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at (/>) one year later in orchard when cut back and 

 properly pruned. Prior to heeling in or setting out, the 

 ends of bruised or broken roots should also bo pruned with 

 9. sharp knife to favor rapid and more perfect healing. 



A B 



FIG. 58. .4, Tree as received from nursery; B, same tree after one 

 year shaping in orchard. 



122. Alternating Varieties in the Rows. It is now 



generally conceded that nearly all varieties of the orchard 

 fruits give increased crops of more perfect fruit when 

 alternated in the rows with a view to securing cross 

 pollination. The general record has been that orchards 

 planted with mixed varieties are far more productive than 

 blocks planted with a single variety. Indeed, many 

 varieties of the cultivated fruits are not capable of self- 

 pollination. "While we have much yet to learn relative to 

 this subject, enough is positively known to reach the 

 decision that it pays to alternate all varieties of the orchard 

 and small fruits in planting, except possibly the perfect- 

 flowered strawberries, and this is not certain with all 



