| Agriculture - 1852 - 596 pages
...several feet jelow, becomes equally black, and perfectly dead n consequence of bleeding. Downing says, we should especially avoid pruning at that period...the buds are swelling, and the sap is in full flow ; it brings on a serious and incurable canker. From moderate pruning, which alone is generally needful,... | |
| Charles McIntosh - Garden structures - 1855 - 900 pages
...fyrliiy pruning, although highly recommended by some, is equally condemned by other?. Downing says, " We should especially avoid pruning at that period...as the loss of sap by bleeding is very injurious to ino?t trees, and in some brings on a serious and incurable canker in the limbs." llayward in his "... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1905 - 808 pages
...production of fruit. I think that we should especially avoid pruning at that period in the spring when the sap is in full flow, as the loss of sap by bleeding is very injurious to most trees, and, in some cases, brings a serious and incurable canker in the limbs. I admit, further, that it is not wise to... | |
| Agriculture - 1861 - 588 pages
...this whole supply goes to the remaining branches, while in case of spring pruning it is partly lost. "We should especially avoid pruning at that period in spring when the buds are swelling, and the вар is in full flow, as the loss of sap by bleeding is very injurious to most trees, and in some,... | |
| Agriculture - 1870 - 586 pages
...however, the practice to perform what is called the winter pruning early in the autumn." Mr. Downing . "We should especially avoid pruning at that period...brings on a serious and incurable canker in the limbs. * * * Our experience has led us to believe that, practically, a fortnight before midsummer i¡ by far... | |
| Sereno Edwards Todd - Apples - 1871 - 348 pages
...for fruit." AJ Downing, whose writings are repeatedly quoted as reliable authority on fruit, says : " We should especially avoid pruning at that period...brings on a serious and incurable canker in the limbs. Our experience has led us to believe that, practically, a fortnight before midsummer is by far the... | |
| A. E. Gipson - Horticulture - 1888 - 156 pages
...leaf, also during the winter and the early spring. Mr. Downing, the eminent horticulturist, says: " We should especially avoid pruning at that period in spring when the buds are swelling and the sap in full flow, as the loss of sap by bleeding is very injurious to most trees, and in some brings on... | |
| Andrew Jackson Downing - Fruit - 1900 - 1340 pages
...young trees, to »top the side branches, when of moderate length, by pinching out the terminal bud. the buds are swelling, and the sap is in full flow, as the losa of sap by bleeding is very injurious to most trees, and in some brings on a serious and incurable... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1905 - 806 pages
...production of fruit. I think that we should especially avoid pruning at that period in the spring when the sap is in full flow, as the loss of sap by bleeding is very injurious to most trees, and, in some cases, brings a serious and incurable canker in the limbs. I admit, further, that It Is not wise to... | |
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