REJUVENATION OF NEGLECTED TREES 



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tilizing and cultural methods, and this often in only two 

 or three years of vigilant attention. 



The most notable cases of such work that have come 

 under my observation are the half dozen or more run- 

 down orchards bought up or rented for a term of years 

 by Dr. Frank H. Lattin of Albion in western New York. 

 In some cases the areas were so infested with under- 

 growth that the neighbors facetiously suggested that Dr. 



FIG. 319— CAUGHT RED HANDED! 



Note the havoc both in the trees and on the ground. But see Figs. 4 and 321 for 



final judgment. 



Lattin cut the trees down and rely for his profits on the 

 raspberries and blackberries growing among the trees, 

 the tops of which were veritable brush piles. But so 

 easily and inexpensively was the work of reclamation 

 performed, so profitable did the orchards become, and in 

 so short a time, that these same neighbors said it made 

 their heads swim ! It must be remarked, however, that 



