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region, Of value to one gecuring orchards for 
renovation, 
Corbett, L. C. Apples. 199-215 p. 5 pl. (In 
Dept. Agre and Hort. in West Vircinia Agr. 
Exp. Sta. 9th Ann. Rept. for 1896.) 
Method of pruning differs with varieties. 
King and Willow varieties - heading in; Ben 
Davis and Baldwin varieties - thinning the 
branches. 
Top-worked trees last mich longer than 
root-grafted. 
Card, F. We Notes on pruning. 10 p. illus. 
Nebraska Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 504 
Experimente with various coatings to de- 
termine the effect upon healing and permanency. 
lead paint and coal-tar were found to last best. 
Coal-tar had a tendency to hinder healing. 
Shellac and pine-tar did not laat. 
Aldrich, H. Ae An experiment in pruning old 
trees. 48-54 pe. (In Illinois St. Hort. Soc. 
Trans. for 1899.) 
Qld trees which had been subject to non- 
pearing for years, were given over to thorough 
pruning, the whole top being headed in from il - 
3 feet. A yteld of 20-30 bushels of applea 
per tree was obtained the first season, besides 
a good growth of wood. 
Alwood, W, B. Spraying the orchard. 83-104 p. 
illus. (Virginia Agr. Exp, Sta. Bul. }00,) 
General notes on spraying, showing a neg- 
lected orchard, and two years after treatment. 
Blair, 7 ©, Orchard management. 371-396 pe 
illus. (Illinoia Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 59.) 
Treats of some of the reasons that apple 
orchards fail in Illinois. General notes on 
ranovation, 
