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( I The meet common question now'is: When must I prune my fruit trees, or when must I prune my shrubs? There isn’t any hurry about it_ so don’t let it worry you. In most cases it is best .to delay pruning until the hard freezing weather is past. This is particularly true of lose bushes and figs. Pruning may be done at any time of the yew bet it is advisable to do it during the dormant season when the plants are not grow ing and when many fruit trees and shrubs have lost their lea ves and you can see what you are doing. The pruning of fruit trees is not just an indiscriminate cutting back of the branches. Prune out desirable growth and thin out sufficiently to de velop a good crop of high quality fruit. —. In order to prune a fruit tree intelligently," you should know how it bears its fruit. For example, the grape bears its fruit on new shoots comirffe from the previous season’s wood. Therefore, prune away as much: of the old non-pro ductive wood as possible leav-| * International Trade a Two-way Street # Jf ;/ .:&s?*• v-soy <V . -gl “ • ■'<■% .i ■.y% £*.s&& < %lra^BMM»T , »BEag'tii&rf Hi ♦* * ***•*•**- > w£!^3BMs &' v- , v' . Skssmt v « 't~,+ w ** - ■ v;^S^ H&A ~ Senatoi Glenn (R. t Md.) t visitinc* in Switzerland Federatfon n of rn w P * Blank ’ left > director of the Swiss Federation of Watch Manufacturers, who explains that the Swiss would like to buy S.-produced farm products, such as tobacco grown in Maryland. But their ability to do this, he points out, is being watch/* twv? b l' h ' Kh tar L ffs and othe f restrictions aimed at Swiss watches, with the American farmer being the ultimata victim. ' -■ 1 ' -1 .. • i :yxxx^xxxxxxx s*xx* | »ooaooa»ag«qat»qt^^ CUMBERLAND GAP COAL CO- INC-ts CUMBERLAND GAP, TENNESSEE I | ~ TELEPHONE 5556 I COAL We Sell The Best J Large Block Shaker I j Screened Boom Loaded | AT OUR TIPPLE IN I CUMBERLAND GAP TENN. Open Daily From 6:30 j A. M. tol9:00 P. M.~ j ed At Once j j QUICK SERVICE , I - NO WAITING j TELEPHONE COMBERLAND GAP 5556 j | ft . ing sufficient one year wood to produce a good crop. - The apple bears much of its fruit on short fruit spurs which are distributed along the main branches and upper trunk, and also on the termi nals of the one year twigs. Do not remove these fruit spurs v or you will destroy a lot of fruit bearing wood. The peach bears its fruit directly on last season’s grow th and therefore may be prun ed quite severly in order to promote the production of a good supply of young wood each year. Pears should be pruned very little because any stimulation of new growth may aid infection by fire blight. In pruning grapevines, es pecially mcscadines, many gar deners become alarmed be cause the vines ’“bleed” badly; that is. the sap flows from the cut stems. However, there is no evidence that this bleed ing is harmful to the plant. Bleeding can be reduced by pruning grapevines early in . the dormant season, preferably ' in December or January. , Use Our fySM t/owt/ Lay-Away ’{ PLAN j’ ' . I m Wheel Toys \M . ! ■' " . " I TRAINS and PLANES | Trucks And r Blue Ridge Hardware Co. 1 j “Where Quality & Service Rule * 1 1 BURNSVILLE, N. C. * 1 | I TOE YANCjEY RECORD .y _ - • - - , . ) i ■ - DOLLS ! Xo Please Every f Little Girl , ~ * flff; j Every i Doii Jmw j » . « u] v' . jjj j For The Boy’s j | r THURSDAY 'DECEMBER 1, 1953
The Yancey Journal (Burnsville, N.C.)
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