CHAPTER XIX 



REJUVENATION OF NEGLECTED TREES 



314. Will it pay to renovate neglected trees? — To an- 

 swer this question satisfactorily depends on the answering 

 of many other questions which no one is better able to 

 answer than the owner of the trees. Doubtless many 



trees that it would not 

 pay financially to reno- 

 vate might be saved 

 without difficulty, as 

 discussed in the chap- 

 ter on tree surgery 

 (Chapter XVIII), 

 when the question of 

 cost to do the work 

 and cost to maintain 

 the tree in after years 

 are set aside. As a 

 general proposition, 

 however, it will not 

 pay to renovate neg- 

 lected orchard trees for 

 such reasons as the 

 following: The cost of 

 filling cavities and the 

 risk of breakage after 

 such work has been 

 done are too great to 

 warrant the outlay ; 

 the number of vacant 

 spaces in a neglected orchard due to the loss of trees 

 beyond profitable repair may be so large that the amount 

 of time required to cultivate the whole area, with perhaps 



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FIG. 314— NEGLECTED TREE HARD TO 



SPRAY AND HARVEST 



Trees like this should be pruned to open the 



head and remove superfluous branches. 



