The book A Treatise On Pruning Forest And Ornamental Trees was written by author Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927 Here you can read free online of A Treatise On Pruning Forest And Ornamental Trees book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Treatise On Pruning Forest And Ornamental Trees a good or bad book?
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PRUNING RESERVE TREES. 41 The new leader thus formed will soon begin to grow, and in a short time will entirely change the appear- ance of a stunted sickly tree (Fig. 36), which, so treated, will become straight and vigorous. Fig. 85. — Method of forming a leader for a young tree by straight- ening up a lateral branch. Fig. 86. — Badly grown tree twenty to thirty years old. First pruning. In the case of young trees with a forking main stem, only one of the leaders should be allowed to remain, a...nd the one preserved should be the more nearly up- right of the two, without regard to its size or length. A strong strap, fastened to the stump of the suppressed branch, may, if necessary, be used to draw up the leader into a straight position (Fig. 37) ; when this is necessary proper precautions, however, must be taken to prevent the bark from being injured by the strap. Often young reserve trees otherwise desirable to pre- serve are unable, from the unfavorable conditions under which they have grown or on account of injuries re- 42 TREE PRUNING.
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