The effect of pruning in the training of young olive trees (1934) (20562763603)

Title: The effect of pruning in the training of young olive trees
Identifier: effectofpruningi568jaco (find matches)
Year: 1934 (1930s)
Authors: Jacob, H. E. (Harry Ernest), 1896-1949
Subjects: Plants; Olive
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Agricultural Experiment Station
Contributing Library: University of California, Davis Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of California, Davis Libraries



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10 University of California—Experiment Station were supported during the second and third seasons by bands of burlap about 3 inches wide passed around the tree and nailed to a stake about 4l/2 feet high (figs. 7 and 13). Where individual scaffold branches showed a strong tendency to droop and could not be supported by this means, owing to the limited height of the stake, they were supported by
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Fig. 7.—Manzanillo tree 2 years old supported by ;i l>and of cloth passed around the tree and the ends nailed to a stake. tying to one or two opposing branches by means of tarred grape twine. The twine was fastened to screw-eyes inserted in the respective branches. Many branches were supported in this manner during the third season and a few during the fourth season. No tying was done after the fourth season. The scaffold branches of the Sevillano and Ascolano grew very nearly in the desired position and required practically no artificial support. An occasional branch was kept in place with tarred grape twine and screw- eyes as was done with the Manzanillo.