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the tile, give the tile a tap with the hammer, and the young tree 

 will be big enough to take care of itself. 



In the eastern states, the apple orchards are rapidly dying, 

 killed by the "Scale." This pest multiplies so fast that they ac- 

 tually encrust the bark, covering it up completely, and suck the 

 life of the tree until the orchards are standing dead, as shown 

 in Photo 12. This condition is reported in practically all of 



Photo 11 

 If Neglected, Wounds will Destroy Trees. 



eastern New York, and I witnessed the same in New Jersey. 

 This seems to foreshadow a "famine" in the apple crop. It is 

 a matter that should be taken up, and planting done by a host 

 of people who have means. Last fall I had to pay fifteen cents 

 a quart for eating apples in New Rochelle, N. Y., and they were 

 charging six dollars a barrel, wholesale. There is certainly a 

 fine field for people of moderate wealth to invest in apple 

 growing. 



