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foliated matured its fruit. And then later, the defoliation 

 having occurred early, that part of the tree had a chance to 

 recover and make growth, which would enable it to bear a 

 crop the following year. The reason why a Baldwin apple 

 tree does not bear every year is that the energies of the tree 

 are so largely consumed in maturing the crop of fruit that 

 there is not enough energy left to make growth and perfect 

 buds for the following year. 



It is all a question of creating conditions such that the tree 

 can make sufficient growth and mature buds the following 

 year ; and if you thin enough and till the soil thoroughly, to 

 create good moisture conditions and good soil conditions, and 

 fertilize, it can be done. 



A gentleman wanted to know whether nitrate of potash was 

 not just as good as sulfate. I am pretty sure it is not. We 

 are comparing the two, and find that the sulfate trees are 

 much larger and have given much more fruit. 



Putting manure in a cone around the trees is a j^ractice 

 which I should oppose. If there is any part of an orchard 

 that does not need manure or fertilizer, that is the part, for 

 there are few or no feeding roots there. 



