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Apple Orchard Calendar. 



January : Read best available literature on fruit growing. Attend 

 Farmers' Institutes and work up co-operative organization. 

 Make plans for new orchards. 

 Order nursery stock. 



February : Order or make up supply of boxes and barrels for next 

 season's crop. 



March : Prepare for spring work by getting in readiness plows, culti- 

 vators, spraying outfits and materials, pruning tools, etc. 

 Get pruning done at earliest opportunity. 



April : Plant out young orchards as soon as ground is ready. 

 Do your grafting. 



Apply first spray of Bordeaux and Paris Green before buds start. 

 Plow under cover crop as soon as ground is dry. Apply wood 

 ashes or other fertilizers necessary. 



May : Complete any of the above operations not finished last month. 

 Repeat spraying before blossoms open. 

 Follow plowing by surface cultivation. 



June : Spray immediately after blossoms fall. 



Apply carbolic wash to trunks of young trees to prevent borers 

 laying eggs. Continue surface cultivation to conserve soil 

 moisture. 



July : Repeat spraying for the fourth or fifth time, as may be necessary. 

 Discontinue cultivation towards end of the month and sow 

 cover crop as last cultivation. 

 Thin fruit on young trees which may be overloaded. 



August : Pick early apples intended for the market as soon as fully 

 matured and well colored. 

 Let hogs in the orchard occasionally to pick up early windfalls. 



September : Begin harvesting autumn varieties as they mature. 



Get in touch with the leading apple markets if you have no co- 

 operative organization to depend upon. 



Make an exhibit at your fall show, and study varieties there ex- 

 hibited. 



-October : Continue harvesting of the winter varieties, taking them in 

 the order of their maturity. 



November : Watch market reports closely and ship promptly if quota- 

 tations warrant good prices. 



Pack and store apples for further shipment or winter use. 

 Protect trunks of young trees against mice, rabbits, or sun- 

 scald as may be necessary upon approach of winter. 



Pecember : Continue apple shipments as may be necessary or advisable. 

 Attend annual meetings of Fruitgrowers' Association and Pro- 

 vincial Fruit Show, and keep in touch with progressive fruit 

 growers. 



Balance accounts for the year and decide upon lines of improve- 

 ment for the next. 



