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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



Figure 21. Bartlett pear. A good vegetative response from thinning spurs. 

 Note the numerous fruit-buds at s on spurs which did not break into long 

 branches. Terminal buds at t and axillary buds at a on one-year shoots. 



Figure 22. Bartlett pear. A vigorous shoot produced from an old spur which 



has been pruned, now in a healthy productive condition. Note the numerous 



fruit-buds present. 



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Figure 23. Large branches from an old Bartlett pear tree. Numerous fruit- 

 sjiurs but very light vegetative growth. 



grower. It would be a dillicult task to 

 make all varieties of apples annual 

 bearers, since if it is not a character- 

 istic of any variety so to bear special 

 methods of pruning or culture would 

 be required to change the entire con- 

 stitution of the tree. On the contrary, 

 some varieties will bear annually even 

 under the most adverse conditions. 

 Generally speaking, those varieties 

 which produce fruit-buds liberally on 

 one-year wood, either as axillaries or 

 terminals, come into bearing younger. 



and are more likely to bear annually 

 than those which bear on spurs ex- 

 clusively. It should not be overlooked 

 nor forgotten that while it may be 

 normal for spurs to bear only during 

 alternate years, such is by no means 

 always the case, and blooms and even 

 fruits are often produced each suc- 

 cessive year for a number of years. 

 This is notably true of several varieties 

 of pears, especially the Haitletl, which 

 like the Wagener and .Jonathan apples 

 is an excellent example, also of a vari- 



ety which produces an abundance of 

 axillary and terminal fruit-buds. The 

 following table, based on a range of 

 average Oregon conditions, will serve 

 to give information concerning the 

 more common varieties of apples and 

 pears: 



Table I. — Rel.vtion of Position of Bloom to 



Bearing ix the Commoner Varieties 



OF Oregon Apples and Pears. 



Variety 



Apples 

 Arkansas . . . . 



Baldwin 



Bellflower . . . . 

 Ben Davis . . . . 

 Gravenstein . . 



Grimes 



Hyslop 



Jonathan 



King 



Mcintosh 



Newtown 



Rome 



Spitzenberg . . . 

 Transcendent . 



Wealthy 



Winesap 



Pears 



Anjou 



Angouleme . . . 



Bartlett 



Bosc 



Clairgeau 



Cornice 



Howell 



Winter Nelis. . 



Bloom on '^j^XrT 

 terminals "yX" 



None 

 Some 

 Rarely 

 Abundanl 

 Many 

 Many 

 Many 

 Many 

 F>w- 

 Few 

 Some 

 Some 

 Few- 

 Many 

 Many 

 Many 



Few- 

 Yes 

 Yes 

 Some 

 Yes 

 Few- 

 Yes 

 Yes 



None 

 Some 

 l"ew- 

 Many 

 Few- 

 Rare 

 Many 

 Many 

 Rare 

 I"ew- 

 None 

 Very few 

 Rare 

 Many 

 Many 

 Many 



Very few 

 Yes 

 Yes 



Very few 

 Yes 

 Few- 

 Yes 

 Yes 



Annual 

 bearers 



No 



No 



No 



Yes 



Yes 



Yes 



Yes 



Yes 



Yes 



Yes 



No 



No 



No 



Y'es 



Yes 



Yes 



No 



Yes 



Yes 



Nearly 



Yes 



No 



Yes 



Yes 



In 1914 very few apple growers made 

 any money; most of them did not real- 

 ize enough to pay the cost of produc- 

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 growers will be able to obtain reason- 

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 But even so, to make up for the loss 

 last year it will be necessary for the 

 apple growers to make effectice every 

 system of efTiciency and economy that 

 is possible in harvesting the apple crop. 



Chelan, Washington, shipped the 

 first carload of apples June 11th, con- 

 sisting of Gravensteins, Red Astrachans 

 and Red Junes. 



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