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lowing table shows the yields of apple orchards planted at 

 var}ing" distances : 



FOUR-YEAR AVERAGE. 



Not over 30 x 30 feet 18G bushels 



31 X 31 to 35 X 35 feet 222 



3(i X 3G to 10 X 40 feet 229 



It is plainly evident that the greatest enemy of the apple 

 orchard is the apple tree. 



Time will not permit the mention of many other revelations 

 of an orchard snrvey. It is not stipposed that an orchard 

 survey will disclose any new principles, but it serves the pur- 

 pose, as previously mentioned of bringing together such a 

 mass of data pertaining to the management of orchards and 

 disposing of the product, that none can dispute its teachings. 

 It is interesting to note that the revelations of an orchard 

 survey are in direct accDrd with tlie practice of the best fruit 

 growers. 



Discussion. 



A Member: Were th(^se trees of the same age? 



Mr. Jarvis : They were trees planted before 1860. 



A Member : In regard to the buck\\heat co\er crop, at 

 what time is it sown, what the future treatment, and is it 

 gathered in any way? 



Mr. J.\r\'is : When used as a cover crop it should be sown 

 about the first of July and there will be a good crop by the time 

 the frost comes ; leave it on the ground all winter and plow 

 under in the spring; in the fall it forms a nice mat for the 

 apples to fall u])on, although it is badly trampled dc^wn in the 

 harvesting of the fruit. It is tisuall}- in seed at tlie time of 

 harvesting the fruit. 



A Member: Is there an\' trouble with vermin or mice? 



]\Ir. Jarvis: 'Jdiere may be, but we have experienced 

 verv little trouble from leaving the buckwheat on the ground: 

 as a rule. \erv little grows around the base of the trees so 

 there is little danger from mice working around the trees. If 

 one has such trouble it is an easy matter to work arotmd the 

 trees in the fall and keep the buckwheat away from the trunks. 



