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two will need the same cutting, and no two men would 

 treat any number precisely the same. It is desirable to 

 have them branch low, have a symmetrical spreading head, 

 with no crotch to split down as the tree gets older, and 

 is burdened with fruit or other weight. 



I do not fully agree with one man who said, in es- 

 tablishing a good orchard, that he wanted long-waisted 

 trees. Long waists may be all right for young ladies, but 

 for young apple trees I would prefer those with short 

 trunks, and would so train their growth as to keep them 

 low, with spreading heads, as it seems more important to 

 have them within easy reach when spraying and thinning 

 or picking fruit, than it does to grow them tall to facilitate 

 working all the ground under them with a team. 



It is a pleasure to watch the growth of a young or- 

 chard when well looked after, and an acre of land set to 

 good varieties of apples, which are doing well, is increas- 

 ing in value very fast. 



For the last three years I have sprayed my young 

 trees in April, while dormant, with home-made lime-sul- 

 phur. This is a hard, dirty job, but it helps keep the bark 

 clean and smooth on the branches, and seems to make the 

 fruit have a brighter and cleaner appearance. 



I was asked to bring a few samples of the fruit I 

 laised, and I did so. There is nothing especially attractive 

 in the lot. but these specimens I think have some good 

 points. I think they have more of a waxy appearance 

 where the lime and sulphur is used than not. Some do 

 not like it, and perhaps something else will come along 

 to take its place, but that is what I tried. I will be glad 

 to pass these around to any one who would like to look 

 at them. 



In some cases the lime-sulphur spraying has rid my 

 trees of scale ; in other cases it has not proved entirely sat- 

 isfactory. I have never had but a little San Jose scale, but 

 hoped to kill the scurvy scale and bark lice, also eggs of 



