March, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE. 
the roots on the one year tree will 
be principally bark and very much 
slower to callus. 
Now that we have said two year, 
five to six foot tree — where must 
they be grown? I do not care 
where they are grown — Kansas, 
Alabama, Nebraska, Indiana, New 
York, Wisconsin or Minnesota — as 
long as they are five to six feet, 
well branched, healthy, and good 
root systems. The first cherries 
planted in Door County, Wiscon- 
sin, were from Alabama — below the 
blizzard line as they say, and five 
thousand acres now growing in the 
county all came from Alabama and 
Indiana, also most of the apples. 
Fall Pug Against Spring Bug 
Stock. I prefer fall dug stock 
stored with roots in dirt, not in 
moss, or three-fourths of the roots 
may dry out during the winter. We 
want the mangled end of the roots 
to heal over, and, what is more im- 
portant, we do not prune the roots 
of fall dug stock we plant in the 
spring. If they are pruned at all 
it should be done when stored and 
not after they come out of storage, 
as nature has healed the wounds, 
and you should not make new 
ones. 
We should plant early, as soon as 
land is in good condition to work 
and before the trees have burst in- 
to leaf. Should the terminal buds 
be open, the tree should be pruned 
as soon as planted to take off that 
source of evaporation and keep the 
tree dormant as long as possible. 
Our best success is where the prun- 
ing and planting are done early 
and the trees remain dormant till 
roots have started to grow. 
Pruning. Our rule in pruning 
is three-fourths of the top should 
be removed in a systematic man- 
ner, spacing the limbs right for af- 
ter years and leaving only a few 
buds, cutting side branches shorter 
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than the leader and to an outside 
or a side bud, though this is not 
absolutely necessary to the future 
shape of the tree. 
The second year we can rear- 
range the head somewhat, and after 
that the good work should continue 
every spring. 
Cultivation. Should crops be 
grown in the orchard, the cultiva- 
tion conforms to the necessities of 
the crop being grown. Plowing in 
the spring and six or seven harrow- 
ings constitute pretty fair orchard 
culture. At. all events use level 
culture, that is, do not ridge the 
tree rows one year and level them 
down the next. Always level cult- 
ure. The gang plow, reversible 
disc, common cutaway disc, spring 
tooth, are what we use. 
We consider early cultivation 
important at least every othei 
year. On land that is to be built 
up we use the following method : 
cultivate till June tenth, then sow 
clover, a mixture of alfalfa, red 
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Crates, Iiushel Boxes 
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We manufacture the Ewald Patent 
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that give satisfaction. Berry box and 
crate material in the K. D. In carload 
lots our specialty. We constantly carry 
in stock 16 quart crates all made up 
ready for use, either for strawberries or 
blueberries. No order too small or too 
large for us to handle. We can ship the 
folding boxes and crates in K. D. from 
Milwaukee. Promptness is essential in 
handling fruit, and we aim to do our 
part well. A large discount for early 
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Cumberland Fruit Package 
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Dept. D, Cumberland. WIs. 
FOR SALE 
Choice Strawberry Plants in 
large or small quantities. 
We make a specialty of War- 
field and Senator Dunlap, 
Wisconsin’s standard varie- 
ties. We also have the lead- 
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Write for price list. 
Rasmussen’s Fruit Farm 
Oshkosh, Wis. 
clover and sweet clover, if you 
please. Leave this till June 1st of 
the following year, then plow it 
under. Continue cultivating till 
August. The next year cultivate 
ti l June tenth and repeat. 
Winter Protection. When the 
orchard is young and on an expos- 
c 1 location the snow somet'mes 
blows off and winter injury results. 
To avoid this if the orchard is be- 
ing cropped cne should sow a strip 
of oats or allow weeds to grow 
along the tree row to catch the 
snow. 
