ECONOMIC PLANTS 



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Care of an Or- 

 chard. -- Crops 

 in the Orchard. 

 The old practice 

 of sowing some 

 other crop in the 

 orchard or letting 

 the ground grow 

 up to grass or 

 weeds is seldom 

 followed by suc- 

 cessful fruit grow- 

 ers. It is true 

 that before the 



FIGS. 128, 129. A Well- 

 pruned Orchard (above) ; 

 an Unpruned Orchard 

 (below). 



trees have an ex- 

 tended rootage, 

 that is, while they 

 are from two to 

 five years old, low- 

 growing crops like 

 potatoes and cab- 

 bage, or small fruit 

 like tomatoes, may 

 be raised in the 

 orchard with no 



