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a good plan to remove all the old rough bark first. 

 A rough rasp or file is a good instrument to use. 



Large vegetables should not be planted near a 

 tree. Give the tree a chance. Orchards should 

 not be plowed deeper than three or four inches 

 or the young roots will be destroyed. 



Before deep snow comes look at the sawdust 

 piles at the root of the tree and see where the 

 borers have been at work. This is the time to go 

 after them with a knife and a wire. 



In the fall is the time to take scions for the next 

 season's grafting. Take them from the tips of the 

 limbs that made a good growth during the past 

 summer and bury them in sand or earth in the 

 cellar where they will be cool and moist but not 

 wet. 



Don't experiment on everything an agent has to 

 sell for trees. Have products analyzed before you 

 take a chance with your fruit. There are good 

 standard remedies for most insects and diseases 

 which already have been tried out. 



Ground bone is excellent for fruit trees. Four 

 hundred pounds to the acre is what one very 



