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arnes’ Trees 
are New England grown 
hardy, vigorous and true 
to label —no better trees 
grown. Our supply is short, 
though, and many items 
will be exhausted be¬ 
fore Spring. Avoid 
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write today. 
Send 
at once 
for our 1920 
Price List of 
Fruit Trees, 
Plants, Roses. 
Hedge Plants, Shade 
Trees. Evergreens 
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FREE. 
The Barnes Bros. Nursery Co. 
Box 8 Yalesville, Conn. 
DOADSIDE apple trees aren't grown any 
1 V more; they had to be sprayed or they died, 
so they’re gone. BjI there is no need to waste 
the land they grew on: 
PLANT NUT-BEARING TREES 
They do not require spraying. Jones' grafted 
trees produce good crops of fine nuts. 
My Big Catalog tells thewholestory in 
a simple way; send for your copy today, 
I F IONFS NUT 
O. r. dvllLO, SPECIALIST 
Box R Lancaster. Penna. 
MALONEY TREES 
Fruit and Ornnmentals. Vines, Shrubs, 
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choicest stock grown in our 400-acre nurseries. 
Direct to you at cost plus one profit only. 
Hardy,fresh dujc.healthy.true to name—Write 
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Maloney Bros. & Wells Co., 61 East Si., DansvilIe,N.Y. 
DantuilWa Pioneer Grower»’ Nurserico 
Place Your Order Early This Year 
Although we have our usual fine assortment of high grade 
fruit trees to offer for Spring delivery, the demand is ex¬ 
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new customers place their orders early this season. 
You will never regret planting Kelly trees. Our trees are 
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We offer you a big money saving and reliable stock. 
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EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES.CataiogFiee 
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Strawherrv Pit IWT*! THE BEST JUf) E and 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
All leading varieties,including the bestof the Ever- 
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March 13, 1920 
Orchard Surgery; or Fitting Over Trees 
Part I. 
A Tree Shortage. —Owing to the pres¬ 
ent-day shortage of fruit-trees it behooves 
those already in possession of trees to 
take the best care of them, so that a 
maximum yield will be secured from the 
trees. It has been stated upon good 
authority that fewer apples trees are bear¬ 
ing fruit now than at any other time in 
the past decade. This shortage has been 
brought about by lack of new plantings 
during the war. Several years will be 
required before the supply will meet the 
demand'. Any practice that tends to 
keep a tree healthy will tend to increase 
the supply of fruit. Many old neglected 
orchards, if cultivated, sprayed and fer¬ 
tilized. may be made to yield good crops. 
In this article some of the more common 
practices of tree renovation will be ex¬ 
plained with especial reference to apple 
trees. For the most part they have no 
hearing on peach, cherry and plum trees, 
while they may be successful with pear 
trees. 
Bridge Grafting. —This is made neces¬ 
sary by fire blight, collar injury, Winter 
injury and by mice and rabbits. It gen¬ 
erally consists of connecting two portions 
of bark that have been separated by an 
injury with small branches or scions, 
which unite the uninjured parts of bark 
above and below the injury in such a 
manner that sap may be carried. If the 
injury extends below ground and out to 
the roots, young trees should be set in as 
will be explained later. The irregular 
edges of the bark at the upper and lower 
ends of the wound should be cut back 
evenly. Scions, or sticks of wood that 
grew the previous year, should now be 
selected. They should be cut about one 
inch longer than the gap, and pointed 
from directly opposite sides, as in com¬ 
mon grafting. From six to 12 will be 
required, according to the size of the 
tree. Then all the hiuls but one or two 
Example of Bridge-grafting 
on each scion should be removed; these 
will stimulate growth and should be re¬ 
moved later. As a general practice the 
scions should be placed at two to three- 
inch intervals around the tree. The most 
difficult, part of the operation is putting 
the scions in their proper places, and 
great care should be exercised. Between 
the bark and wood is a layer of growing 
cells, known as the cambium layer, and 
the principle of the operation is to bring 
the cambium layer of the scion in close 
contact with the cambium layer of the 
tree with the least possible injury to the 
cambium of either. Take a small blade 
of a knife and loosen the bark where the 
scion is to go under, and that will make 
the work easier. Then push the scion up 
under the bark about %-in. Repeat this 
operation for both ends of the scions 
until all the scions are in place. Cover 
all the unions with grafting wax to pre¬ 
vent drying out. and, if practical, bank 
dirt up above work for the same purpose. 
This work may best be done in the 
Spring,before growth starts. The past 
year trees treated in this manner made 
from IS in. to 2 ft. of new growth, and 
looked as. well as any in the orchard. 
The individual scions often grew as large 
as a good-sized man’s finger. Trees just 
lightly injured and not girdled should 
have the injured parts painted or covered 
with grafting wax. 
Setting Young Trees. —This is very 
similar, and overcomes the same troubles, 
particularly when the injury extends 
under the ground. All the injured wood 
and hark is cut away and the wound 
evened up. A Y-shaped notch is cut up 
and down the tree through the cambium 
about 3 in. long. One or two-year-old 
trees are probably the best for setting in. 
Two or three trees are then planted as 
close to the tree as possible. Bend the 
young tree over and cut it off so that 
the top will fit into the top of the notch. 
Then cut the limbs off the young tree 
so that it exactly fits into the notch made 
in the bark of the old tree. Drive a 
small nail through the young tree into 
the notch of the old tree to hold them 
both together, and cover with grafting 
wax. If practical, cover up the work 
with dirt to prevent drying out. To be 
effective bridge-grafting and setting in 
trees should be done in the Spring before 
the buds open out. 
Preventing Vermin Injury. — Both 
bridge-grafting and setting in tree are 
generally required, because too many 
weeds and grasses are permitted to grow 
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