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riment, I top-worked one tree to Northern Spy and one tree to 

 Spitzenberg. The scions were secured through the kindness of 

 Mr. John Bisbee, of Madelia, Minn., who cut them from his own 

 top-worked trees. The Spitzenberg bore ten small apples this 



season, one year after 

 grafting. All the limbs 

 of this tree were grafted 

 in one operation. The 

 top is noticeably out- 

 growing the stock. 



When my trees were 

 planted I photographed 

 several individual trees 

 in different parts of the 

 orchard. Every year I 

 rephotograph these same 

 trees, to illustrate the 

 growth each season. I 

 have here some pictures 

 taken this year, for those 

 who wish to see their 

 present size. 



In conducting my or- 

 chard operations, I have 

 endeavored to use the 

 same systematic methods 

 as I do in business. All 

 of my trees bear zinc la- 

 bels, stamped with con- 

 secutive numbers, and 

 hung on large rings of 

 heavy wire which will 

 not cut into the bark. An individual record of each tree is kept, 

 and all vicissitudes through which it has passed are noted on the 

 record. Some have been injured in one way or another, by mice, 

 borers, blight, or accident of some kind — all these show on the 

 record to account for the present condition of each tree. I have 

 blue prints, showing not only the contour of the ground, but the 

 exact location of each tree by number. If I wish to replace a 

 tree, I can send a man into the orchard with a blue print showing 

 its exact location. 



I do all my own pruning. I always carry a jar of bichloride 



Tree No. 337. Flanted 1912. Virginia crab top-Grafted 

 to Wealthy. Photo taken July, 1916. 



