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BETTER FRUIT 



December, 1920 



Orchards of England Show 

 Heavy Decrease 



SOME 10,000 acres in top fruit alone 

 (apples, pears, plums, cherries, etc.) 

 will be required to be planted in Eng- 

 land to bring the area of productive 

 fruit plantations and orchards back to 

 the pre-war acreage, according to the 

 Ministry of Agriculture. The estimated 

 acreage, based on the returns for the 

 years 1913 and 1919, were 243,609 and 

 232,378, respectively, showing a de- 

 crease of 11,231 acres. Apples went 

 from 160,357 acres to 147,401, a decrease 

 of 12,956 acres. 



In soft fruits there was in the same 

 period a reduction of 18,139 acres (from 

 76,857 to 58,718 acres). The Ministry 

 of Agriculture has not yet tabulated re- 

 turns relating to top fruit for 1920, but 

 for soft fruit (strawberries, raspberries 

 and currants) the statistics show that 

 the downward movement of war years 

 has been arrested and that the area 

 under such fruit has been extended 

 from 58,718 in 1919 to 60,318 acres for 

 1920. There remains, however, a short- 

 age of 16,539 acres for soft fruit as com- 

 pared with the 1913 acreage. 



Owing to the fact that supplies of 

 fruit trees are short, it is not likely that 

 any progress can be made in the imme- 

 diate future, although land is available 

 for the extension of fruit planting. In 

 view of these facts, American nursery 

 stock should find a good market in 

 Great Britain. English fruit growers 

 usually plant by the middle of October. 

 In early, dry seasons planting may be 

 done sooner, because the wood is ripe; 

 in wet seasons it is done not later than 

 the end of November. The Ministry of 

 Agriculture is taking considerable inter- 

 est in the question of fruit tree planting 

 on small holdings and has already made 

 some arrangements for the supply of a 

 limited number of trees during this sea- 

 son, and in the autumn of 1921. 



Fall and Spring Tree Planting 



While some authorities advise plant- 

 ing fruit trees in the spring many oth- 

 ers are of the opinion that it is much 

 better to plant in the fall. In fact hor- 

 ticulturists of wide experience state 

 that trees properly planted in the fall 

 will in a few years show a more sturdy 

 growth than those planted the previous 

 spring, and that some varieties of trees 

 such as the cherry get a much better 

 start if planted in the fall. In planting 

 cherry trees they should not be set in 

 clay soil that will hold water. In fact 

 an important point in planting cherry 

 trees is to place them on a slope that 

 will give them good drainage and suf- 

 ficient elevation to protect them from 

 frost. 



In planting in the fall the work 

 should commence as soon as dormant 

 trees can be obtained and can be con- 

 tinued until the soil commences to 

 freeze. The planting, however, should 

 not be done when the ground is too wet 

 to be well packed around the roots. 



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