THE COST OF CROIFING APPLES 



an acre this would amount to $4 an acre a 

 year — an insignificant sum. 



In Bearing. — Having given the reader an 

 idea of the probable cost of bringing an orchard 

 to bearing age, it may be well also to give the 

 cost of producing apples in a mature apple or- 

 chard. Our bearing apple orchard consists of 

 6.1 acres containing 234 trees. About one- 

 half of the trees, or 1 10, are 36 years old. The 

 remainder are nearly 50 years of age. As they 

 are all in one block and handled together, the 

 charges cannot well be separated. One hun- 

 dred and thirty-four of the trees are Baldwins, 

 44 Twenty Ounce, 40 Tompkins County Kings, 

 and the remainder odd varieties. For the 

 whole period of ten years the orchard has had 

 very good care and attention. 



A cover crop was not sown every year, but 

 when it was used the charge was made against 

 the orchard. The manure charge, omitted 

 because of uncertainty as to the exact amount 

 applied and as to its real value, Is the only 

 thing lacking In this table. 



Two or three sprayings have been made 



every year. Until 1909, Bordeaux mixture 



and Paris green were used, but since then the 



commercial brands of lime sulphur and arsenate 



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