Show L f Lr r r Horticultural l Points Thinning Out Extremely Thick Fruit Is Favored n By thinning out the extremely 1 w thick fruit when It li le about third one-third size lilze that which Is la left will be not only o larger but more free of ot Ins Insect ct pests put and rot while chile the firmness and flavor will be enhanced Where the fruit Is left lett thick on the tree It Is t too crowded to develop elop properly properly prop- prop erly and Insects are Bre much more likely to It than if It It la II thinned out Great damage also Is done some lome trees especially those which have not been In bearing very long by allowing an sn abnormally large crop of ot fruit to unduly un tin duly sap lap the tree of ot Its vitality Ity In Inv deed trees are lom sometimes IDles killed by this overloading with fruit Even where tilt this does nut nil result the tree often Is barren for three or four years year tars Immediately following the abnormal yield I In thinning the fruit from a tree the small shaped Ill withering and I rot specked rot should be discarded discard ed only the lie larger smooth health healthy healthy- looking ones being left lete on the tree The distance apart for tor leaving fruit must mast be decided by the size of the fruit and the age productiveness and general condition of ot the tree on which It Is II grown As a general rule It may mal maybe malbe maybe be eaId loll that all fruit should hould have a space apace of at least three times Its not nat ural size at maturity some allowance being made for or clusters of ot fruit a a. a as asit It Is difficult to remove one piece of X i fruit from n R clutter cluster without knocking all oil of or the cluster off ort |