The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches (1910) (14784756485)

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Title: The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches

Year: 1910 (1910s)

Authors: Thompson, Robert, 1798-1869 Watson, William, 1858-1925

Subjects: Gardening Horticulture

Publisher: London : The Gresham Publishing Co.

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Fig. 979.—Peach. Stopping or Pinching. operation is well done, it is one of the mostuseful in the art of developing trees. Fig. 979 represents a branch, the shoots onwhich have been shortened. No. 1 shows twoshoots which have been stopped above theeighth leaf, at a a. The flow of sap occasionedby this operation has had the effect of swellingthe fruit, at the same time avoiding burstingthe eyes made below. At the end of eightor ten days the two or three terminal eyes aredeveloped as shown in No. 2; when these shootshave acquired sufficient length the second pinch-ing is performed, which takes place on thelowest shoots b, b, a little above the fifth leaf;the two remaining shoots are pruned at c c.No. 3 shows the shoots after the last operationhas been performed. Fig. 980, e, gives an example of stoppingwhere the fruit has not set. The upper brancha is cut back, as well as the lower branch b,

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Fig. 980.—Peach. Stopping before the Fruit is set. in order to give vent to the sap, and promotethe growth of the eyes near the base, whichought to yield fruit; / shows the effects of thefirst stopping. Then the first shoot is cut backto c, and the second is stopped at d; g gives the result of the second stopping, a feeble result,as-the sap is not in full flow. Fig. 981 represents a branch which has beenpruned above the fifth bud from the base. Inthis example the pinching ought to be shortbecause the sap is most divided. The terminalshoot has been pinched, and afterwards cutback to a, which has had the effect of causingthe sap to flow back on fruit at the base. Thetwo shoots b and c have been pinched twice,which has caused the fruit to swell and pro-moted the growth of the succession shoot d. Disbudding.—This consists in the removal ofbuds, or rather shoots in a very young state.It is evident that if all the young shoots wereallowed to grow, they would soon become exces-sively cro

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