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5. Demonstrate how to mix and use the different or- 

 chard sprays. See Chapter XIX for directions. 



6. Demonstrate how to make a fruit tree graft. How 

 to bud an orange tree. 



7. Demonstrate how to prepare oranges, lemons, figs 

 and apples for the county or state fair exhibit. 



8. Show how properly to prepare grapefruit for table 

 use as a breakfast dish. 



9. Demonstrate how to irrigate a bearing orchard. 



10. Demonstrate how properly to hull and crack the 

 various nuts 'mentioned in this chapter. 



6. Play Contests with Fruit and Nuts 



1. Fruit paring contest, based upon time, skill and 

 weight of peelings and finished products. 



2. Variety naming contest in both fruit and nut classes. 



3. Nut cracking contest. 



4. Contest in judging of apples, oranges and pecans. 



5. Guessing games with both fruit and nuts in matters 

 of naming varieties after descriptions are given. Second, 

 by guessing the number of any given variety or kind of 

 fruit or nuts a certain vessel will hold. 



6. Apple canning contest ; use windfall apples. 



7. Canning contests. To see who can prepare and can 

 the largest quantity of any kind of fruit in a given time. 



8. Manual training contests in making canning outfits, 

 fruit presses, smudging vessels, crates, etc. 



9. Tree pruning contests. 



10. Geography, language and arithmetic contests, based 

 upon fruit and nut interests. 



7. Club Projects 



In connection with the fruit and nut industry it is 

 highly desirable to organize orchard management clubs. 



