The Semiahmoo Sun and White Rock Weekly = = = — vigorous tree should have ita [branches shortened to one-third of thelr longth, Where the planting ix done fairly Inte in the reson, the necessary pruning may be done ut once; where it Is early the opera- tion may well be delayed for a ‘week or two, no that the buds may bo pusned the danger of drying Up, and in order that the bert ones may be more onsily nolected, All the feeble shoots should be NOVEM 29,1 PAGE KIOUT then may applen, nn the latter frult in very much heavier, and the within of m larké crop much /ureater thor in the ease of the smaller plum, Again, the applo, to reach pere fection, needs sunshine while on thy troe; therefore the shoots must A.M. Tuttle WATER — WOOD P ALBERTA COAL PRUNING FRUIT TREES. In pruning « tree, we alm at threo main objects, The first in to promote healthy growth of wood, and this ie the chief alm of the xrower in pruning his youn ‘The sccond, ‘eaually Important in the early life ‘of the tree, In to give the form desired, a point of great moment In tho future of the troo ax regard fruit or flower ‘Those two ends aro Attained by the mame meana: first, the treo 1s Phaped in such a way that when fully grown, It may bo well bal anced and well proportioned ac ‘cording to its natural habit; seo- ‘ondly, the branches are #0 thinned an te allow of perfectly freo clg- ‘evlation of air and light through ‘out the tree, thus promoting the ripening of the wood and keeping Mt healthy; and thirdly, the treo Is helped to produce good vigorous heote and thus to come to ma- tury ax soon as possible, by means of judicious cutting back of ‘wekk shoots and: shortening of strong ones. ‘Phe third main object Is the in- crease of fruitfulness, which of colirse means increase of flowers in plants grown for thelr blosioms, WHEN TO PRUNE ‘How to inake the cut—The way fn which the cut is mado {1 most vital, It should be as nearly as may be straight, and should not leave a surface slanting upwards from below the bud, with Its lower edge Below the spring of the bud and its upper on a level with It. ‘This weakens the bud, which does motyrecelve its full nourishment, and it results elther In the shoot Dudding strongly from an undesir- able bud lower down, or in the Dusting of a new strong bud fust delow the one chosen, necessitating’ the repruning of the shoot down to that level, On the other hand, the cut should not be made too far above tho chosen bud, or the wood left will wither up, and will have to be Fe- moved the following year. The per- fect cut begins on the side of thé moot opposite to the selected bud; trees, Re apCng Te MESON mn ter. PRUNING ESTABLISHED TREES. Generally peaking, the rap formation of Teaves and wood 1s fdveree to the production of fruit. Obylounly, the tree haa only w com tata amount of energy and nour Iahment, and if this In all, or near ly all, expended on the formation of leaves, there will be little left for the fruit. On the other hand, a certain amount of leaf growth is necessary for the proper nourishment of the fruit and the tree itself, On the whole, the slow growth of wood favors the production of fruit and blorsom, and rhould, be the end to be almed at. Whore trees have been summer pruned, winter-pruning will con- alat in little more than cutting back laterals to within two or threc buds of thelr base, and in shortening the main shoots back to n good leaf-bud. With pyramid, bush, and stan- dard trees, it's merely necessary to.keepithe trees in shape, usually eutting back to an outward-facing, bud, so that the resulting shoot may grow out from the centre of the'tree, to admit of plenty of alr space. Crossing branches must, of course, Be cut out, The “leaders of fan-shaped trees, espallers, and cordon should be allowed to grow until they have reached the desired length, AN laterals should have been pinched back in summer, and murt again be winter-pruncd, to fone or two buds. In trees trained up against a wall, any shoots growing out to thé front must be cul right out, FRUNI TREES, ‘Ab & genéral rule, a young and iG NEWLY-PLANTED and, slants ever eo slightly up- wards mcross the shoot till it ends immediately above the tip of the bud. £ ‘At should be clean and unbruised. Always prune back to a wood-bud, not a fruit bud, and see that the ‘bud faces in the right dircction, That ts, usually outwards. ‘The first thing to be done be- forg undertaking the operation of pruning fs to study the tree to be dealt with, and to make up your mind clearly 1s to what effect you. wish to protuce. Where you are dealing with young trees, it is certainly’ not a: 00d plan to prune fdr frult, the trees are as yet weak. and. not firmly established, and thelr vigor should be devoted tothe formation ‘ot good healthy, well-ripened wood, @ Wellabaped head, and healthy At {a dn essential, but easy mat- ter to differentiate, when pruning, Retweeny fruit-bude and lenf-buds. 4 m cluster , " feult buda are ‘Your choice of Mattson Bros. WHALLEY, B.C. Phone New West. 262R1 Dealers for STUDEBAKER and HILLMAN NEW and USED CARS TEXACO SERVICE Garvin Ice & Fuel Co. Ltd. 