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culty of spraying we have not found to be 

 serious. 



Variety of Pears 



As to the variety of pears, we would 

 plant Bartletts, because they are the earli- 

 est bearers, heaviest bearers and up to 

 date best money-makers. However, the 

 Anjon Bosc and Winter Nellis are excel- 

 lent varieties. 



As to the varieties of peaches, we would 

 plant Early Crawfords and Elbertas — the 

 Crawford because it is out of the way 

 before the Elberta is ripe: the Elberta be- 

 cause it is a good shipper and seller. Be- 

 sides It ripens at a time before apples 

 have to be picked, and therefore distrib- 

 utes the work more evenly through the 

 fruit season. 



Kind of Crops to Grow 



We now have the orchard planted, and 

 will suppose that one-year-old nursery 

 stock has been used, that we have three 

 kinds of apples, two kinds of peaches and 

 one kind of pears. The trees are one rod 

 apart each way. and 160 trees per acre. 



There is no income from the fruit trees. 

 but there is unused land, which with 

 proper cultivation will grow vegetables 



that find a profitable market. What can 

 be grown during the waiting period that 

 will make a living for the family? Straw- 

 berries, blackberries and raspberries yield 

 profitable returns; but it takes one year 

 of waiting from the time of setting to 

 get a crop. It takes one year with rhu- 

 barb and two years with asparagus. Here 

 are one or two years of waiting, and we 

 are supposing that the orchardist wants 

 profitable returns the first year. What 

 should he plant? 



Onions on >'ew Land 



The answer to that question depends on 

 the soil, the climate, the market, the 

 grower, and various other circumstances. 

 On new, rich land, we have found onions 

 to be a very profitable crop. Most pro- 

 ducers say that onions should be grown 

 on land that has been worked for several 

 years, because by cultivation the soil is 

 brought into a condition that is better 

 adapted to the onion. There is some truth 

 in this statement, but our preference for 

 the new land on which to grow onions is 

 because of the little difficulty of weeding 

 when the onions are small. The young 

 onion is very small. The little tender 





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Fig. 2. Field of J. B. Early, Grandview. Wash., 30 months after setting out. Phillips 

 Cling Peach planted in Spitz-Wiucsap orchard set in apple row to create wide 

 spaces between rows to allow for growing money crop while trees are growing. 

 Mr. Early has made his place pay from the beginning. 



