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THE OX^'INCVNX SYSTEM OF PLANTING 



1, Field stnkcil. 2, Ficlil scl. :!, Imprciper tliiu- 



niii^. 1, Proper thinning. 



above the point at whicli the bud can 

 be inserted can be considered, roughly 

 speal<ing. first-chiss trees. As a rule 

 they have large vigorous roots and 

 when well planted make a greater per- 

 centage increase in trunk diameter dur- 

 ing the first season's growth in the 

 orchard than larger trees. One year old 

 trees are preferred to older stock, not 

 only because trees can be headed to 

 better advantage but also because a 

 two-year-old tree does not have a much 

 greater root system after digging than 

 does the one-year-old tree. Again, the 

 medium sized tree is preferred to the 

 abnormally large tree because the lower 

 buds are stronger and more capable of 

 develoiiing well spaced branches than 

 those similarly located on the large 

 tree. 



I do not know of a point in connec- 

 tion with nursery stock that is more 

 worthy of emphasis than "Order Early." 

 The planter who waits until next spring 

 before looking after this matter is 

 pretty likely to face an unprecedented 

 .shortage and be forced to accept cull 



BETTER FRUIT 



stock for which he will undoubtedly be 

 charged a fancy price or go without, 

 which is by far the lesser of the two 

 evils. Another point of importance: 

 Don't go bargain hunting in nursery 

 stock if price alone is the deciding 

 factor unless you know your business 

 pretty well and can judge nursery 

 slock. Better pay the full price asked 

 by the nurseryman of established repu- 

 tation, even though it may seem exorbi- 

 tant, than deal with the fly-by-night 

 agent connected with a distant firm 

 about which you know nothing. View- 

 ing the matter from the standpoint of 

 the nurseryman, it is fair to say that he 

 has had a pretty up-hill game the past 

 few years and that in many cases pres- 

 ent prices are justified on account of 

 the greatly increased cost of growing 

 trees. 



The variety question is one which is 

 easier of solution than a few years ago. 

 All of the important ones have been 

 tested out and the planter has an op- 

 portunity to know what to plant instead 

 of making a guess. He will by now 

 have appreciated that all varieties are 

 not equally well adapted to all soils and 

 climates. This is a lesson which has 

 been learned at a big cost in many of 

 our districts. The record of acreages 

 pulled out amply testifies to this fact. 

 It is assumed that the planter will set 

 his trees in an established district 

 where the variety question has been 

 worked out. If he does not expect to 

 do so he will be facing a very definite 

 handicap. He will have to take his 

 chances on variety adaptability and 

 face many other inconveniences in 

 growing and marketing which are 

 found in districts with sullicient ton- 

 nage to justify cooperative effort. 



Let the beginner take council with 

 those successful in his district. Find 

 out which varieties yield the largest 

 tonnage year in and year out, what the 



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TlilANGlLAR OR ALTERNATE SYSTEM OF 

 PLANTING. 



net sales price per box has been and 

 from these data determine which vari- 

 eties return the highest net profit per 

 acre. In Hood River the Yellow New- 

 town and Spitzenberg are standards, 

 both being splendidly adapted. De- 

 licious and Winter Banana are found 

 in limited plantings and both sell at 

 higher prices than the two just men- 

 tioned. In Wenatchee the Winesap and 

 .Jonathan are favorites and show very 

 high returns per acre. In British 

 Columbia, the Mcintosh, Jonathan and 

 Wagener are most prominent. 



There is probably no variety which 

 enjoys greater popularity where known 

 than the Delicious. It well merits this 



Continued on page 20. 



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Mxlun.l in Mm- Sp"K;Hi,' V;illr>, Washington. 



