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load. This spraying did not completely control the leaf 

 spot l)ut it did control the coddling moth so that it was dif- 

 ficult to find a wormy apple in the lot, and very little fungus 

 on the fruit. 



Cultivation was kept up once a week until the middle 

 of July, at which time clover was sown, and nothing more 

 was done until 'kicking time. 



AVhile the picking was going on I was in the orchard 

 all the time, and insisted that the apples be picked with- 

 out breaking ofi" the fruit spurs, and that they be handled 

 without bruising. The fruit was taken to the packing shed 

 and sorted into three grades, some of the best was packed 

 in the western style box. 



This winter the trees have been scraped lightly and 

 will be sprayed with oil as there is a little scale left which 

 was missed with the lime and sulfur. 



The treatment of the orchard this year will be a little 

 ■ different, as the trees made considerable growth, and I do 

 -not think that as much fertilizer will be needed, nor will 

 •. the cultivation be as close to the trees. 



DISCUSSION 



Q. How old is this orchard? 



Nineteen years; not an old orchard. 



Q. How many trees are there to the acre? 



The trees are about twenty-five feet apart, 60 to an acre. 



Q. Do you apply nitrate of soda at all? 



Not this year. 



Q. Do you obtain nitrogen from clover? 



Yes, we seeded to clover last year. 



Q. How will you cultivate it this year? 



I shall not plow the land at all this year. I use a disk 



"*harrow and go down through the trees. The trees were so 



heavily loaded last year that the branches laid on the 



ground. It is noM^ almost impossible to get a horse in 



through the trees. 



Pres. : In plowing would a great many of the old roots 

 be injured? 



This orchard has been cultivated more or less ever since 

 it was set out. 



Q. What do you spray with? 



I shall spray with soluble oil just as soon as I can do it. 



Q. What kind of a spray pump do you use ? 



