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give the best results on our steep lands. When 

 we say a low headed tree, what should be 

 understood? Prof L. H. Bailey puts it well 

 when he asks the question, ''One that is started 

 low and allowed to run up, or one that is 

 forked high and allowed to droop?" When we 

 speak of a low headed tree we see at once a 

 tree that has been forked low and then kept 

 low by annual heading in until the scaffold, as 

 it were, is formed There is a vast difference 

 between a low forked and a low headed tree 

 We sometimes see trees which have been forked 

 low and then let grow up eight or ten feet be- 

 fore any bearing wood was allowed to form 

 This is a low forked but not a low headed tree 

 There are many reasons why the tree with the 

 low head is preferable. We all recognize the 

 advantage in spraying as discussed in the fol- 

 lowing chapter, by making it easier to reach 

 with the spray material Cheaper on account 

 of less waste of material than in the case of the 

 high heads, and the work may be done much 

 more effectively, as the operator can see more 

 readily when all parts have been reached The 

 low head is a source of economy in picking the 

 fruit, to say nothing of the greater ease with 

 which this labor may be accomplished. Low 

 headed trees resist the wind much better than 



