22 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I903. 



ORCHARD RENOVATION. DIAGRAM OE THE ORCHARD, 



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the following: *=peartree; 0=:Gravenstein ; x=Sutton Beaut}-; B=vacancy. 



IV. The Top-Working oe Orchards. 



^lany of the smaller orchards of Maine consist principally of 

 varieties which produce early fruit, or fruit which is of inferior 

 quality or of unknown market value. Such trees, by top-graft- 

 ing to more valuable sorts, may be made a valuable source of 

 income, instead of an eye-sore and a reflection on the thrift and 

 good judgment of the owner. Every owner of apple trees 

 should know how to perform this simple but important operation, 

 and in no case is it safe to depend upon ''professional grafters." 



