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Show ie, FRUIT SHOULD BE ' THINNED, SAYS l H1JBELL l K OrchwrdlMa who hope for a big Imr "I ,' nnd healthy crop this rati should h. 'Ji Ihln tdr fruit carefully now, says T. PH j' '' 11. Adoll, export hortlclltlrlit of tlto fL i' Utah Agricultural College. H i.! "Any tre Ih aba to produeo Just SEP f bo much food and so cannot lndof- M( t jg lnltely increaso tho Hire ot tho Indt- 3RL t ( v vlduul fruits regardless of thcr nam- S ! "t ber," says Mr. Aboil. "Therefor, ' f ' some will hnv to h roraovod so MS ' that how rcmutnlug can como to li J BSI i ' ft, marketable clr.e. Mjl I "Hut Home say that most ot their Mj ' K null was thinned by tho frost. Yes, Sj fj that Ih ho; soiiio reoH havo boon coin OH plecly stripped of their fruit, whlla JKJ ff hoidv others have had part of tho H is fruit refovt-d. Ilowover, examine MR 'I fi those tiees that hav part of a crop Bfft ; -- and see Is 'Jack Frost' has made au jBJ ' Intelligent Job this thinning. 91lt "Most likely not. I(o usually takes Jk all or moat or tho fruit from one .'Ml part of tho troo and leaves most alt Vj ' tho fruit on another part. Probably ''MM k tho aggregate of tho Xrult ono tho. JWM j; ireo Is about right, but It tan't welt JMJ m placed. For reasons of nutrition, kJJ ;, weight, color, futuro bearing habit jfMj . ii nd eont of handling cull fruit, tho EMj I fruit should be thinned ovon If thero l M h fruit on only ono branch ot tilt. 31' 1 ,m'" '" "Ml "All kinds or trcu fruit will lu I Improved by thinning. It becomes larger and better colored; proppl .g becomes unnecessary, regular bearing bear-ing Is favored, and picking rull fruit i.i cheaver in July than In Octobor. Thore aro many rules given for thi'n; mb y nlng. Thime rules nro quite valuablii Mj M K Ina general way, but each orchardlm IMt..l P should figure but his own rule fn MI It r thinning, becausO his trees are Indl- vidua! problems and are not rot ernnl by tho same factors as the trees In a neighboring county or state. In general fruit should b thinned so as to loave'thn frutts frou' (our to eight inches apart on tl4 branch, leaving only one fruit on each pur ot apple, pear, peach, apricot ap-ricot and some kinds of plumes. "The orchardlst will hare to study his trcoi to thin properly." sassssssssssBssWMM''iiasssssssssssss m'1& TTmmmmiSBBWMKMMMk assssssssssssssstSBQBMnasBsssssssssssW. i HSansiB'wv ' A BSSSSSSSSSSSSSBHSBslBSSSBJtfiBSSBBSSBSSSSSSSr BSsssssssssflawPSHssBBHBsssssssssssssssssssssssssssT '' BSBSSSSSsffiSaXiBKSBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsW 'k ' slBsssSsHllsassssssssssssssssssssssssss M BBF'BSBBSSsHRaSBSSSSSSSSSaT .BBBBSBk iKBfiB9UBHRBI !Jbb idBBBBMBv V3K9laBBBBBBH ITBBBBBBBWW f!MBJKnBRBBBBBBBBBBV wiBwSSBBBBHk V BBBBBW Vq t BwSk.BBBBBBci W S V. flBBWBBBBIBa ft t S.SB' MKYATOn VMRS K. WATSON |
