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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



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nitrates and proportionately much 

 more of tlie carbohydrates. From these 

 studies it was shown that to get tlie 

 best results, there must be a certain 

 mathematical relationship between the 

 nitrates and carbohydrates. 



Let us see how these studies relate to 

 our apple tree. With the first group of 

 trees, those from one to five years of 

 age, we have a great abundance of nitro- 

 gen as compared with the carbohy- 

 drates; such a condition being encour- 

 aged by intensive tillage. Severe head- 

 ing of trees, etc., which encouraged the 

 flow of raw foods and discouraged the 

 formation and storage of elaborated 

 foods such as sugars and starches. As 

 a result we secured wood growth but 

 not much fruit. In our second group of 

 trees, from five to eight years of age, 

 we find that by reducing the tillage, 

 pruning and other stimulations, that 

 we are automatically reducing the rela- 

 tive proportions of raw sap and nitro- 



gen, allowing the increased leaf area to 

 manufacture more concentrated food 

 such as sugars and starch. As a result, 

 such trees begin to form fruit buds and 

 bear. In the third class of trees, the 

 nitrates become even more reduced in 

 proportion to the carbohydrates. We 

 seemingly reach a happy balance be- 

 tween the two and secure both vege- 

 tative growth and plenty of fruit, a very 

 desirable condition to have. As the 

 trees get older, however, the leaves get 

 yellow and thin, the spurs begin to die, 

 the fruit set is poor, and we find the 

 nitrates have been greatly reduced as 

 compared with the carbohydrates, the 

 trees are starving to death for the 

 nitrates, starving amid plenty of sugars 

 and starches, so to speak. This ex- 

 plains how the amount of nitrates 

 added in the spring produces such re- 

 sults; it once more restores the balance 

 between the carbohydrates and the 

 nitrates. 



Pruning the Walnut Tree 



By Ferd Groner, Hillsboro, Oregon 



MANY think that the walnut tree 

 does not need pruning, but this 

 is a mistake. While it does not need as 

 much thinning as do apple and some 

 other fruit trees, it needs to be shaped 

 and pruned to get the best results. 



We will start with the tree before it 

 is planted. All the broken and bruised 

 roots should be removed and all the 

 ends of roots should be cut back to 



good green wood with a sharp knife. 

 This will enable the calous to form bet- 

 ter where most of the roots start. If 

 these ends are not cut off the dead and 

 bruised wood seriously interferes with 

 the starting of the rootlets which make 

 the growth and vigor of the tree. Cut 

 off the top at about thirty inches high. 

 The reason for this is that you can sel- 

 dom start a satisfactory head from the 



original top. The buds that start out 

 near the ground first are the most vig- 

 orous ones. Drive a stake as close to 

 the tree as possible after the buds have 

 stalled, rubbing them all off but two or 

 three. After they have grown three or 

 four inches take olf all but one and 

 train it up the stake, which should be 

 strong enough to hold the tree erect for 

 three or four years. 



Do not head the tree back during the 

 growing season unless it is absolutely 

 necessary to keep it from breaking off. 

 If you do, it will throw out a lot of 

 sucker sprouts. These should be cut 

 off as close as possible as they all have 

 a poor union and will almost invariably 

 break or split off. Any shoot that 

 starts from growth of the same season 

 will never make a satisfactory branch 

 and .should he removed during the dor- 

 mant period so new branches will start 

 the next season. 



The height a walnut tree should be 

 headed has been a much-argued ques- 

 tion. As walnuts are not picked, but 

 fall or are shaken down, I see no need 

 for heading the tree low. They should 

 be high enough so the branches will 

 not interfere with cultivation. Some 

 advocate starting the branches at about 

 three or four feet from the ground and 

 training them upward for two or three 

 feet more before they are allowed to 

 spread. This requires considerable 

 labor in tying the branches in the posi- 

 tion desired and keeping them in posi- 

 tion for two seasons at least. By head- 

 ing at from five to six feet the branches 

 can be left to take their natural ten- 

 Continued on page 25. 



Wanted! 



Horticulturist — one who 

 has had experience in 

 pruning, spraying, irrigation and pack- 

 ing fruit. Please state full experience in 

 first letter. 



Horticulturist, care Better Fruit 



PRACTICAL ORCHADIST with eight years' val- 

 uable experience under irrigation in the Northwest, 

 now offers his services as general manager for exclu- 

 sive orcliard ranch or orchard and general farming 

 combined. 



Up-to-date methods in cultivation, pruning, spray- 

 ing, with practical knowledge of care of horses and 

 stock and good managerial and accounting ability. 

 Until March 1st. please address. 



A. F. PAGE, General Delivery, 

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



W^ANTED! 



An active man to take an interest in an 

 apple orchard of 8,000 trees, 4,000 Stayman, 

 1,200 Old Winesap, 1,200 York Imperial, 250 

 each of Rambo. Grimes Golden, Northwestern 

 Greening and Nero, and several other varie- 

 ties in smaller numbers. 



This orchard is in its seventh year and 

 promises to bear very well this season. It is 

 beautifullv located on the north bank of the 

 Choptank River, which is a navigable stream 

 one-half mile wide and furnishes a splendid 

 air draft for the orchard. It is located on the 

 state road between Baltimore and Ocean City 

 and within four miles of the town of Easton, 

 and has a railroad station within one and 

 one-half miles. The owner is a man who Is 

 past 70 years of age and Is desirous of having 

 an active man to take an interest in the farm 

 and manage it, or would sell out entirely. The 

 .soil Is first class and the neighborhood a pleas- 

 ant one. This orchard is 95 miles from Phila- 

 delphia by rail or auto. 190 miles from New 

 York and 300 miles from Boston. 

 SETH & SHEHAN 

 Easton, Md, Attorneys for Owner. 



