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it is readily sfcn tlial the blooming 

 period of the various pollinating varie- 

 ties should overlap perhaps a week, in 

 order that there may be one or two days 

 at least when the weather will be favor- 

 able for insect pollination. 



Arrangement of the Orchard from a 



Pollination Standpoint. 

 In ijlanting an orchard it is desirable 

 to have at least every sixth and prefer- 

 ably every fourth row of a pollinating 

 variety. For convenience in the man- 

 agement of the orchard, it is best to 

 plant two rows of one kind, then two 

 rows of the i)()llinating variety, and so 

 on; or, if it is desired to have more of 

 one Variety than another, four rows of 

 the favorite variety, then two rows of 



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the pollinator, and repeat. For one 

 reason or another, it is often desirable 

 to reduce the number of pollinating 

 trees to the minimum. Under these cir- 

 cumstances, one tree in twenty-five is 

 perhaps sullicient. although at least one 

 tree in eight is strongly reconmiended. 

 It is seldom wise to graft over a part of 

 a tree to the pollinating variety, as this 

 tends towards confusion and added ex- 

 pense in harvesting. 



In planting one tree of the pollinator 

 to seven or eight of the main variety, 

 the pollinator should be placed as every 

 third tree in every third row in such a 

 way that the spaces in the pollination 

 rows are broken thus, the "o" in each 

 case representing a pollinator tree. 



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If by chance a self-sterile variety has 

 been planted in a solid block, the neces- 

 sary pollinator may be introduced by 

 grafting. Some relief may be obtained 

 during the years while waiting for the 

 trees grafted over to pollinating varie- 

 ties to come into bearing by cutting off 

 large limbs of pollinating varieties, 

 placing the cut ends in buckets of water 

 and distributing the same throughout 

 the orchard during the blooming period. 

 Such limbs will live for several days 

 and continue to bloom, forming pollen 

 for the bees to transfer to the self- 

 sterile variety. 



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