CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. SELECTION OF SITE 



Climate, I — Frosts, 3 — Winter temperature, 5 — Summer temperature, 

 5 — Exposure, 7 — Soil, 8 — Water supply in the soil, 8 — Surface, 

 drainage, air, and water, 9 



CHAPTER II. ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES TO SOILS .... 10 

 Baldwin soils, 12 — Ben Davis and Gano, 14 — Fall Pippin, 15 — Grimes, 

 15 — Ilubbardston, 17 — King, 17 — Mammoth Black Twig, iS — Newtown 

 Pippin, 19 — Northern Spy, 21 — Rhode Island Greening, 22 — Rome 

 Beauty, 23 — Stayman Winesap, 24 — Wagener, 24 — Winesap, 25 — 

 York Imperial, 25 



CHAPTER III. ORCHARD HEATING 27 



The type of heater to use, 27 — Number of heaters per acre, 28 — The 

 oil to use, 29 — How to store the oil, 29 — A method of distributing the 

 oil, 30 — How to light the pots, 31 — When to* light heaters, 31 — Pre- 

 dicting the temperature, 31 — The sling psychrometer, 32 — How to 

 make an observation, 32 — Heating the small home orchard, 34 — The 

 need of thermometers, 34 — The probable cost for a ten-acre orchard, 35 



CHAPTER IV. SELECTION OF THE TREES 36 



First-class stock, 36 — Standards versus dwarfs, 39 — Pedigree trees, 40 

 — When to order, 41 — From whom to order, 41 — What to do with the 

 trees when received, 42 



CHAPTER V. WINDBREAKS 43 



Object of windbreaks, 43 — Advantages and disadvantages of wind- 

 breaks, 43 — Where to plant the windbreak, 47 — The trees: how to 

 plant, 48 — When to use windbreaks, 50 



CHAPTER VI. THE LSI', OF STABLE MANURE IN THE 



ORCHARD 5I 



Iiefore planting the orchard, 51— Use of manure after the trees have 

 been planted, 51 



CHAPTER VII. PREPARING LAND FOR AN ORCHARD .... 53 



Plowing, 53 — How to plow, 54 — Rolling, 55 — Harrowing, 56 — Use of 

 fining tools, 57 



CHAPTER VIII. LAYING OUT AN ORCHARD 58 



Large orchards, 58 — Smaller orchards, 69 — Home orchard, 69 



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