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Title: Apple growing in California
Identifier: applegrowinginca178alle (find matches)
Year: 1951 (1950s)
Authors: Allen, F. W. (Frank Wisdom), 1887-1982
Subjects: Fruit-culture; Apples
Publisher: [Berkeley : College of Agriculture, University of California]
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
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A young apple tree after the first dor- mant pruning. Note good spacing of scaffold branches, except that lowest branch is some- what close to the ground. perennial. Among the most desirable, where a market is established, are beans, squash, melons, cabbage, turnips, man- gels, potatoes, spinach, beets, peas, toma- toes, and rhubarb. Lettuce is a leading intercrop for young plantings in the Pajaro Valley. Strawberries are also grown. Bush fruits were previously very popular in the Sebastopol area. Since nursery stock, corn, and other grains compete with the trees more than do other crops, their growth is to be discouraged. It should always be remembered that the apple orchard is the main crop, and when the trees need the space and/or moisture used by the intercrop, the latter should be sacrificed. 6. Pruning and training During the first few years of a tree's life (or until it starts to bear), most ef- forts are devoted to giving it a good start in the orchard so that it will develop into a healthy, vigorous plant with strong crotches and an over-all shape that will aid in cultural and harvesting operations. Thus pruning during the first 2 years is aimed at selecting and encouraging cer- tain well-placed branches for a scaffold One-year-old apple tree before and after pruning; primary branches are well spaced and spreaders have been put in place to widen the angle that will be made by the primary branches as they grow.
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