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that the importance of sowing the cover crop early is not so great, 

 for the tree is almost sure to ripen its wood sufficiently before 

 winter. The only advantage, then, of the early sowing of the 

 cover crop would be that a larger supply of humus can be kept in 

 the soil, since it is possible to get a larger amount of growth in 

 the cover crop. It is also possible to use such crops as clover for 

 a cover crop when they arc sown early. I may say that some 



Fro. 20(5. COVKR CROP OF RED CLOVER IN A THIRTY-TIIREE-YEAR-OLD ORCHARD 



BELONGING TO MR. F. W. CORNWALL, PULTNEYVILLE, N. Y. 

 With these trees Mr. Cornwall gets very satisfactory annual crops. The 

 practice of early plowing and early sowing of the cover crop is following here 

 as with the young orchard. Mr. Cornwall thinks this is one of the important 

 reasons for the excellent results he has secured with this orchard since he took 

 charge of it. 



experience, even in the lighter soils, indicates that when the cover 

 crop is sown as early as July 1, the trees remain in a thrifty con- 

 dition throughout the season. Whether the fruit would be larger 

 if cultivation were continued later, I am not in a position to say 

 but I know of orchards tilled in this way where the fruit averages 

 larger than in most orchards in the same section. 



