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On Mowing Machine
' Pruning Articles in recent agricultural publications on pruning apples and peaches with mowing machine type gadgets stimulated curiosity. As a result your County Agent wrote Dr. Howard A. Rollins, Extension Horticulturist^ior more information on the rtjachines themselves and the practicality of employing this method. • '
“Jack” as fw is known to most of our fruit growers, wrote a reply which I am sure will be of interest to our Rappahannock growers: “I have beben following the development of various pieces of power pruning equipment with a great deal of interest because I am a firm believer that we will see some revolutionary changes in the mechanization of four fruit operations in the near future. However, apparently the publicity that has surrounded the mowing machine type of pruning equipment has exceeded the practicality of such equipment, at least to date. Michigan State University does have one such piece of equipment, but from all I can gather they have done a limited ■ amount of research with the equipment with respect to response of the tree to such pruning. While 1
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