mistaj{:es in oechard management. 
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encouragement from his landlord. On some few estates we find that the 
landlord supplies trees, and wood for fencing, and the tenant the labour 
for planting and fixing the same. This works to their mutual benefit, as 
the owner's land is improved, and the tenant, although he will have to 
wait a few years for it, will gradually get an orchard of trees from which 
he gets the best produce, which alone pays now-a-days. I am convinced 
that on many large estates it would pay the owners to employ qualified 
men to look after their orchards. Then they would be able to make good 
selections of varieties, see to the planting, fencing, and pruning of trees, 
Fig. 129.— No Pkuning — no Growth. 
the landlord providing trees and material, and the tenant the necessary 
labour. The orchards then would gradually improve in value, an out- 
going tenant would not be able to raise the ofttimes vexatious (question 
of compensation for improvements, and the owner would not have to come 
upon an out-going tenant for dilapidation, unless the trees had been 
injured by the gross neglect of the latter. Also, if the landlords had 
nurseries of their own, their orchard men would have something to occupy 
their summer time. 
Mistakes in Selection of Varieties. 
The most common error is in selecting varieties unsuitable to the soil 
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