I04 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



toward exporting them to England, for the same reason that 

 I have not shipped many to Montreal. While the first ship- 

 ment arrived in good condition, I would not want to risk it 

 very often until we get cold storage between Halifax and 

 London. 



( Mr. Eaton here showed some views of his orchard 

 planted on the intensive system. See plate III.) 



Mr. Hale: Do you expect that they will do as well where 

 they are set like those you have in view ? 



Mr. Eaton : I believe in heading in all fillers, not only 

 in plum trees, but in apple trees, before they are large enough 

 to interfere. In a good many places in our country there are 

 trees which have interlacing branches, and I think there is 

 no need for this if proper care is taken in pruning. Trees 

 that are interlaced can be brought back into proper shape 

 with the clippers without retarding the usefulness of the trees. 



I was asked how old the orchard is. The older portion 

 of the orchard is fourteen years of age. The majority of 

 the trees would average seven or eight years of age. It 

 makes a difference what the variety is as to the amount of 

 heading in necessary. Some varieties recjuire it more than 

 others. The Abundance needs none. The Red June and 

 Burbank must be headed in very severely. The W'agener 

 apple tree needs very little. I know of no apple tree that will 

 bear as much fruit for the space it occupies. In a young 

 orchard which I planted three years ago. of five thousand 

 trees, set 8j4 by i6^ feet or 320 per acre, apple and plum 

 mixed. I have been cultivating in this way. ]\Iy man with 

 a wide cultivator goes down on one side and back on the other. 

 He cultivates those five thousand trees, on twenty acres, at 

 the very small cost of two dollars. I allow him to go over 

 that orchard once a week. 



Mr. Hoyt: How much space do those trees occupy? 



Mr. Eaton : Twenty acres. 



Mr. Hoyt: And how long does it take your man to go 

 over them? 



Mr. Eaton : A day. 



Mr. Hoyt: A horse cultivator ijoes throug-h it in one 



day 



