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every year the same as you would a crop of corn. Prune very little 

 and get all the leaf growth you possibly caii, thus urging the trees into 

 bearing at five years of age. Cultivate the trees well, feed them well, 

 care for them well, and take all you can get from them well ; and if at 18 

 or 20 years they show signs of decay and are profitable no longer, cut 

 them down and have another orchard coming along to fill up the loss 

 of these. Xever plant a young orchard in an old orchard, but cut the 

 old one down and clover the land for two years, when you may again 

 plant if necessary. 



Mr. Hartzell — I gave four $20 bills for the apples on one tree 40 

 years old. Believes in planting for the future as well as the present. 

 The tree occupied 80 feet square of ground, 640 square feet. 



Mr. Goodman — I can see no advantage at all in this. We cannot 

 expect to have our orchards live to be 40 years and give us $80 each, 

 but we can expect trees 10 years to give us $10 or $20 each, and I prefer 

 four of such trees to one of the other. Besides, in the one case it costs 

 five cents per bushel to pick them, and in the other about one cent 

 per bushel, for we have our men pick 100 bushels each per day. 



Dr. Green^Saw a prize orchard 16x16 feet. Apples were close 

 to the ground, so that ever apple nearly could be picked from the 

 ground. It was a sight to behold. Prefer planting 16X16 feet and 

 then catting out. 



Mr. Goodman — If yoii have the nerve to cat out hi time you may 

 so plant, but if you have the least doubt of yourself do not attempt it, 

 but plant 25x25 feet. If you cut out in time the 'trees cut out will 

 pay all expenses of the orchard before it is time to cut out if you use 

 proper varieties. 



Let us now take up the subject of varieties : 



Mr. Ralph Smith, Linn county— Ben Davis, Willow Twig, Wine- 

 sap, Jonathan. 



Mr. Murray, Holt county, says Willow Twig is worthless in his 

 locality. It fails on high, light loam. Winesap is good. Ben Davis is 

 adapted to more soils and locations than any other variety. Best ship- 

 per, and will carry to Europe easily. Would not plant any one variety 

 in large blocks, but would mix other varieties with them to assist in 

 fertilizing the bloom. Ben Davis and Jonathan are our best. We can- 

 not raise too many Jonathan ; they can be sold in car lots at high prices 

 Oar oak lands give the best color to the fruit. Well-colored fruit sells 

 for more than poorly colored of the same variety. Grimes' Golden 

 also sells well, but is not so profitable. 



Mr. Hartzell, Buchanan county — Would plant Jonathan for a per- 

 manent orchard, and Ben Davis between them. Our children will want 

 something better than Ben Davis. 



