Ax APPLE ORCHARD SURVEY OF \\'AYXE COUNTY, NEW YORK. 307 



bb, dd, ff, etc., or the rows cc, cc, gg, etc., may be removed. Sometimes 

 it will make a difference of several trees which is done. Suppose that 

 the trees marked m are poor trees or missing; then by removing rows 

 bb, dd, etc., five of these will be included. If the other set of rows are 

 removed only two will be included, a gain of three trees by the former 

 method enough to much more than pay for the trouble of making 

 the map. 



It requires courage to go into a fine apple orchard, one that has been 

 watched over for years, and cut out good, healthy trees. But in many 

 orchards the time has come when a choice must be made between two 

 poor trees or one good one. If one has definitely made up his mind that 

 his trees are crowding, perhaps the best way to thin them is to do as the 

 owner of a fine Baldwin orchard of twenty acres did. He decided which 

 rows should be removed. Then, to be sure that he would not repent and 

 have some of the trees left, he went away on a two weeks' visit while 

 the boys did the work. 



