Practical Orchard Plans 

 AND Methods 



How TO Begin and Carry on the Work 



WHAT kind of tree is that, Mr. Burbank?" 

 Seldom does an amateur visit my 

 experiment farms without asking this 

 question. And very commonly I am led to reply: 



"Why, it is hardly fair to speak of that as a 

 tree; that is a concentrated prune orchard. If I 

 were to name all the varieties Of fruit that are 

 growing on the branches from that single trunk, it 

 would sound like reciting the names from an or- 

 chardist's catalog. Nearly all my important 

 experiments in developing a particular variety of 

 plum are made, at one stage or another, in these 

 tree-colonies." 



And when my visitor, observing now on closer 

 inspection that practically every branch shows evi- 

 dence of having been grafted, inquires what will 

 be done next season, I explain that a fair propor- 

 tion of the present branches will be cut away and 



[Volume IV — Chapter II] 



