pruner

Corona Tools, a Corona, Calif., business for nearly 100 years, introduced its pocket pruner last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

Use a sharp knife, snips or bypass pruner to cut 3- to 6-inch-long pieces from firm, mature, non-woody stems.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

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

"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015

I prune my trees in June when they are large, so as to let in light and sun; I use a tree pruner; think it pays.

From The Apple by Various

To harvest, wait until after the first light frost, which will sweeten their flavor, then pull hips off the plant or clip them using scissors or pruners.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

I get such a rash from tomato foliage that in addition to using pruners, I wear gloves and long sleeves when tending to the plants.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022

Use a clean pair of pruners to cut about a quarter-inch below the node at a 45-degree angle.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022

These are super-sturdy hand pruners that cut through branches as large as 1 inch in diameter as well as smaller stalks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2021

Everybody came out—hay farmers, clerks, merchants, fishermen, crabbers, carpenters, loggers, net weavers, truck farmers, junk dealers, real estate brigands, hack poets, ministers, lawyers, sailors, squatters, millwrights, cedar rats, teamsters, plumbers, mushroom foragers, and holly pruners.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson