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worth's estate, had Hiibbardston trees four years planted 

 which bore a bushel, one hundred and twenty-six apples, and 

 almost all the Baldwin trees in the orchard, which is a small 

 one, had from three to thirty apples on. In 1911 this same 

 orchard had trees in it, five years planted, in which a Baldwin 

 bore half a barrel ; that is, one barrel was picked from two 

 trees, and all the Baldwins had some on. The Hubbardston 

 all bore some fruit, bearinc^ quantities up to a bushel per 

 tree. The Boiken, four years planted, at the Fall Brook 

 farms bore a sprinkling of apples, from three to ten to a 

 tree, four years planted. Wagener had three to six apples 

 on. three years after planting. I have had Wealthy trees, 

 three years planted, bear forty-five good apples. Yellow Trans- 

 parent, four years planted, practically every tree of two hun- 

 dred, had two or three apples on, some of them would have 

 a dozen. Some Greening trees, three years planted, would 

 have one on. Now I do not want to infer that our four-year- 

 olds have borne a crop; it would not look like a crop, but 

 certainly in the orchard at Avon, the trees bore a crop which 

 was worth consideration, because they were a financial suc- 

 cess. Mr. J. J. Barden, of Stanley, had trees of Ben Davis, 

 seven years planted, which had two barrels on." 



Handling a Bearing Orchard. 

 We have spent a lot of time before getting to that por- 

 tion of our subject which will doubtless be of greatest inter- 

 est to many of voii, namely, the care of a bearing orchard. 

 Fortunately, we have some very definite information on many 

 points taken from fruit surveys of dififerent counties, made 

 and published by the Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Cornell University. I have read these reports for much in- 

 formation, supplementing it by what I have gained first hand 

 from our own section and through observation in other lo- 

 calities. New York has many neglected orchards — not as 

 many, by far, as there were six or eight years ago, but still 

 too many. These orchards may as well be omitted from our 

 discussions, for a neglected orchard in New York is just like 



