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PEAxR 



Cayuga - Attractive, juicy^ fair to good quality, medium size, skin rather thick 

 and tough. Tree large , vigorous, late coming into bearing. 



Covert - Ripens late September, fruit large, green color, resembles Bartlett in 

 shape, fair quality excellent keeper. Tree medium in size, productive, 



Douglas - Fruit small, poor quality, unattractive. Resembles Kieffer in shape 

 and quality. An undesirable variety for the fresh fruit market. 



Evfart - Ripens mid-September, fruit large, yellovvish-green, attractive, good to 

 excellent quality, keeps a month later than Bartlett, Tree medium size, productive, 



Gorham - Ripens two weeks later than Bartlett and keeps a month longer, a seedling 

 of riartlett which it resembles in size, color and shape; quality good to excellent. 

 Tree medium size, not always a reliable cropper. 



Ovid - Late, yellowish green, not particularly attractive, tends to russet, good 

 quality, tough skin, excellent keeper. Tree large, vigorous, productive, 



Phelps - Late, yellowish green, rough surface, medium size, good quality but some- 

 what tart, excellent keeper. Tree medium size, moderately vigorous, productive. 



Waite - Late, greenish-yellow, medium size, fair quality, good keeper, lacks 

 attractiveness. Tree medium in size and vigor, productive, blight resistant, 



VJlllard - Late, large, rough surface, green vath reddish blush, poor quality, 

 difficult to ripen. Tree large, vigorous, productive, 



0. C. Roberts 



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PRUNING ERRORS 



The pruning season has arrived and with the anticipation of a snowball bloom 

 in many orchards this is the logical year for' growers to do heavy pruning v/here the 

 need exists. The objective of the apple grower is to obtain a high percentage of 

 fruits of the size^ color and quality demanded by the market. The grower cannot 

 afford to grow small, poorly colored fruits. Therefore, pruning to eliminate 

 weak vTOod and thereby a lot of potential culls is in order. 



Several rather common pruning errors have been found in orchards most of which 

 occurred Tihile lowering the tops of tall apple trees. Some growers are attempting 

 to lower tree height by the removal of all branches above a certain level. This 

 will not accomplish the desired results} Instead, a large number of water sprouts 

 will develop near the pruning cuts and many of these will gravr to a height greater 

 than the tree before lowering was attempted. To reduce tree height growers should 

 remove entirely tall branches or cut back to well placed strong lateral branches, 

 depending on the tree under consideration. 



