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Show I MEDIUM HEADED TREES. It Is the Deat Form If the Orchard la to Be Well-Cultivated. Ton or 16 years ago we practlcod heading our npplo trees vory low, or as low as Wo could kcop thom, but sinco that time wo found it ImpoBBlblo to glvo our orchard clean cultivation, or rather lntenslvo cultivation, with tho trees that way, and wo aro gradually grad-ually woiklng them higher. Wo would now call thom medium height, nru heading them as low as wo con glvo them thorough cultivation cultiva-tion and i iibr under them with teams, and this Is becoming tho practice In this vicinity at this time, writes a Cumberland County (III.) correspondent correspond-ent of tho ("armors' Itovlow. I think there Is very llttlo In high or low head oh to borers. High heads nro a llttlo moro npt to Bun-Bcnld unloss the trees 'bo set leaned a llttlo to the natitliwcst. Probably tho high-headed trocs would loso moro apples In a storm than low-headed ones, but the low-hcmled ones sometimes thresh tho ground nnd knock some of tho fruit off nnd tho limbs, touching tho ground nro npt to have poor and bad colored fruit. Would advise to keep tho heads as low as you enn to cultivnto under, as you enn do a bettor Job of spraying on a low had than on a high headed tree, and do It fnoro rapidly, nlao easier eas-ier to keep caterpillars or othor Insects In-sects off low fruit trees nnd much easier eas-ier to gather tho fruit. Wo aim to keep our tree hoads as low as poBslblo to hnvn them so thoy do not Interfere with cultivation, nnd wo call our orchards as thoy nro now modlumheodod and have gotten thom as near right as wo cun put thorn and cultivnto. |