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n 1. E A N T N a 8 IN BEE CULTURE 



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American 

 Fruitgrower 



OCTOBER, 1918 



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])o you know how to plant, cultivate, 

 prune, .and cave for your fruit trees 

 anil grapevines? Do you know the lat- 

 est methods of berry and vegetable 

 culture? Do you know how much can 

 be made in beekeeping and poultry, 

 conducted as side lines? These aiid 

 many other questions on important 

 fruit-growing subjects are found in 

 every issue of the AMERICAN FRUIT 

 GROWER. How many of these can you 

 and the rest of your family answ^er? 

 Yet you can get the best information 

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More Than a Hundred Questions Answered in the December Issue 



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1. What is the influence of air drainage? 

 Has the sod mulch method of orchard 

 fertilization heen successful ? 



3. What is a good method of holding back 

 the berry crop ? 



4. Did the commission merchants swindle 

 j-ou ? 



5. How can you protect young fruit trees 

 from rabbits and mice ? 



6. Do you know anything about apple bud 

 selection? 



7. How should a new fruit be introduced? 



8. Has apple pomace any value? 



9. Do sprayed trees bear a heavier crop of 

 apples than unsprayed? 



10. Why is a cement cave good for keeping 

 apples ? 



11. Wlien do the different varieties of peaches 

 ripen ? 



12. What outsidei orchard work can be done 

 at this season ? 



1.3. Do you know the correct method of pruning 

 grapes ? 



14. What is your ideal of an orchard home? 



15. How many grapevines would you plant to 

 an acre and what distance apart? 



16. Do you know how to have varieties of 

 fruit identified? 



17. What is the right age to plant apple trees ? 



18. Can biennial bearing be controlled? 



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19. Should the vineyard be cultivated? 



20. Do you advise inter-cropping the young 

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21. How many reasons are there for fall 

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23. Should we dynamite holes for tree-planting? 



24. Why are chickens an advantage in a plum 

 orchard? 



25. Have you rea4 about marketing cherries 

 by parcel post ? 



26. How do you set out grapevines? 



27. What kind of fruit should be stored? 



28. What is the best kind of sprayer to buy? 



29. Why should you order your fertilizer 

 now ? 



30. Is the gas tractor suitable for east 

 ern farming? 



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