1 52 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



winter. While before, wood growth was en- 

 couraged at the expense of everything else. 

 Then when we sow crops in our young grow- 

 ing orchards we should bear in mind these two 

 lessons. First, the growing of plants in order 

 that others may grow; second, the growing of 

 plants to check the growth of others. Then 

 there is the older orchard which has been culti- 

 vated for so many years, and all to no avail. It 

 presents another side of the question, for its 

 leaves ripen before freezing weather and its 

 wood does not winter kill. These conditions 

 would seem to be ideal for the production and 

 ripening of wood, but we must go a step fur- 

 ther, for we do not only want wood, but the pur- 

 pose of orcharding is to grow fruit. In order to 

 have the fruit, the tree must produce flowers. 

 Before the flowers, must come the bloom buds, 

 just as surely as the leaf bud precedes the leaves. 

 Then in this case, as in the other, let us see 

 what these trees are doing. We found that the 

 others were producting wood at the expense 

 of fruit buds. It may be the same thing is true 

 in this case. If so, we shall know what to do, 

 but if on the other hand we find that the 

 trees are producing blossoms every year, if 

 they have been loaded with flowers spring after 

 spring, and still no fruit, the fault lies at the 



