APPLE GROWING 



rapid, vigorous growers and should come into 

 bearing at a very early age. Two kinds of 

 fillers are available, those of the same species, 

 which may be either dwarf or standard trees, 

 and those of a different species, of which 

 peaches and plums, and possibly pears, are the 

 best adapted. Dwarf trees may be dismissed 

 from our plans with the statement that they 

 have rarely proved profiable under ordinary 

 conditions, as they are much more difficult to 

 grow than standards and when grown they have 

 but few advantages over them. The varieties 

 of standard apples which are advisable as fillers 

 have been Indicated in Chapter II. 



The use of peaches and the Japanese plums, 

 both of which make excellent fillers because they 

 grow rapidly and come to heavy bearing 

 quickly, is limited to their soil and climatic adap- 

 tation. They are adapted to the lighter phases 

 of soil and the more moderate climates and 

 under other conditions are impracticable. On 

 heavier soils and in more rigorous climates the 

 European plums and the more rapid and early 

 bearing pears, such as the Keiffer, make fairly 

 good fillers. 



On the whole, the writer is inclined to advise 

 the use of fillers In the general farm orchard. 



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