May, 1920 



spraying days are here — trees, vines 

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BETTER FRUIT 



Planting and Care Prune Orchard 



Continued from page 5. 



.shoot out, they should all be stripped 

 down with the exception of the three 

 top buds. Leave these to mature; they 

 will give you the foundation from 

 which to start. After the close of the 

 first year the three branches that were 

 left to mature should be topped back 

 to four or five inches, according to the 

 vigor of the tree, but always leaving 

 the bud at the end of the limb on the 

 top and on the inner side so that when 

 this develops into a limb the tendency 

 will be upward and inward. In later 

 years when the tree begins to produce 

 heavily this will act as a brace to keep 

 it from spreading too much. At the 

 close of the second year prune off all 

 except the one shoot going upward on 

 each of the three branches left the 

 previous year. Prune these back to six 

 or eight inches. This may seem a waste 

 of time and tree energy, but it must be 

 remembered now that we are laying 

 the foundation for a prune tree to bear 

 heavily in after years. The third year 

 two branches may be left at the end 

 of each of the three perviously men- 

 tioned. Prune these back to about six- 

 teen inches. This will give you at the 

 close of the third year a tree with six 

 main body branches. I will say here 

 that most generally there will be one 

 or two of these that will not develop, 

 .so in reality we have a tree of four or 

 five body branches. The next year 

 two or three may be allowed, but cut- 

 ting them back to twenty or twent.\ 

 four inches, according to the vigor of 

 the tree. At the close of the fourth 

 year the body is formed, and from that 

 time on my object is to thin out when- 

 ever the branches seem to be too thick 

 or crossing each other, or thinning for 

 the size of the fruit. The fifth year the 

 tree should begin to bear a paying crop. 

 Fertilization of the Young Prune Or- 

 chard — This may seem a maste of time 

 and energy to some, but let me tell you 

 it is one of the greatest problems fac- 

 ing the prune grower today. Our prune 

 orchards, like our grain fields, will 

 gradually produce less from year to 

 year if they are not fertilized. It is 

 unreasonable to think that an orchard 

 will produce from one to two hundred 

 boxes of fruit year after year and not 

 impoverish the soil. The best time to 

 begin to fertilize is when the orchard 

 is young, before it suffers from the 

 lack of proper nourishment. One of 

 the best fertilizers that I know, and 

 that one not only furnishes nitrogen 

 but potassium and phosphorous as well, 

 is barnyard manure. The first year put 

 two to three tons per acre and increase 

 this at the rate of one ton per year, and 

 when your orchard is six or eight years 

 old, you need not worry over its fertil- 

 ity. The first and second year the ma- 

 nure should be placed about two feet 

 from the base of the tree. This will 

 help to keep in the moisture. After 

 this it should be scattered out evenly 

 over the ground and worked in with a 

 disc or harrow. The next best method 

 for fertilizing the orchard is to plow 

 down a good heavy crop of manure. 

 For green manure sow vetch the last 



Page 33 



of August or first of September. This 

 will assure a good growth in the fall, 

 and turn under not later than April 

 15lh. I say April 15th, for if the growth 

 is very heavy and turned under at a 

 later date, there may be trouble in the 

 soil drying out. If your orchard is 

 large and you have not sufficient ma- 

 nure to cover the entire orchard each 

 year, cover a section of it each year 

 and plow down green manure on part. 

 Drainange for the Young Orchard — 

 The drainage that I prefer for a prune 

 orchard is good, deep, natural drainage. 

 I mean by this a soil where water 

 never stands and where the water table 

 is from ten to twelve feet below the 

 surface. In the valley here it is almost 

 impossible to get a very large acreage 

 but that some portions of it will need 

 tile drainage. The proper time to put 

 in drains is before the trees are set. 

 This will allow the soil to sweeten be- 

 fore the trees are set, and after the 

 trees are set they can send their roots 



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