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when corn has been grown in the orchard that 

 season. Tar paper should not be used, as the 

 tar is injurious to the bark. Wrappers should 

 be fastened on securely with a small wire. If 

 the screening is used the wire may be passed 

 through the meshes, thus preventing its drop- 

 ping down, or may be caught by the ends of 

 their own raw edges. In the case of corn stalks 

 the wire will have to be drawn quite tightly, 

 or when the stalks shrink, as they will, it may 

 drop down, and the stalks fall off just when 

 most necessary. The wooden veneer wrappers 

 may be threaded on one edge with a wire, 

 thus keeping the wire in place and preventing 

 them from being blown off by severe wind 

 storms. The veneer should be thoroughly 

 dampened several hours before using. This 

 will prevent them from splitting, as well as 

 curl them ready to be put in place. 



Winter Care of the Orchard.— We all 



recognize the importance of the care of the 

 young trees the first few winters. But many of 

 us seem to forget that the old bearing orchard 

 shopld have some winter care. This should 

 consist of cleaning up all the cull fruit which 

 may have been left at picking time. Also the 

 removal of the mummies left from Brown-rot 

 of peach, and Bitter or other Rot of the apple, 



