382 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



APPLE CULTURE. 



COST AND VALUE OF AN APl'LE ORCHARD CALCULATED WITH FIGURES. 



BY JACOB FAITH. 



The most important and general culture is the apple that extends 

 nearly or quite through the year, by making judicious selections of sum- 

 mer, autumn and winter sorts, 



There is no farm crop, which on the average will produce half as 

 much income per acre as a good apple orchard. But as it takes five to 

 eight years to come into bearing, some people hesitate to plant, re- 

 garding the time and expense in a great measure lost. In reply to this 

 let us figure on that and see. 



Fifty apple trees is about the number on an acre, but as small trees 

 should stand thicker to protect each other from the wind, therefore, plant 

 double that amount, as follows: 



lOO trees on an acre costing $ 8 GO 



Planting one acre in lOO trees 2 oo 



Washing or wrapping to keep rabbits and borers from hills. ... 50 



Culture of the one-fourth of an acre 2 00 



Rent the one-fourth acre, the balance three- fourths can be 

 planted in cultivated crops, berry vines, castor beans, 



tobacco, etc , 50 



Total, first year $13 00 



2d year, interest at 10 per cent $ i 30 



Rent 50 



Pruning 50 



Culture 2 00 



Washing 50 



Total $ 17 80 



