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reluctance that one removes sound trees when they come in 
the rows that are taken out, and espscially where they 
stand next to blanks in the remaining rowe, the final re- 
sults will be more satisfactory if the above plan is 
strictly adhered to, Treas in resular rows are more 
pPleazing to the eye and facilitate orchard management. 
SOIL TREATMENT, 
Wany orchards of the State are suffering from a aur- 
plua of 9911 moisture. Sometimes only a corner of the 
orchard is so affected, and most of the trees are dead 
there, In any oase, if the soil remaing saturated into 
the summer, it is unfit for the growth of apples. 
This fruit quickly sucoumbs to the so-called "wet feet". 
Drainage is of first importance in such orchards. A row 
of tile, laid about three feet deep, in every other space 
will soon produce a marked change in the health of the 
trees, 
Wet soils are usually sour and require a heavy ap- 
plication of lime before they are attractive to moet 
Diants. While lime can not be considered as a fartilizer, 
it often gives a stimulus te plant growth that is remark- 
able. It not only sweetens and improves the physical 
condition of heavy soils, but alan dissolves the mineral 
fertilizers which have been lying dormant in the earth, 
rendering them usuable by the plants, Hence, application 
