Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 149 



How we store you in the cellar, 

 Where you lay till winter time, 



When we bring you from yer hidin' 

 An' we eat you in yer prime. 



Yes, them long old winter evening 

 How a feller's heart will yearn 



For the time that's alius welcome. 

 When the old log fires burn, 



An* the family gets together 



When the weather's chill and cold ; 



Oh, the good old yeller apple 

 Is as good as yeller gold." 



— Nellie Russell Ferguson, 



Growing Plants to Control the Growth 

 OF Other Plants. — It sometimes happens that 

 well tilled and cared for trees fail to produce 

 satisfactory results. The orchardists may con- 

 tinue to bestow his labors but to no avail. We 

 frequently see trees which have received con- 

 stant care and cultivation during the entire 

 summer come out of the winter in bad condi- 

 tion, with bursted bark and dead or dying 

 limbs. 



Again we sometimes find orchards which 

 have long since arrived at the age of bearing 

 and yet have not produced fruit The location 

 is studied and finally the conclusion is reached 

 (frequently without being able to tell why), 

 that the rich, deep, moist soil is causing too 

 rapid a growth. Let us look at the orchard. 



