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FRUIT GROWING 



the large markets lima beans, string beans, garden peas and 

 similar crops have been tried successfully. The trees should not 

 be crowded by the other crops, but wider strips for the trees 

 should be left from year to year. 



FIG. 217. Clean culture in apple orchard gives no chance for insects to hide in litter. 

 Soil moisture is conserved, and the fruit is larger and more abundant. The heavy shower 

 of petals on the ground indicates it is proper time for the main spraying for codling moth. 

 (New Jersey Station.) 



On reasonably level land clean culture should be practiced 

 even in older orchards (Figs. 217, 218 and 219). Allowing grass 

 sod to grow permanently in the orchard should not fie practiced, 



FIG. 218. 



FIG. 219. 



FIG. 218. The cutaway disk harrow with extension bar and truck. (New Jersey Station.) 



FIG. 219. -The above machine at work in an orchard. The disks till the soil under the trees 



while the team walks in the center. (New Jersey Station. ) 



unless the hillside is steep. If other crops can be used to hold 

 the soil from washing for the first few years the sod may be 

 allowed to grow afterward. If sod is grown the grass should be 

 ,cut each summer and used as a mulch about the trees. 



