Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 25, DeMotte, Jasper County, 12 January 1933 — The Evergreen’s “King” [ARTICLE]

The Evergreen’s “King”

It seems to he nature’s intention that all evergreen trees shall have one main spike, which rises straight up. The spruce, as an example, grows in this way with the side branches going straight out parallel to the ground from the base of the upright. The upright then sprouts a number of branches at its tip to repeat the process. If through injury or priming, the center or upright branch of a new series is killed all of the side branches at this point turn gradually upward and this continues for some time until one, through some mysterious selection, asserts itself as the main branch and the others then gradually drop back to their horizontal position and the tree resumes once more its normal growth. ■