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in of light and air through the sides of 

 the tree is of no important value, and 

 indeed the denser the foliage of the sides 

 the better the protection the outside fruit 

 will have from winds and severe climatic 

 changes. 



He advises the removal of the top 

 branch and this opens the centre of the 

 tree, so that the air and light can freely 

 descend upon and into the cup-top thus 

 produced. This permits the tree to pre- 

 pare and nourish an inside rim or surface 

 of fruiting wood, and to bear fruit on it. 

 Practically that provides two fruiting sur- 

 faces, an outside and inside. The taking 

 out of the top allows more strength to 

 concentrate in the lower sides and they 

 become rich and strong to the ground, so 

 that they not only produce more fruit, 

 but afford their crop more protection by 

 dense side foliage. Thus an increase in 

 both quantity and quality of fruit is 

 affected. 



In such pruning only the saw is required, 

 and care must be exercised to cut all 

 limbs fully back to the eye, and no limb 

 should be nipped or cut on any part of 

 its length or between buds, as in such case 

 it will either die back or sprout like a 

 broom. It cannot be done periodically 

 every few years, but each year the trees 

 should be gone over. The first year it 

 will be found that but .one, two or three 

 limbs can be profitably and safely removed. 



The next year another limb or two can 

 be removed, until the proper inside shape 

 and healthy fruiting wood is produced. 

 The increase both in quantity and quality 

 of the crop will more than effect the 

 seeming loss of crop suggested by remov- 

 ing the central limbs reached up into the 

 top. 



PLANTING BETWEEN ROWS 



The question as to what other crops to 

 grow in the orange orchard without in- 

 juring the trees by impoverishing the 

 ground is one frequently discussed. The 

 advice which follows comes from an ex- 

 perienced orange grower in California 

 and is therefore valuable. 



"How am I to live and support my 

 family while my orange orchard is com- 

 ing into bearing," is the question arising 

 in the mind of the average individual. It 

 is a question of much importance, as the 

 universatility of orange growing depends 

 upon its favorable solution. The average 

 advice, which admits of no a.rgument, 

 would be, plant your orchard and cultivate 

 the ground solely for the orchard; plant 

 nothing thereon but trees, and make a 

 living independent of the ground planted 

 to trees. All that have followed this plan 

 are unanimous in their verdict that this will 



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undoubtedly secure success, but hundreds 

 who have a few acres of land adapted to 

 orange culture look for subsistence on the 

 same land. Some comparatively harmless 

 crops may be recommended for this class. 

 Of the cereals, corn only is admissible, 

 always leaving a strip not less than four 

 feet in width on each side of the rows of 

 trees. Corn does not sap the ground and 

 apparently poison it for orange trees as 

 many other crops are sure to do, besides 

 affording a temporary windbrake, which 

 in itself would be of great value. 



Pumpkins, squashes and melons are 

 harmless crops. It is as important to 

 know what not to plant, as to know what 

 is admissible. Never sow any kind of 

 grain or anything that will not admit of 

 cultivation. Potatoes are a hot bed for 

 gophers. Beans, though apparently harm- 

 less, are great absorbers of moisture, and 

 will leave the ground dry as an ash heap. 

 — Geo. R. Stoddard in the California 

 Fruit Grower. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1911, the shipments of pineapples to the 

 United States from Havana, which prac- 

 tically controls the business as far as 

 Cuba is concerned, amounted to 989,883 



