Contents xiii 

 CHAPTER VI 



PAGES 



ESTABLISHING THE APPLE ORCHARD 144-154 



Nursery stock 145-147 



Systems of planting 147-150 



Square system 148-149 



Hexagonal system 149-150 



Quincunx system . 150 



Planting distances 150-151 



Time to plant 151 



Setting trees 151-152 



Heading trees 152-153 



Use of fillers and inter-crops 153-154 



CHAPTER VII 



CULTIVATION OP THE ORCHARD 155-171 



Clean cultivation .-!" 156-157 



Sod- or grass-mulch 157-158 



Clean cultivation with cover-crops 159-160 



Cover-crops 160-162 



Value of cultivation and methods 162-165 



Implements 165 



The tractor in the apple orchard 165-171 



Truck 171 



CHAPTER VIE! 



IRRIGATION 172-185 



Choosing an irrigated district 177-180 



Irrigating the orchard 181-183 



Quantity of water to supply 181-182 



Time to irrigate orchards 182 



Number of applications 182-183 



Methods of irrigation 183-185 



