THE TREE DOCTOR 



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Photo 10 

 Wounds rightly Treated will Heal. 



are shaking hands through the tree, while "Uncle Sam" (on the 

 opposite side) is putting in a few cast-iron epithets on the ig- 

 noramus who ruined the tree. 



An Apple tree should be in a good state of bearing when two 

 hundred years old. In planting apple orchards, never take trees 

 that have been "headed back ;" select the one with the "leader," 

 that is, a straight stem. Slip over this a four-inch socket tile, 

 such as you see in Photo 9. Stuff in some old burlap, carpet or 

 any cloth, so that the tree will not become chafed in the swaying 

 of the wind. This keeps the rabbits from gnawing the bark and 

 prevents whiffletrees from "barking" them when teams are work- 

 ing among the young trees. About the time the tree has filled 



