EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 153 



Methods and Results on a Successful New Jersey 

 Fruit Farm. 



By Albert T. Repp, Glassboro, N. J. 



The conditions in different localities vary so much that 

 we find methods must vary to suit the locality; therefore the 

 methods that would bring- successful results in New Jersey 

 would not apply perhaps in this State at all. On August the 

 18th last, the New Jersey Horticultural Society met at our 

 fruit farm. Our friend and editor Mr. Collingwood, on 

 approaching the farm with some friends in a carriage, asked 

 the question, "What slovenish-looking farm is this?" and 

 was astonished to hear the reply, "This is the Repp farm." 

 In his address of the day he said that at first sight he was 

 amazed at the weeds grown by the Repps. So, in view of 

 the fact, I am equally as much amazed that I should be asked 

 to address this meeting on methods used in New Jersey. But 

 as I said in the beginning, as localities differ, to obtain 

 results the methods must vary. So we obtain methods from 

 different localities and we apply them to our farm and many 

 times find them practical and sometimes otherwise, always 

 measuring them of course by the results. So whatever re- 

 marks I shall make I must ask that you will not consider 

 them as practical in your State, until you have given them 

 some test. 



First, in regard to planting orchards, we look much to 

 the selection of trees ; we prefer good two-year trees for 

 planting. We plant them 20 feet apart each way, with the 

 view of cutting some of them out as they grow too large for 

 the space. We plant corn between for a few years, using 

 plenty of fertilizer so as not to draw too much from the tree, 

 and at the same time secure good cultivation. Second, the 

 work of pruning engages our attention ; not that we prune 

 the young tree, but we watch its growth and prepare to 

 select the coming tree from it. The first year we do not 

 prune at all. We think the future of the tree and its pro- 

 ductiveness depend on the careful pruning of the early years 

 of its life. We have learned by experience that to refrain 



