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ments are necessary to the best development of the same are 

 known. For a few years, while the yoang trees are growing', 

 hoed crops maybe advantageously grown between the rows 

 but when they begin to bear fruit all other crops should be 

 abandoned. Trees may be set thirty feet apart and, if the 

 situation is good, peaches planted between would not be 

 detrimental as they would be out of the way by the time 

 that the apple trees demanded the space. In such a case 

 continuous cultivation and fertilization would be necessary 

 but no other crop allowable. While growing the trees 

 nitrogenous fertilizers would be most needed, but when 

 the tiees begin to bear, more and more potash would be 

 required. 



Judicious pruning should be attended to while the trees 

 are growing, keeping them well down, the better to facili- 

 tate the picking of fruit and guard against the damage by 

 high winds, both on trees and fruit. 



All fruit growers should be good fighters, as the battle 

 lasts throughout the year and spraying has become a neces- 

 sity in order to grow fruit of desirable quality. The 

 Bordeaux mixture has become the established remedy for 

 most insect pests as well as fungous growths, with Paris 

 green added. The latter being a mixture without any 

 chemical action should be kept in agitation while in use. 



Spraying should be done on a still, clear day. If a shower 

 should come soon after, your work would do little good. 

 We would advise several applications to the trees each 

 year. After the fruit is gathered a much stronger solution 

 of copper could be used with benefit, even as strong as six 

 pounds to fifty gallons of water. Then to make things 

 doubly sure clean up all leaves and 7-iibbish and hum, be- 

 ing careful to make small piles well away from the trees. 



Leaf mould is a valuable fertilizer when composted with 

 sufficient lime to kill all insects and fungous growth at- 

 tached to the same, but otherwise is a dangerous contin- 

 gent. 



