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be done in other places. It is simply a question of applying 

 systematic, intensive methods to the care of the tree. 



The next view, taken in the fall, shows a tree that has been 

 planted two years. Of course that tree will look different when 

 it is headed back in the spring. From one-third to one-half of 

 the top will be taken ofif, and the result will be to make it lower 

 headed, to make the top more bushy and more stable, and give 

 a tree that will have a greater resistance to wind and storm, and 

 also have capacity for bearing a large quantity of fruit. 



Question. Would you cut out any of the limbs on that tree 

 next spring, or only cut back from the top? 



Ans. I thin out each year everything that is necessary to 

 come out. Of course what might want to come out next year 

 can be left this year. Keep the center of the tree well cleaned 

 out. In starting a young tree I aim to have an open center ; to 

 build, as it were, a frame work around the center of the tree, 

 never having an upright, because it is the upright that makes 

 the tall trees. And if you have an open center you can train 

 your trees low much more easily than if }'ou have an upright. 



Here we have an orchard equipment, as far as the wagon, 

 barrels, men and ladders are concerned. Such a wagon as that 

 I consider most useful in an orchard. The wheels turn irnder 

 the body. The tires are wide, and although it may draw a little 

 harder for a team, still you can go about through the orchard 

 much more easily than with a high wagon. It has also a long 

 body, holding something like eighteen or twenty barrels, which 

 is quite essential. 



This slide gives a front view of the building which you saw 

 on the first slide that was upon the screen. This is a view from 

 the street side, showing you a front elevation of the building. 

 This building is something like 40 feet wide and 100 feet long, 

 with practically three stories for storing apples. The lower 

 story will hold something like 4,000 barrels, the second rtory 

 3,OQO, and the top story will hold 2,000 or 3,000 barrels. Of 

 course we haven't that mmiber yet but I anticipate it within a 

 few years. 



Here is another picking scene, showing the barrels distrib- 

 uted and the pickers at work. My way of managing the pick- 

 ing is to have ten or a dozen men and take two rows of trees, 

 placing the barrels between the rows, and work my men right 



