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Show ORCHARD N0TE8. Just how to prune a fruit trco Is not easy to tell. Each tree must ' bo pruned to suit circumstances. The principal thought must bo to glvo It light, air, a good form, and prevent Its growth so It will spilt apart somo day. For Instance, train tho young tree so It will not spread Its main branches at ono point. "Open tho top" is tho cry of most pruncrs, and a good ono. Onco every year, sometimes twlco, wo havo to tell you to wnlt for a good soaking rain nnd then throw a couple of forkfuls of straw manuro around ovory nowly planted tree on tho placo, Do It first chance. Don't ask why go do It. Old Peter Tumoledown lets his orchard grow Into a tough sod, nnd Is surprised that his neighbor, who docs not, has larger and finer fruit than ho. Ho does not seem to know that tough sod will not do for an orchard. When a twig of your tree appears as as If covered with ashes, look sharp for San Joio scalo; also, If when the bark of Infected twigs is scraped an oily yellowish liquid appears on tho surface. If any fruit should bo thinned it Is tho plum. Nature herself, recognizing that this fruit Is prone to ovcrnear, sheds somo fruit In early summer. This Is not enough, however, and the grower should contlnuo tho procesi after af-ter the Juno drop. Muzzlo tho horso In tho young orchard orch-ard and tie up tho single trees with fertilizer bags. Frequent borrowing will destroy weeds by killing thorn while still very young and tender. Iet no grain ripen near n young treo. |