The height of the trunk usually depends on the whims of the pruner.
The pruner should not only know why he prunes, but how the work should be done.
Pruner of coconut trees, sir, and servant of my mother-in-law.
The pruner should leave enough spurs to supply all the fruit buds that the vine can utilize.
The pruner has used two of the strongest canes to form two three-bud spurs and three of medium vigor to form three two-bud spurs.
The pruner may take his choice between several styles of hand pruning-shears with which to do his work.
For this reason they require very careful attention from the pruner during the spring and summer of the second season.
Simple as pruning is, the pruner soon learns that it is an art in which perfection is better known in mind than followed in deed.
Before attempting to prune, the pruner must understand precisely how the grape bears its crop.
After the fourth season, the pruner has greater choice of fruiting-wood for the following year.
