ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



79. Barrel Spray Outfit with Two Extra Barrels of Water 178 



80. Large, Double-action, Hand Pump with 200-gallon Tank 180 



81. Gas Power Sprayer 181 



82. Gasolene Power Outfit 182 



83. Small Gasolene Power Sprayer 183 



84a. Old Style of Vermorel Nozzle 184 



846. Angle Vermorel Nozzle 184 



85a. Bordeaux Nozzle 185 



856. Disc Nozzle 185 



86. Long- and Short-tailed Hose Couplings 186 



87. Spray Injury on Apples 191 



88. Proper Condition of Apple Blossoms for Sprajnng Before They Open 205 



89. Gravenstein Apples Sprayed for Scab 207 



90. Gravenstein Apples Not Sprayed 207 



91. Good Type of Tree for Renovating 213 



92. Rather Difficult Tree to Renovate, One Which Will Require Several 



Years to Work Over 214 



93. Difficult Type of Tree to Renovate, but One Which Has Little 



Value as it Stands 214 



94. Poor Type of Orcharding for Renovating 215 



95. Old Orchard Before Work of Renovating Began 218 



96. Same Orchard, after Three Years' Treatment 218 



97. Beginning Work of Renovating an Old Apple Tree 220 



98. Same Tree, After Three Years' Treatment 220 



99. Old Apple Tree Before Beginning Renovation 221 



100. Same Tree, De-horned After One Year's Treatment 221 



101. Same Tree, After One Season's Growth 222 



102. Same Tree, After Three Years' Treatment 222 



103. Trunk of a Tree Damaged by Too Much Nitrogen 223 



104. An Orchard Damaged by Too Much Nitrogen 224 



105. An Old, Neglected Orchard WTien Renovation Was Begun 226 



106. Same Orchard, After Five Years' Treatment 227 



107. A Pair of Thinning Shears 229 



108. Boys Thinning Japanese Plums 230 



109. Branch of Apple Tree That Was Thinned Twice 231 



110. Boys Thinning Apples 232 



111. Picking Cherries 234 



112. A Good Picking Basket 235 



113. Poor Type of Picking Basket for Frui^., Yet One Often Used 235 



114. Picking Apples Into Bags 236 



115. Picking Apples from Well-loaded Trees 238 



116. Peaches Picked into Oak Picking Baskets 240 



117. Attacking an Old-timer 241 



118. A Load of Apples on the Way to Market 242 



