APPLE GROWING 



years. Some good rotations to use In a growing 

 orchard are : ( i ) Wheat or rye one year, clover 

 one year, beans or potatoes one year; (2) oats 

 one year, clover one year, potatoes one year; 

 (3) beans one year, rye plowed under in spring, 

 followed by any cultivated crop one or two 

 years. The essentials of a good rotation for an 

 orchard are : A humus and fertility supplying 

 crop, preferably clover, in the north, and cow 

 peas In the south, and at least two crops In four 

 requiring cultivation up to the middle of the 

 summer. 



Most of the points regarding the manage- 

 ment of young trees have already been men- 

 tioned, but a few others should have attention 

 directed to them. Fall planted trees should 

 not be cut back until spring. In the spring 

 all newly planted trees should have their 

 tops cut back rather severely to correspond 

 with the Injury to the roots In transplant- 

 ing, thus preserving the balance between 

 root and top. This will usually be about half 

 to two-thirds the previous season's growth. 

 From three to five well distributed branches 

 should be left with which to form the top. Dur- 

 ing the first few years of their lives the young 

 apple trees will need little or no pruning, except 



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