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Show Horticultural Ifes Notes Do not allow anything to grow over the rootB of fruit trees. Fruit trees, as a general rule, do not appreciate light, sandy soils . Make sure that the site for the new orchard can be easily drained. Calllopsis Is a desirable quick growing annual for the cut-flower garden. gar-den. Many failures from spraying result from working when the temperature is below 40 degrees. Sow a few asters, pansies, cobea, and hardy carnations in the house the last of the month for earliest flowers outside. When setting any of the bush fruits the top should be pruned to correspond corre-spond to the root pruning the plant gets in transplanting. Keep on the constant lookout to destroy de-stroy insect eggs and cocoons . frequently fre-quently seen near rubbish heaps and on the bark of trees. The sweet cherry is the only tree fruit that can be universally set out in the fall successfully and be better than for spring settinr. Some fruit growers say that it is not a good plan to plow an orchard when the trees are hi blossom better bet-ter do it before or after. Do not plant many varieties of .trees in the new apple orchard. The apple buyers like to find as many of one variety as they can together. Any kind of fruit tree will die when planted in ground that is all the time saturated with water. The tile ditch is a necessity in some places. The Senator Dunlap strawberry, Beta grape, King raspberry and Wealthy apple are good fruits for ths garden. Plant liberally of each. In pruning the apple trees, plan to form shapely heads that will permit the sunlight to get into the center o) the tree. It will give better fruit. |