RENOVATION 



III 



cause until there are. less than 20 trees to the acre, 

 it may be considered doubtful expediency to at- 

 tempt a renovation. This will depend naturally 

 more or less upon the value of the land. Cheap or 

 waste land might be left to support 10 or 15 trees 



FIG. 58 — SAME TREE FIRST SUMMER AFTER TREATMENT 



to the acre, but good land which can be brought 

 under cultivation had better be restored to the plow 

 by complete clearing unless it can show at least 

 a half a stand of trees. 



The varieties should be worth while. It is only 

 a waste of money to save a tree which will bear 