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Sery 1205 King George Mighway Phone W.R. 2509 RR White Rocke, BO, be #0 thinned. that the sunshine May penotrite as freely as pousiblo; while the penr, whore frult In usu- ally ripened after removal from the tree, may/curry its shoota more closely packed, \nirned out, Dolnie no neleotod that the hend, when finished may be balanoed and eventy filled, ‘The re- maining one-yoar ahootn should then bo out back to m Kood bud, care being taken to neo that It bo x0 placed on tho atém, inwards or outwards, that the shoot produced from It may occupy a auitable posl- tion In the genoral “design” of the tree ‘The Anal abapelinens of the full- grown true depends much on this firat solection of shoots, and for the first year, at least, moro thought munt be given to the future ahape of the tree than to the Immediate production of frult. Much also depends on the judg- ment of the pruner in the matter of the amount to be cut from the young tree. The leaves and! roots dependent, If the leaves fare too few, the root growth will be feeble; if they are too many the roots will be unable to feed them properly. The amount varies with the kind of tree. The peach readily repro- duces new shoots, xo that ft may Be cut back frecly with safety, from two-thirds to nine-tenths of the Inst keason's shoot being re- moved with advantage to the plant The grape, too, is a vigorous Tht, White Stock Phone: White Kock 14 YOR EXPERT WORK AND PROMPT SERVICE S. H. BROWN PLUMBING and HEATING SEWER CONNECTIONS Full supply of no corrode or vitrified sewer wipe Fall Bathrooin Sets—Range Bollers—Septic Tanks Full rough in materials—Satisfactory servies our alm ESTIMATES FREE—WORK GUARANTEED 371 Johnston Road—Corner North Bluff! Road THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT SURREY MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. FUBLIG NOTICE Is hereby given to the Electors of the Municipality of Surrey that I require the presence of the «aid Electors at the Munleipal Hall, Cloverdale, B.C., on the Oth day of December, 1901, at ten o'clock a.m. for the purpose of electinyy Persons to represent them as Reeve, Councillors and Park Comi- missioners for the cnsulng term and for the purpose of electing @ Petson to represent them as Park Commissioner for the bal- ance of the term of Harold Raymond Pinchin (resigned) and tower, and may be heavily’ cut also for the purpose of electing three (3) persons to represent Bechwnital tneaichers GOW tie them and the Rural Area of Surrey School District No. 36 contrary, is very sensitive, and (Barnston Island) as School Trustee for a term of Two (2) Young trees have been severely hh injured by too. hard a summer- The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows | pruning. The candidate shall be nominated in writing; the writing shall be subscribed by two electors ofthe Municipality as pro- Poser and seeonder, and shall be delivered to the Returning Ofiicer at any time between tho date of this notice and twelve c'clock noon of the day of nomination; the sald writing may be in the form numbered 3 in the Schedule of the “Municipal Act,” and shall the mames, residence and cecupation or description of each person proposed, in such manner ag sufficiently to identity such candidate; and in th event of a poll being necessary such poll shall be opened 9a the 5th day of December, 1951, at Shoots of the cherry should not be cut back more than half their length at the most. The pear and the apple aro betwoen the two, and musi be moderately pruned, with- ‘out excess, but should usually be eut Back by quite a half, ‘The amount of cutting to be done varies also with the size of the frult, and with other spocial corditions. © For example, plum treed! may the’ left fuller=o6 wood state Port Mann Schoo! House. Canadian Legion Hall, Grosvenor Road, Whalley, Hjorth Road School House. Store Building at corner of Hjorth and Coast Meridian Roads, Aaniedale School House. North Surrey Jr-Sr. High School, corner of Pike and Townline Roads. Simon Cunningham School House. Fleetwood School House, Tynehead School House, Port Kells School House. Bridgeview School House. Salvation Army Hall, Liverpool Road. General Montgomery School House, Yale Road. Residence of Mra, S. Wahlund, Scott Road. Residence of Mrs. E. Wood, 1539 Ferguson Road. Berry Growers Hall, corner Townline and Sandel Roads. David Brankin School House, Kennedy and Sandel Roads. Strawberry Hill School House. Newton School House. Fleetwood Community Hall, Bose Road School House, Jolinston Road School House. Green Timbers School House, corner Kennedy ang Arexi- bald Roads, Clayton School House. Latimer Road School House. Surrey Ceatre School, House. ‘ Old Opera House, corner King Street and Melrose Strest, Cloverdale, ¥ . Latimer Helghts Community Hall, Hope's Service Station, 2277 Trans-Canada Highway. Kensington Hall, corner of Coast Meridian and Kenasing- ton—Mud Bay Roads. East Kensington School House, Grandview Heights School House. Halla Prairie Schoo! House, r Reace Arch Coffee Shop, Peace Park Drive. South Meridian Mail, Const Meridian Road near Camp- bell River Road, Colebrook Sehool House. Woodwarde Hill Schoo! Houre, ‘Bigin School Hours. Fire Hall, Croseont Beach, i ‘Bunnyside Community Hall. ‘ Ovean Park Community Hall _ Silver Moon Cabaret, Martin Street, White Rook, ‘Villas, Marine Drive, White Rock: ; R.R. 3 New West. FIR SAWDUST