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WORK BY SEASONS 



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Prune the trees in their winter condition. 



Spray for scale and winter forms of fungous diseases. 



Continue the spring spraying. 



Cultivate during spring and early summer. 



Thin fruits when they are small. 



Fertilize during the cultivation period. 



Harvest the crop. 



Sort, pack and market (Fig. 233). 



Dig out borers each spring and fall. 



Fig. 233. — Picking baskets of this type help to protect the fruit from injury. Peaches 

 are here being packed at an orchard station to start to market promptly. (New Jersey 

 Station.) 



The Year's Cultivation of Orchards— Plow the ground by turning 

 the soil with a turning plow in early spring. Let this approach as close 

 to the trees as possible. If the slope of soil will allow it, tillage im- 

 plements may be run both ways. The small square near each tree 

 can be worked up with hand tools such as grubbing hoes or mat- 

 tocks. After plowing, the disk harrow or cutaway harrow (Figs. 234 

 and 235) should be used to crumble the soil and prevent loss of 

 moisture. Some such implement should be used several times. It 

 will prevent the baking of soil and will keep down the growth of 



