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results have been obtained by many per- 
sons known to the writer, who have fer- 
tilized with the sole view of heavy crops, 
rather than of demonstrating a rule 
which could be worked out by anyone 
along scientific lines. It shows what is 
possible to all who intelligently apply 
themselves to pleasant, healthful orchard 
work in the beautiful Annapolis valley 
of Nova Scotia. 
What a Small Orchard Can Do 
The following is a record of a small 
orchard on the property of Judge Chip- 
man, Kentville, N. S. 
This orchard was planted in 1883. It 
originally contained 22 trees of the Blen- 
heim Orange variety, and covered an area 
of two-thirds of an acre. Root crops 
were grown in the orchard for the first 
10 or 11 years. Thereafter it was given 
clean cultivation with the plow and har- 
row. Stable manure was largely used 
during the early years of the orchard’s 
life, then commercial fertilizers in the 
form of bone meal and muriate of potash. 
During the last eight or nine years the 
fertilizers applied have been acid phos- 
phate, muriate of potash and nitrate of 
soda, the latter in small quantities. 
Product of 22 Blenheim Orange apple 
trees from 1892 to 1898, inclusive. Tree 
run: 
——Barrels—— 
In 1892 at 9 years of age.... 22 
1 “11 fe weer 50 
1896 “ 13 “ eee. 80 
1898 “ 15 “ aeee 90 
One tree not producing after 1898. 
Product of 21 trees from the year 1898: 
—Barrels— 
In 1900 at 17 years of age.... 130 
1902 “ 19 “ ..-. 160 
1904 “* 21 “ 140 
1905 “ 22 “e 60 
1906 “ 28 “ 130 
1907 “ 24 “ 15 
1908 * 25 é 90 
1909 “ 26 “ 183 
1910 “ 27 “ 14 
— 912% 
1,154% 
During the past 11 years the yield from 
this orchard has averaged about 83 bar 
rels per year, or at the rate of nearly 125 
barrels per acre. At $2 per barrel, tree 
run, this means a yearly return of $250 
per acre. 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
What One Apple Tree Has Done 
JOSEPH A. KinSMAN 
Lakeville, Kings County, Nova Scotia 
On the farm of Joseph A. Kinsman, in 
Lakeville, Kings county, stands the cham. 
pion apple tree of Hastern America. A 
letter written by Mr. Kinsman on April 
15, 1899, contains interesting information 
about this tree. Mr. Kinsman, under that 
date, wrote: 
“It is a pleasure for me to give par. 
ticulars about the remarkable Graven. 
stein apple tree of which I have been the 
owner since 1878. This tree is situated 
on my farm, at the base of the North 
mountain, in Lakeville. It grows on the 
side of the bank of a ravine that makes 
down from the mountain, in which a 
small stream of water runs, the roots of 
the tree running into this stream. The 
trunk of the tree is nearly three feet in 
diameter. The limbs begin to branch out 
about six feet from the ground; the 
branches have a spread of over 80 feet. 
The tree is now 100 years old. It was 
grafted to Gravenstein some 30 years ago. 
I have about 25 acres of orchard, but I 
have no tree more thrifty than this one. 
It only bears on alternate years, as a 
rule. On some off years it might have 
four or five barrels of apples. It is not 
cultivated inany way, Nature having pro- 
vided everything that is wanted for this 
tree. I have kept a record of the apples 
it has borne since I owned it, which is 
as follows: 
In 1878 it produced 15 bbls. merchantable fruit 
188 ak 18 46 ee 
0 
1882 te Ot ae 6 
1884 “ 20 « “ 
1886 21“ “ 
1888 ee 22 ac sé 
1890 ce 20 «é $4 
1892 “6 a1 ac ba 
1894 66 26 ‘6 és 
1896 “ 27 ch & 
1898 “ 22 « “ 
Total.......... 234 “ at $2 per bbl...$468 
I have made no account of the apples 
that dropped during those seasons, nor 
have I of the loss in picking, which is 
very great, owing to the top being nearly 
50 feet high on one side, on account of its 
position on the side of the bank. In 
1896 I should have had over 30 barrels, 
if it had not been for an accident in the 
