228 ORCHARD CROPS 



EXERCISES 



1. Which do you consider the more valuable, apples or pears ? Why ? 



2. Which is the more valuable crop, peaches or apricots ? Why ? 



3. In setting out cherry trees how many trees should be set to the acre ? 



4. Estimate the number of trees to the acre for (a) apples, (6) pears, 



(c) peaches, (c?) orangos. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Name some of the orchard crops. 



2. Discuss apple culture. 



3. How are apple trees propagated ? 



4. Name some of the uses of apples. 



5. Discuss pear culture. 



6. Name some of the uses of pears. 



7. Discuss peach culture. 



8. Describe the nectarine. 



9. Discuss the plum and its culture. 



10. Give a brief history of the apricot. 



11. Name some of the uses of apricots. 



12. Give a brief history of the cherry. 



13. Discuss the growing and marketing of cherries. 



14. Describe the quince and its fruit. 



15. Discuss the Olive industry. 



16. Give a brief history of the orange. 



17. Describe the manner of packing and shipping oranges. 



18. What can you say of the varieties of oranges ? 



19. How are lemon trees propagated? 



20. Name some of the uses of the lemon. 



21. Discuss (a) the grape fruit, (6) the fig, (c) the lime. 



22. Discuss the culture and value of (a) dates, (6) guavas, (c) mangoes, 



(d) bananas, (e) pineapples, (/) the persimmon. 



REFERENCES 



American Fruit Culturist, John J. Thomas. 



How the World is Fed (Industrial Reader), Carpenter. 



Plums and Plum Culture, F. A. Waugh. 



Pear Culture for Profit, P. T. Quinn. 



Quince Culture, W. W. Meech. 



Peach Culture, J. Alexander Fulton. 



Field Notes on Apple Culture, L. H. Bailey. 



Citrus Fruits and their Culture, H. H. Hume, 



