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Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020
“I’m the laborer,” he says, though Dina is quick to point out he’s the garden’s master pruner.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018
Chances are her arsenal includes a dinged-up trowel, a dull hand pruner and garden gloves with gaping holes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2016
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2015
The pruner should leave enough spurs to supply all the fruit buds that the vine can utilize.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
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