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$10.00 per acre, and of bearing orchards from $50.00 to $75.00 per acre. 3. 
Missouri Pippin, Ben Davis, Winesap and Jonathan for apple; Wildgoose 
and Robinson for plums. Pears and peaches are not profitable. Grapes — 
Concord and Worden. 4. Cultivation— Thorough cultivation is given to all 
fruits in the early part of the season, planting vegetable or other crops that 
require cultivation between the trees. 5! Cover crops — Ground should 
never be left bare in winter; we are using sorghum sown broadcast late in 
August as a cover crop. Red (fiover would be as good and possibly better, 
but is more difficult to grow. Cover crops prevent blowing of the soil, 
preserve fertility and add humus to the soil. 6. No fertilizers are used so 
far. Fertility of soil can be kept up by using some kind of cover crop to be 
left on the ground and avoiding the growing of crops of any kind after the 
trees come into bearing. 8. Insects and Diseases — The codling moth is the 
greatest pest we have, and there are no other insects to speak of. We spray 
thoroughly, but while in some seasons we lessen probably the codling moth 
by spraying, as a rule, I doubt if it does any good. The best and only remedy 
is to prevent their breeding, which means eternal vigilance, watching and 
by spraying, gathering and destroying all fruit effected before the insects can 
perfect themselves. 9. Irrigation— Fruit can be and is in some seasons grown 
fairly well without irrigation, but as a rule irrigation must be used to obtain 
any satisfactory success. The method practiced is both by pumping from 
wells and from rivers. Wind-mill power used principally for pumping, with 
open canals or ditches to carry water from the river. Flooding system is 
used in applying the water. 
To make a success of fruit growing in Western Kansas requires close 
study and attention', but this same rule applies everywhere equally as well. 
LOUISIANA. 
BY PROF. F. H. BURNETTE, BATON ROUGE, CHAIRMAN. 
1. The State is divided roughly into three fruit sections; the northern por- 
tion, where peaches, pears, persimmons (Japan), plums and apples do fairly 
well; the southeastern portion, where the same fruits except the apple 
thrive; and the lower Mississippi river region, where the orange lands are 
located. These three sections grow fruit commercially to some extent, and 
there are other fruits that thrive in all parts of the State, namely, dewberries, 
strawberries and figs. 
2. With the exception of the orange lands the sections named have a 
sandy soil, and have the highest elevation in the State. There are very few 
orchards in the States and the price can hardly be estimated. In the orange 
section, where young orchards have already been set, the price ranges from 
$50.00 to $200.00 per acre, and bearing orchards bring from $500.00 to $1,000.00 
per acre. In other sections well suited to orchard planting the price of land 
varies from $2.50 to $10.00 per acre, according to location. 
3. Varieties: Northern Section, Apples— Red June**, Red Astrachan**, 
Horse**, Summer Queen*, Shockley*. Peaches— Elberta**, St. John**, 
Mamie Ross**, Early Crawford*, Amsden*. Plums— Wild Goose**, Abun- 
dance*, Burbank*, Chabot*. Grapes — Diamond**, Delaware**, Ives**. Con- 
cord*, Champion*, in very small areas. Strawberries— Tennessee Prolific**, 
