
couse /, is eaei,-r and moro non,ilar tim,
, IN so,rcb Cor +,r.ito WHY do we ndher
, "a certain old nrart'cos until sor,eon
fluids o,, tbov, orr a',sfrd ?r,I ,,ronos,cr
, ous and W. rr. farrc.i to abandon them
Te :, ,ot n ro,fn,,e r,f1ec.ion ON hnrtic,il
.ur,I science tial the rfrst real ndvanc
I in treo s,,eorv should bc taken nv
, sciertifi-o,Iv ,,rc,lucatod and untratue
r man, Wis enthusiasm md genuine low
or -rocs ir,noIlad him to begin n wor
>. that should hove been done hv trairc
u Observation-Disclosures ,..are ago While We ca,
so, hu, o,iu,ira t}a non, oc clio MAI, ,,.b
o With sor,o chou. Of tustico claims IN
tito .,f "rotbor or tree eurrer,." we car
. NOT Int roqro, that his worI; IL e,ch
f r,i,ture of eoc- oud fancy and such
, tumble Of sense ard no,sonso
\ l. If not Cor on, horticultural, ovrar,
"a rot topethor and ,,Ian como rer-,aacl
ing co.onerati,o exneri,nerts In rrrninr
| -bi,l, Of ,bo o,ee.iors tn he sott,o,
Il 11ov. ,,tt,a uo ,srov abo,,, tho ,,,,e
y nr,re. bo,, u..,a about ,nothc1s. an
&. how little ,houe reer1ts. Talo tho o,,c
$ tior or early rnaturi,v o. annie trees X
= ,sro,v tho+ this is dc,nrdan, moi alor
/ r,o, i,orodi+,- t,,, ,,ro,, cr,.iror,,on+ .
- vou nc', q Not bn controlled IN M,
4 ~ ,oaet ,,. ,rurirro
ac;de from, cur r~,it ,,,a,,s .ba rei,
vcratio, and nro,orro.io,, Of lirc oe -,
q native trees thst hovo fore ronoratior
heoutirjod e,o, c,oririod tyo ,o,dscor
and have such = notert influence ,no
thc astbettc life NAV we'll he corsi1oro
Two ,iro or a ,e.o~or troo o,,,si,o 90 :,
rores, Of least should he chcr;shed u,i,
zaolous co,e WIN. cortr,e, to ~
,vorls of man, As We watch TIA GROW,
', there Is no push AVID mill no stress ar
u strain. no rri,nv toll no agony no blood