Show J t I WARE CARE OF THE ORCHARD I rPm Pruning Irrigating I Irrigating T Thinning Ilg FROM PROM ADDRESS BY DR E. E D D. BALL DIRECTOR UTAH EXPERIMENT STATION LECTURER WITH TIrE TIlE OREGON ORE ORE- j HB- HB GON SHORT LINE FARMERS' FARMERS DEMONSTRATION TRAIN IIII I as ing r 2 t 01 ma Q a buheI spent j of ll I Io i U 1 will yield I ld ht big re ret re- re t of t i 1 wh why WOi v e i Ial aI r high ugh priced apples Is s sur ur UI long lOllS s da of r sun sun- unI Jv qt I t I If VO allow the wood f ur in tiers t to become so co thick Te a rop i op lop or of apples we e might ant flu OUI t ti IMS I'M'S I In Ohio and be beT 1 T Th op n headed tree with ith I i of or all lit Trig n u II M ill nough crop o of ap- ap Ja t HIP ii- tan C pi i them then andArd dard 1 i n I thi tb- efficient tre t i s many methods of or the d l' l men cell who Yn prune rune 11 all i 1 i i a agree re In relie re- re I Tie lie r t I sought t The major the fd western or or- ora a Ato CI e ci a aJI IK e that after the Mil en II grown groan n an anil I I the he head proper proper- spread oil one should be bo illi t th the prun pruning K knife knite In the thea I a Will until N 1 the he Ut tr ti I 1 Is In full bear beai ftC tt Il above on all oth i things thing after b or fifth Orth sear lal the tops top of the th liQuid not nOI h ut ut back unless i lie gU a a heat hea v I lop of apples apple tin till tint t and n li In I that hat case It 1 Is IM 1 k fio fion II Jo leas n t I In hn in on 00 until tin th tini i rides pies I Is a l t II md nil asun d an and ana ande v e e theli I b iy hy Bummer t C ork tk Tit TIn rev un thousands thousand of pf 1 mountain r lon l In 1 ginal hi bum li ha has b been n headed Iu tt tir 1111 1 more mori long lonGa Wai wa- wa at i t a lla again been rk cai I on ID I two wo wore tr re and fn rn until the top 4 In Ia A Il i broom and andrO rO Tone n a Ht I I i n int 1111 t V A tr tree tic 1 In I tint that Ita t tIr nl nb Ir h he hI ii MI 11 ii d d by bv long and teI te- te I then in u 11 i lie Ille If f navel n in 0 lit it off nrc a branch tot to to- top lop tI ts on oil tIt rut off oft the en- en t n tt that tree Irp II Is Ia fruiting I than n t tl 1 i wood j. j b be bA n 1 I In n 1 I mall amount ig I t h by lit ui 11 in i pi ailing JIlin without I the baIn iii n the thc loots lOOt Ii t It fir or t nu I f p It must bel br bt l 1 that A I U i r f t Is Ia borne e OilI on Oil f bl h I l 11 neat I to the branches a and t ovi ear v. r down dO t tin tin- II fruit IB is borne bornel l fl C. 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