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results in Nevada (Bull. No. 79), with a good profit- 

 balance. 



All these results, together with others not here men- 

 tioned, indicate that the possibility of heating orchards to 

 protect from spring frosts is now well beyond the experi- 

 mental stage; whether it will become a generally profitable 

 practice with deciduous fruits, however, remains yet to 

 be determined. 



SPECIAL CARE OF THE PLANTS 



Many special practices, some of them local, are very 

 important to the fruit-grower, and raise many questions. 

 Some of these may now be briefly considered, along with 

 other problems on which information may be desired. 



Staking young trees. 



If fruit-trees are stocky and well planted, and if the 

 land is deep and in good condition, it will rarely be neces- 

 sary to stake them. The staking of an orchard is usually 

 an indication of poor trees or poor management at some 

 point. It occasionally happens, however, that trees must 

 be staked to enable them to overcome some accident or 

 injury, as breaking by heavy winds or ice. When it 

 is necessary to stake trees, it is ordinarily best to 

 drive a stout stake on two sides and then to bind the tree 

 firmly to each of these stakes, in order to keep it from 

 whipping. The best bandage is of burlaps or other strong 

 soft cloth, cut in strips 2 or 3 inches wide and firmly tied 

 about the tree. Just as soon as the tree has recovered 

 from its injury or weakness, the support should be re- 

 moved. Trees that have blown over, but have not been 

 broken completely off, may be severely headed-in and 

 tied up in this way, often with the very best results. The 

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