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if we wish to produce the finest fruit, all of the imperfect specimens, 

 all of the wormy, gnarly, distorted surplus and very small fruit must 

 be removed as soon as its character can be determined. This time 

 for different varieties and seasons will be about the first of July. 

 The cost of this work on trees with very high branches as in Figs. i6 

 and 19, will be so great as to consume all profits from the crop, but 

 on properly formed, low headed trees as in Fig. 18 the work can be 

 done at comparatively little expense, and results in much profit to the 

 grower and satisfaction to both the grower and consumer. For the 

 most rapid work, step-ladders, and common ladders of several 

 lengths should be on hand ready for use and only active, quick- 

 sighted help should be employed. The cost of thinning the fruit on 

 large trees where a considerable number have been done has been 

 from 25 to 50 cents each and the j^rofit has, in many cases, been 

 more than doubled. 



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SPRAYING FRUIT TREES. 



The season of 190 1 was unusually favorable to the growth of 

 many of the fungi that attack our fruit crops, and where spraying- 

 was not thoroughly clone or not done at the right times much loss 

 resulted. The peach, plum and cherry were especially injured by 

 the Monilia or brown-rot, the black knot was abundant on the plum 



