Show fill up those vacant spaces in the orchard with some good fruit trees it la never too late to start in the fruit business enough at least tor the home supply good young apple treba come high but the poor ones are dearer than any other kind there will be a very heavy demand for trees next spring and late orders will certainly be unfilled five feet apart is about the right distance for the currant and gooseberry bushes do not crowd it you want a fine early yellow peach put two or three triumph trees in your next nursery order wood ashes are valuable to spread around fruit treba tor small fruits and vegetables they should not be wasted the root louse often causes apple scab and ashes or lime around the trunk will stop the ravages of the root louse expert recommend seed ing the orchard to crimson clover or rye to be plowed down the following spring while apples do not rank high as feed it Is best to give them to the pigs rather than to let them rot under the trees the peach makes a good stock tor some variety of plum it has a larger and stronger root system than most plum varieties the climate and conditions that are best for the apple are best for the human family doth thrive best in the temperate zone in heeling in trees remember to cover the tops as well us the roots rabbits can bark heeled in trees a easily as those planted la the archara |