| Title: | Trim a tree (for planting) |
| Original Title: | Habiller |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 8 (1765), p. 11 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.080 |
| Citation (MLA): | "Trim a tree (for planting)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.080>. Trans. of "Habiller," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Trim a tree (for planting)." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0002.080 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Habiller," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 8:11 (Paris, 1765). |
To trim a tree (for planting). Before young trees are planted, they should be cut back to a height of eight or nine feet. Their roots should be examined and pruned moderately, all those which are broken removed, and the remainder cut into a cabriole underneath, depending on the location in which the tree is to be planted. Trees should not be trimmed excessively or pollarded and the root hairs ought not to be removed unless they are broken. It is erroneous to believe that they serve no function: they help the saplings to take root again.
Wild trees should be left with stems of 6-7 feet. Standard fruit trees must be trimmed at the top, leaving 3 or 4 branches of about 10-12 inches which go to form the domed crowns from the first year.
Bushes or dwarf trees must be cut to 7-8 inches above the graft union, which should be left uncovered, that is, without a coating of grafting clay, though wax or grafting wax may be applied.
It is claimed that one should leave only a single tier of roots on a tree and choose those which are younger and more reddish, since the remainder are purported to be of no use. See Root.
Trees which are lifted do not need to be pruned: their crowns and part of their foliage are left intact. See To lift.