1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
297 
Forming Habit of Trees. 
I have been told that In the apple orchards 
of New York State the individual trees pre¬ 
sent a different appearance from those of 
Massachusetts; that the branches seem to 
hang in long, sweeping whorls, which radi¬ 
ate one above the other from a somewhat 
central axis, giving the tree a sort of three¬ 
storied appearance. Is this due to any defi¬ 
nite system of pruning or to certain soil 
characteristics which are different from those 
of Massachusetts? In shaping the tops of 
young trees two years set would you prune 
always with the idea of preserving a central 
axis to produce trees like those of New York, 
or would you allow the trees to follow their 
varietal habit, the varieties to be pruned 
Including Baldwin, Sutton, It. I. Greening, 
McIntosh Red, Gravenstein, Wealthy, Duch¬ 
ess, Wagener, Red Astrachan, Sweet Bough 
and King? A. u d. 
Ipswich, Mass. 
In New York we do have two and 
three-story apple trees. These trees have 
sometimes been trained and pruned with 
this idea in mind, and other times they 
have been the result of close planting 
and then not taking out part of the trees 
as soon as they begin to crowd. I have 
in mind some of these three-storied trees 
upon the farm of Albert Wood & Son, 
every other tree has been cut out of this 
orchard and recently it picked 1G barrels 
of Baldwins to the tree, not one tree but 
many. Wood & Son have been setting 
out young orchards the past' few years, 
and are planning for low-headed orchards, 
as they expect to fight San Jose scale 
upon these trees, and they also believe it 
will be easier to grow fancy fruit on trees 
of this kind. Many of the farsighted 
apple growers of western New York are 
also planning for low-headed orchards. 
I would allow these trees to follow their 
varietal habit. It is practically impossible 
to make a sprawling tree out of a Sutton 
or a upright tree out of a Greening. I 
would not prune tips of the new growth 
at all, only take out occasional crossing 
branches until after bearing commences. 
All the varieties mentioned should be 
bearing profitable crops at 10 years set 
except Baldwin and Sutton. This orchard 
should be grown with the idea of some¬ 
time fighting San Jose scale in it, there¬ 
fore the low-headed type of tree is the 
one wanted. If the lower branches are 
not taken off they will begin to bear 
early; if the tips of the upright growths 
are not cut back fruit buds and spurs 
will soon be formed, and as the long up¬ 
right branches load with fruit they will 
bend down and become the side branches 
of the tree; the lower early bearing wood 
will have to be pruned out when trees 
are from 10 to 15 years old, before it dies 
from lack of sunlight. 
Thomas E. Ork well known as agricul¬ 
tural editor and expert poultryman, died 
March 24, in bis 54th year. Ills early life 
was spent on the farm and in teaching 
school. Later he went into commercial 
poultry culture, becoming a forceful writer 
on poultry subjects and an expert judge. 
For 15 years he was connected with The 
National Stockman and Farmer in editorial 
and business capacity. Since 1901 he had 
been engaged In farming, devoting consid¬ 
erable time to The American Poultry Asso¬ 
ciation, of which he was secretary-treas¬ 
urer, lecturing on poultry subjects and act¬ 
ing as judge at shows. His cheerful dispo¬ 
sition and many sterling qualities made for 
him a host of friends. 
About Fruits. —Is not Prof. Van Deman 
a little bit in error when he fails to advise 
C. B., Jackson, Mo., against using sucker cut¬ 
tings for grafting? I remember the first 
grafts I ever set. It was 10 years ago this 
Spring (1897). I was a young boy then and 
knew little about grafting. I cut some suck¬ 
ers off a Baldwin, tree and grafted them in 
a seedling tree near the house. These grafts 
have made a tremendous wood growth but 
have borne to date little or no fruit. Later 
I learned that the rule is graft suckers for 
wood, limb ends for fruit. Since then I al¬ 
ways use limb ends, and they have borne well 
even those from the tree the suckers came 
from. Last Summer I was surprised to see 
the Climax Japan plum recommended as the 
best of the Japans in your paper. With me 
the Climax is the poorest in quality and 
most unprofitable of the 12 varieties of 
Japans I have fruited. It is the most sub¬ 
ject to crack and rot of any plum I ever saw. 
Occasionally a plum will grow to a large 
size, but its quality is almost repulsive. Don’t 
plant Climax; if you want a good one try 
Sultan, which was introduced the same year. 
It is the best, or one of the best, I have ever 
fruited. wesley n. peck. 
Connecticut. 
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Apple Breeder Dansville, N. Y. 
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