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to pollenize the different varieties, and that the pollen of one variety 

 is much more susceptible to a certain variety than that of another. 

 The bees in warm weather flit around from one tree to another, and 

 they distribute the variety of pollen that is just adapted to the variety 

 of fruit in the orchard. 



The President : Some are pollenized by the wind, some by the 

 pollen simply falling as is the case with corn. A great many de- 

 pend upon the bees and other insects. I was very much interested 

 in watching the bees in my Caragana trees. The aperture in the 

 flowers was so small that they had to raise the upper petals to get in, 

 and when they did raise them up a portion of the pollen adhered to 

 the back of the bee,and when he went to the next flower he left apart 

 in that flower. I watched where they went, and I could see how 

 nicely that was planned for the bees to do that work that never 

 would have been done in any other way. 



Protecting Trees from Rabbits in Winter. — Rabbits have rarely 

 harmed trees set on land bare of grass and weeds, but seemed to take 

 especial pains to ruin trees on land containing a heavy growth of 

 clover. My conclusions are that the less protection we give rabbits 

 by way of grass, weeds and other hiding places in the orchard, the 

 less liable they are to disturb the trees. The orchards can be easily 

 protected by wrapping the trees with old newspapers, straw or corn- 

 stalks. The latter can be tied close around the trees. I prefer the 

 paper. It should reach up the tree two or three feet, so the rabbits 

 cannot gnaw above the unprotected part in case of a deep snow. 



Tying the papers with string is rather slow and unhandy. I 

 now use wire. I procure rather small wire, such as is used for bal- 

 ing hay, and cut it into three or four inch lengths. When the paper 

 is wrapped around the tree two or three pieces of the wire are bent 

 around over the paper. It is not necessary to twist the ends of the 

 wire together, as it should be stiff enough to hold the paper when 

 bent until the ends come together. 



The wires are easily removed in the spring and are put on much 

 more rapidly than tying with string. I double the paper in strips of 

 several thicknesses and place them up and down the tree. This 

 should be just wide enough to reach around the tree and by this 

 means several thicknesses are secured at one time. Some growers 

 smear the trunks of the trees with soft soap, oils, etc., but I prefer the 

 plan just described. — G. W. B. 



