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Mr. Tippin — No, sir; it was never crowded. Bat Mr. Hazeltine 

 has a young orchard which is the premium orchard of that part of the 

 country, which has been pushed. It has been planted 8 or 9 years, 

 and inside of four years the whole orchard will have the limbs to 

 touch. 



The President — Suppose that orchard should bear four or five 

 successful crops of fruit, it will not go together then, will it ? 



Mr. Tippin — No, sir ; I suppose not. 



Mr. Murray — I will tell of the experience of a gentleman, Mr. 

 Woods, living near me, who has an orchard with the trees planted 15 

 feet apart. The first orchard was planted by the father of the one that 

 has it now about 22 years ago. I had a talk with Mr. Woods about a 

 year ago. I said to him, " what have you got to say after 20 years^^ 

 experience about planting trees 15 feet apart," and I asked him if he 

 cut them out. He said he did not cut them out. He said, " I would 

 never do that ; of coarse it might be worth it, but as a general thing 

 I don't take much to that." '' Regarding my pruning," he said, " I 

 don't say I don't prune any ; I do prune some, but leave the limb& 

 very thick until they get to bearing heavily ; 1 let them stay as they 

 were ; when they get big and could bear I prune them ; I frequently 

 sell my fruit without culling at all for 40 and 50 cents a bushel ; I 

 sold one crop for 45 cents a bushel, picking a little, but taking every 

 apple, when my neighbors sold theirs for 25 and 35 cents a bushel." 



Mr. Nelson — In regard to this tree planting, I have been in Mis- 

 souri for ten years and commenced planting nine years ago. In that 

 time I have planted 210 acres. I took as my guide a gentleman living 

 near me. Col. M. W. Johnson, whose orchard was planted 20 or 25 

 years ago. It was planted on Mr. Tippiu's plan, only his first line was 

 24 feet. He went from east to west and north to south 22 feet, so 

 when his trees were all planted he had some 80 or 82 trees appearing 

 to grow all 24 feet apart. He has continued planting nearly every 

 year since I was there, and now has 160 acres planted on that plan. 

 His old orchard was planted in as good ground as any in Missouri. 

 But there are certain varieties of trees whose limbs interlap today. In 

 all my planting I have planted the trees 24 feet apart, and am ready to 

 agree with Mr. Murray and Mr. Evans that we can afford to put about 

 80 trees to the acre and have them bear for 20 years, and then let them 

 go and plant a new orchard. I don't believe in replantiog in Missouri. 

 If I was planting an orchard and expecting the trees to stand and bear 

 for 50 or 60 years it might be well to plant them that way, but I don't 

 think it best to do it, but to plant them so they can get the best results 

 in say about 15 or 20 years, and then plant new orchards. 



