68 THE AMERICAN APPLE ORCHARD 



common corn cultivators used so generally in the 

 western states are not infrequently seen in orchards. 

 In the cotton and tobacco growing regions it is not 

 unnatural that cotton and tobacco tools should find 

 their way more or less into orchard use. All these im- 

 plements are merely makeshifts when brought into 

 tree plantations. Especially when fruit growing is 

 conducted on a large scale one cannot afford to carry 

 it on with tools designed primarily for other purposes. 

 The selection of the best tools for orchard cultivation 

 in different soils is not the easiest problem in the 

 world, but it is a most important factor in successful 

 orchard management, and one to which the fruit 

 grower must give careful and constant attention. 



