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culty of spraying we have not found to be 
serious. 
Variety of Pears 
As to the variety of pears, we would 
plant Bartletts, because they are the earli- 
est bearers, heaviest bearers and up to 
date best money-makers. However, the 
Anjon Bose and Winter Nellis are excel- 
lent varieties. 
As to the varieties of peaches, we would 
plant Early Crawfords and Elbertas—the 
Crawford because it is out of the way 
before the Elberta is ripe; the Elberta be- 
cause it is a good shipper and seller. Be- 
sides it ripens at a time before apples 
have to be picked, and therefore distrib- 
utes the work more evenly through the 
fruit season. 
Kind of Crops to Grow 
We now have the orchard planted, and 
will suppose that one-year-old nursery 
stock has been used, that we have three 
kinds of apples, two kinds of peaches and 
one kind of pears. The trees are one rod 
apart each way, and 160 trees per acre. 
There is no income from the fruit trees, 
but there is unused land, which with 
proper cultivation will grow vegetables 
that find a profitable market. What can 
be grown during the waiting period that 
will make a living for the family? Straw- 
berries, blackberries and raspberries yield 
profitable returns; but it takes one year 
of waiting from the ‘time of setting to 
get a crop. It takes one year with rhu- 
barb and two years with asparagus. Here 
are one or two years of waiting, and we 
are supposing that the orchardist wants 
profitable returns the first year. What 
should he plant? 
Onions on New Land 
The answer to that question depends on 
the soil, the climate, the market, the 
grower, and various other circumstances. 
On new, rich land, we have found onions 
to be a very profitable crop. Most pro- 
ducers say that onions should be grown 
on land that has been worked for several 
years, because by cultivation the soil is 
brought into a condition that is better 
adapted to the onion. There is some truth 
in this statement, but our preference for 
the new land on which to grow onions is 
because of the little difficulty of weeding’ 
when the onions are small. The young 
onion is very small. The little tender 
Fig. 2. Field of J. B. Early, Grandview, Wash., 30 months after setting out. Phillips 
Cling Peach planted in Spitz-Winesap orchard set in apple row to create wide 
spaces between rows to allow for. growing money crop while trees are growing. 
Mr. Early has made his place pay from the beginning. 
