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Show ADVICE TO FRUIT-GROWERS. Ill It Is Impossible In the spnpe nllotted this article) tu mure than barols Inui li nn a few nf tho luoio linportnitt points In hull culluip. In the 111 st place the frultrnlsern of Utnli mas be dlvl led Into thieo classes The flint, and by fur the most numerous, nre those who hive Iilnnted the tiet und left nature to do tho roBt. Weeds nnd lucerne abound among Ilia tro-a. ninkliiB Inibor for all kinds of Insects und Inking tip the molstuio which nhould ro to the liccs. Tho trees bear fiult tcitnlnl), but It Is inferloi and will not sell The owners of these uie hards arc well assured Hint frultiaislng dots pot pis. Tho second and leas iiuniereius class aro those who havo ninall, well-kipt delimits deli-mits and mine good f i ill t, hut In nn great variety and no small an amount of etch kind as to make ll uupiolltahle. Shlpiers do not llko tn bother with such small amounts and tho lucnl market mar-ket nus not ulwnsn he hood The third clans, nnd thes are I iniciitably few, plint In InrBO (lunntlllts ot a few atiiiidnrd kinds piuuc, spiny nnd nbovo all else cultlvnto thoroiiRhls. huch oiehiids nlunss as, and pay well A IniRO amount of work on a niul! umuiint of ground miwt he the motto of the siueensful runner, an 1 this Is i ven mole true In the orrhnid than In almost any other branch ot ugilculture. I.et him who would set nut nn orchard orch-ard first of all eonnlder wlint kind of fruit his land Is bent ndnplcd tn if low and heavs soil lie us or apples will do but If hlRh, jtravells or smds, pontiles, cherries en grnpes, cspeeiulls if no lo-eated lo-eated as to get the cans on winds which Insure fieeelom from fiosls. Having decided what kind of fiult lo plnnt, let him next decile on tho vnrlets. tin mans vailetles aio recommended thnt tlm novice will be nt a Ions whnt tn plant. The best way Is tu ro tn a frultfulier known tn bo successful, find nut, whnt varieties be raises, nnd plant HVewlse. Having decided these points Vlsels and having1 curefulls fitted tho Kiound and phintecl the noes, much has been done, but It Is right nt this point tint tho hulk of tho orchatds cimo tu gi lef. Ven peoplo lonllzo tho amount nf water and especially the. amount of cultivation nn oi chard requires tho flint jenr. An orchard should by nil means havo nome hoed prop rained between be-tween Hut tries the flint two or thieo sears, If poaalble, then take good eaie ot the erop and the Irees nio sure tn be taken cine of. 1 leans or tomatoes I consldci the best crop tn put In a soung orchanl After tho first seur an nrch-anl nrch-anl needs vers llttlo vvuter, probably not over one-qunrter or one-third tho n mount required for mont crnln (nus or In erne but culllvntlon It mutt have, Irifitf el ?HnV in! lots of It At the end of the first flJiB f.iklM Siur sou arc up ngalnst the pruning j '' 'JflH question. This Is quite frequently neg- fitW i Hnnl Ipeted ns people nio npt tn think time (LiMIt ' HsB the tteen nre an niu ill in lining Is noti uhTi, jjftjnl nei.sBiirs, but that la a Bleat mis- lST,m 'fi'.'CWjnl lalie Ah .m'nV It Is the tint prunttiR nt the end of Iho iKl ' 1 ! first seasons gmwth thnt determine BT 'i " tl ( the shiipe of the tree, nnd neglect ae li'i 9H Ibis elnt eaii never bo altogether rcme- JCT' ' nH Thcr" nro ninny ssstenis of pruning; llfffb ' JlsB foi each kind ot fiult l'or ms pare .kJIJ i , XMnB I like lues to be headed low, not to fSii '' laH e((p.l two feet fiom the ground, and! lAf. S KnH kept low by constant pruning Don'ti tlai,- 'if atnH inline sour trees so ns tn look just as 5i- jiii flnH Sou wmit them to when sou hnvn fin- Sif ' Snkl Ished piunlng, but bent In mind nil thn ISM 13? nH time the efftet nt the pruning on thn Sfialj f i' InSI uixt seal's giuwlh nnd try nnd prunn rlifllj'1 inLnl fn ns tn hnvo the lice nssumo tho nhnpo jfiUnr H nB Sou wish when It shnll have giown front ty'lfS St RW the point tn vvlihh sou cut It. SiSLI H flftB Tn piune em i cells Is one of tho most Hif!5ffij BH dlllhult IhlnRs to learn nhnut raising- silsiTt TnBB an mchiril unci ran only be learned by pli' 9H e ii ef nl nhNcrvatlnn nnd cxperlonop. And l1Rj now the IP iiiniilus one thing tn do, Hlffli 1 AbV without which all else Is vain and tint ??'S1)! fflU Is to spins Tho enemies nf the fruit f'sHtl SnV tioc nro legion mid nre senrly lieconi- WjusV BBnl Ing mora mimcious, und only constant 1HI H'lSlnB nud elTectlve nprusliig will piudiieo SvliSljiH cliolco fruit ufter nil other cnudltlons nro sjBfct rTiln compiled with The lime, sulphur anil WSB ..TflkS silt loinpnund aooins lo lie the favorltn SItf jljH now Tor w Intel apiaslug for led spider, IraM iaiBnV Sin Jose scale, etc. nnd has IniRely SVtt iScBLsB nupeiseded Ihe use of petroleum In any i 3l(Bl fsBnnl form. I'nrls gieoii or Ilordeaux inlxttiru hfni'ViMnnS Is mnluls lolled on for rodlln moth. IsWRnl Thero Is scnnels nn niic of mound In I IHc-aVOnM the liitermouiitnln. stales which can ho IBSUsWnB watcie.l which will not pioduco nnmn HfltlxWannV kind of choice fruit and pay many fold flsBlOnnl what It In now producing In Eiuln and MBB -liflaTPM lias I know of one tract nt nrnrly IBTnVjlHHnS 400D neres, pvers Inch of which Is strict- VnVlfwBnn Is choice fiult hind, and set ln tho ASp !l3nB whole tract (here nre not a half dozen salKn lilBnnl ims Ing oi chat ds it Is pniduilng an- Ulfir itninB nunlls perhaps CO per acio In grain off in iIHhV. nnd tins, and fom nt It inure than that WflTlHsHnl In beets it If It were planted In fruit mSSk 'hHnB It mlBht bo liiadc to pioduco many "4DEllI&lHfMn times that nnd support a much larger SHSwMBBnn population thin nt present and with jflNfflMnni less water I lulu la now being used on ftUyliWBnWj It. This (oiidlllon exists In many places ifwBtllBnV In thin alnto Inui ought not ho to be. SltllnHMnM (Inod fruit land Is too scarce, tuklncr SHPLnHnV the country over, tn he used fnr nny- yPiHStpflflnil thing elne. Many peoplo hesltnto to gn 5 JJr'lBWniH Into the fruit hunlnens fnr frnr the mar- jj Vf -JUmUm ket will fall. Thes nerd hnvo no fenrs i flu MtHlinl em Ihln score Tho inpiilallon of tho ; VSl 'wlSHH lTulicd Sliiles will Increase much faster . 'flH tjlljSH than the lauds wllch will raise trull;) TiP'iSfrHnB inn be brought Into hearing I look ' Em! 4)JhH forwnnl In the time when the main j i 'M & ' erop ut I'tnh, ns itt California, will bo iil 3, .IsSlnB fruit, und the finest Hip world can pro- ii ;. J'krjrH duee rituironownrt. Mmii itrainl |