Suggestions Regardthg Orchard Management, 
Tt is practically impossible for any one to formulate a 
set cf rules that will enable a grower to realize tha largest 
possible profits from his orchard, The personal element det- 
erm-ines success or failure in any line cf industry, ana where 
this £&S absent, the results are doubtful, The general prin- 
ciples and practices apply to most cases, and they must be 
thoroughly understood by everyone who wisBs to make a success 
of fruit growing, they must be applied together with special 
practices, 
Well grown one or two year old treew are the best for 
“Narviand. One vear old trees have certain decided advantages 
ever two vear old trees, They are cheap:r, easier to handle, 
and thev may be headed where desired, Apple trees should be 
headed low, and from three to five branches should te sel- 
ected to form the foundation branches, These branches should 
be at least five or six inches apart, and weil piaced, so as 
to form a symmetrical top. Nurserymen usually cut off these 
branches in growing higher headed trees, Unless a two year 
old tree has been headed low in the nursery, it is usually 
necessary to force the development of new main branches i1cw 
on the trunk, and these are not always well placed, In addit- 
ion to this is the factor of price which is wortiy cf cunsia- 
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