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Oregon and Wasliington combined. Six counties * in this 

 State produce more apples than anj State in the Union except 

 Pennsylvania. 



In March, 1911, there were in storage in western Kew York 

 over 500,000 barrels of apples, a quantity greater than was pro- 

 duced the same year in seventeen apple-growing States, 



ISTew York has always led in apple production. The crop here 

 is more reliable than elsewhere. Soil and climatic conditions are 

 unsurpassed. There is scarcely a successful orchard in the State 

 from which one may not see a dozen sites suitable for planting. 

 There is opportunity for great expansion in the production of 

 apple culture if it is deemed wise to do so. 



In closing I suggest that the school children of New York plant 

 on each recurring Arbor Day at least one apple or other use- 

 ful fruit tree, and thereafter give its growth and development 

 their personal care and attention. 



CALVIN J. HUSON, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



The following was written by Professor lledrick of Geneva and 

 copied from the "Arbor Day Annual " on 



ORCHARD MANAGEMENT 

 The management of an orchard is not a matter to be settled by 

 one man for another. To do so is quite as impossible as it is to 

 tell a man how to manage a business enterprise, a clergyman how 

 to preach, a teacher how to teach, or a lawyer how to win cases. 

 But some methods are common to all business: there are funda- 

 mentals in theology, teaching is based on pedagogy, and every 

 lawyer nuist know something of Blackstone. So, too, there are 

 generalities which apply to fruit growing. The better a man can 

 ground himseli' in these, the more successful he ought to be in 

 growing fi'uit. The word ''generalities" is used in preference to 

 "principles" and '' fnudamentals ;" these imply that fruit grow- 

 ing is a science, which it is not, but an art to which a number of 

 sciences contribute. It is well to understand this at the outset 

 that in a discussion of orchards the principles and formulas of an 

 exact science may not be expected. 



Monroe, Niagara, Waviio, Orleans, Dutchess, Ontario. 



