190 Fruit 



Apricots should not have the most sunny location 

 in the orchard, otherwise the blossoms will come too 

 early and be nipped off by frost. The trees should 

 be planted in a location where they will be shaded 

 from the morning sun, preferably with a northern 

 exposure. 



Year-old apricot trees are preferable to older ones. 

 The trees should be well pruned when set out and 

 should be pruned regularly each year, but care 

 should be taken not to cut the fruit buds. A little 

 pruning goes a long way. 



An application of ground bone-meal should be 

 made around the apricot trees in the fall and a couple 

 of weeks later potash should be applied. Nitro- 

 genous fertilizers are not advisable. The trees 

 are grown for fruit, not for foliage. 



Apricots bear early and abundantly on short spur- 

 like growths much more than on the new annual 

 wood of the tree, so that after bearing age is at- 

 tained little annual pruning is necessary though all 

 dead or interfering limbs should be removed. 



CHERRIES 



A large stuffed owl will often prove to be a most 

 effective scarecrow for keeping the robins out of the 



