THE FRUIT TREES
GIVE THEM ATTENTION. You may be one of those who do not bother about the fruit trees until they are coming into bloom. If so, you may find them swarming with troubles of one kind or another. Much good can be done with pruning in winter, not only to keep the trees shapely and filled with fruitful wood, but to keep them healthy. Some of the worst troubles of fruit trees live and multiply in the wood of infected growth where no spray can touch them. These pieces must come off and when pruning any kind of tree, the first thing is to get rid. of every piece of dead, unhealthy looking growth. The next step is to thin out crowded and entagled growths to allow sunlight and air to reach every part of the tree. You may notice patches of rotting bark or wounds in the trunk or branches and the knife is the only cure for this widespread trouble.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1941, Page 8
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164THE FRUIT TREES Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1941, Page 8
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