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work from an orchard planted 25 feet to the acre than any other way. 

 There is another difference. I don't go much on replanting an orchard. 

 It is a good deal of trouble, and, as a general thing, you don't look after 

 the replants. I prefer to have the irees planted '25 feet apart at the 

 first, with the idea of getting all the fruit you can for the tirst twenty 

 years, and then you can afford to plant a new orchard at the end of 

 twenty years. Of course, new varieties come in. I am speaking of 

 commercial orchards, and of apples that are salable. I have nothing 

 to say against the plan Mr. Tippin has given. It may be a very good 

 plan. But I am in favor to planting the trees 25 feet apart, and be- 

 lieve that we can get the best results Irom that method of planting 

 than any other; and, I believe, if I were in a hurry to get the best 

 possible results in ten or twelve years, that I would plant the trees 

 even closer than that. But laud is not very costly in Missouri, and 

 unless I wanted to get the benefit of the orchard at once, I would 

 plant the trees 25 teet apart, believing that that is the best plan. 



Mr. Lamm — A gentleman from St. Paul is here, who has an idea 

 that the best way to plant an orchard is 20 feet apart and cutout every 

 other one. I would like for the gentleman to give us his idea. 



Mr. Haden from St. Paul — I am young in the orchard business 

 and cannot say much about it. I came here to learn and not to teach. 

 But my idea is to plant the orchard with the trees 15 or 20 feet apart 

 at tirst and in a few years cut out some of the trees, as many as 

 seemed to be for the good of the remaining trees. That is simply my 

 idea; I have had no experience in it. 1 have not seen any one try it, 

 but just thought it could be done to advantage. 



Mr. Nelson — I would like to ask Mr. Haden if he would cut out a 

 tree if it was good and flourishing. 



Mr. Haden — I think I would if I thought it would enable the others 

 to develop more rapidly and bring better results. 



Mr. Tippin — What I have said I say from experience. You all 

 have doubtless heard of the Hazeltine orchard. It is near where I 

 live. That first orchard was planted 90 acres and they have not pruned 

 any, and I am safe in saying that where they have one bushel of com- 

 mercial apples in the orchard they have 4 or 5 bushels that are not 

 good. 



Mr. Goodman — How old is that orchard? 



Mr. Tippin — It is 18 years old, and it has been that way for several 

 years. 



By the President — Was that orchard handled properly from the 

 first I Has it been pushed for all it was worth from the start ! 



