The Garden Magazine, July, 1922 



307 



Mattie E. Hewitt, Photo. 



DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE IN THE GARDEN 



The ideal Apple tree of fancy is here translated into arresting reality so dominant in this garden scene that the dwarf 

 cordons on trellises along the wall seem mere perky upstarts by comparison. Long found and favored in continental gar- 

 dens because of the interesting variety furnished in small space, the cordon Apple is less at ease in the American garden 

 where conditions of growth are unlike; and, truth to tell, it requires closer attention and more constant pruning than most of 

 us are willing to give. Garden of Mr. D. E. Seybel, "Hillandale," Portchester, N. Y. 



outward, to make more spreading tops. Varieties that are 

 naturally spreading, as the Rhode Island Greening, do not need 

 such treatment. The framework branches of all varieties will 

 spread farther away from each other as the trees grow older. 

 After the framework is started, the beginner is much more likely 

 to prune Apple trees too much than too little. // in doubt 

 whether to save or remove a branch always leave it. 



Keeping Up With Events 



THE young Apple trees should have the cultivation and the 

 cover crop treatment recommended for the bush fruits in 

 the April number of The Garden Magazine. Usually the 

 same treatment will give the best results for bearing trees, ex- 

 cept where the ground is rough, stony, or inclined to wash. 



However, good results may be obtained from bearing trees in 

 sod, if the grass be mowed and left where it falls. 



Neither stuff nor starve your trees. If the young ones make 

 a yearly growth of two or three feet, no fertilizer should be used. 

 If trees of bearing age have dark abundant foliage, grow a foot 

 per year, and produce well, do not fertilize. If trees make less 

 growth and have pale foliage they need nitrogen and may need 

 other fertilizing elements. Usually nitrogen is the element 

 most needed by under-nourished Apple trees. 



Manure is perhaps the best fertilizer for them. It may be 

 applied in autumn, winter, or early spring and worked under as 

 soon as the ground is fit. If used each year, apply ioo to 125 

 pounds per square rod. This would be from 400 to 750 pounds 

 to a full-grown Apple tree depending on the rate of application 

 and the planting distances. 



