Show ho i rl BIG MISTAKES MAD MADE SETTING OUT TREES TRE-ES TREESA A lesson lelson in the setting of ot apple trees tree has been very ery forcibly Impressed upon me by the Inspection of ot two different orchards the owners of which have shown me me says las a writer In Successful Farming Uy By D the size of the trees treel one would woula Judge that these thelle two two orchards were about the same age One of ot them the owner tells tolls me me was set 35 years ears ago In this orchard the trees were set three rods or 49 feet apart The owner said when he set It It that it had hind peaches n ns as fillers but they bad been long since removed The trees In this orchard were a avery avery avery very nice shape an and there was ample room to get through with a spray outfit outfit outfit out out- fit and they were far enough apart so the tho sunlight could reach the fruit to color It up properly This orchard contained about trees mostly of ot the Northern Spy Wolf River and Grimes Golden varieties but hut the owner owner own own- er er strange as It may seem having set and cared for this orchard for tor 35 31 years had hot not learned the lesson that proper spraying IJ pays big dividends When asked If It he sprayed he replied re reo re- re tilled plied yes 11 but on further questioning I fount out be he put on nn only the dormant dormant dor dor- mant and calyx sprays lie had not sprayed when the buds were In the pink for tor the scab and ond as ns a n result probably probably ably 75 per cent of ot his apples were lopsided with scab In the other orchard mostly Spies and Baldwins the trees were set about 80 no feet teet apart and while they had been well cared for tor and ond were nicely headed the lesson was plain that they had been set lIet too near together For trees treel that were set farther apart they were very well pruned but the limbs on many of ot the time trees were Interlocked with those of ot the adjoining tr trees es and ond ondIt It was almost dark under them so It was wa Impossible for the Ibe apples on the lower tower limbs to color up properly and It also made malle spraying most difficult |