| Show horticultural something should be done by hapu table nurserymen to prevent the sale of orchard trees not to name one man menti ns in an exchange that he ordered a large number of winter vai of apple trees and among them only ten summer varieties when the trees came into bearing he found that he had trees of summer varieties this Is very discouraging to the plant er of orchards and it re acts on the nurseries it the farmers were sure always of getting the trees they buy they would plant tar more extensively than they do at the present time A western fruit grower tells a new plan for stopping the formation of wood in the tall he deals with prune trees principally he says the scheme was to twist the limbs so as to break the wood and not crack the bark or break the limb off so as to check its growth and not let it bleed this mr porter says would permit the limbs to grow in thickness and not in length this was done in august I 1 note the effect and believe it would be beneficial for all trees that grow so tall and spindling to twist them back in season so as to permit the wood to mature and the body to grow before the winter seta in this treat ment is not expensive and the effect can be noticed by anyone trying it last season I 1 tried it on a few trees and the effect was marvelous I 1 can now go and cut just below the twist and give the top a perfect bell shape being careful to twist them properly the people that advocate the plant ing of apple trees along the roadside are very philanthropic by proxy they are willing that farmers and other men interested in the growing of fruit should purchase trees at their own expense and set them out to grow fruit for the public but we know im what manner such philanthropy is re paid As soon as the trees get large enough to blossom the limbs are bro ken off by whoever comes along for the sake of having the bloom laden branches in the home tor a few brief hours what is left of the tree ulal bears fruit that is picked be tore ripe by some man who is afraid it he leaves it some other man will get it the public in such cases ruth lessly plunders and destroys the man that has set out the trees can hardly be expected to go to the further ex pense of putting a guard over them moreover fruit trees set by the way side are in this country almost in t variably set in sod and are tor in the respect of cultivation the farmer cannot afford to spend precious time cultivating trees that are to bear fruit tor others nor can he afford to spread around them manure that be needs on his fields altogether the idea of setting out fruit trees by the roadside is not one that appeals to the men that understand all the cir cum stances of the situation |
