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Show BAD EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION ' t Cultivation Is Important Fssture to ' Be Considered Watsr Ooea Not Improve Fruit Quality. Unleas the trees hsve been vigorously pruned. Irrigation has a tendency to 1 produce exceaslve wood growth even 1 on trees heavily loaded with fruit and in making our trips among tbe orchards we see this tendency crop- 1 ping out at every place we visit There are usually fewer culls on irrigated irri-gated trees then are found in a dry orchard. Irrigation tends to keep both wood and foliage more active into the fall and may send the trees into winter so nnripe aa to be wholly unfit to withstand the ordeal wblcb thla climate places upon every unprotected un-protected thing In this arid country, says tbe Denver Field and Farm. Tbe 1 use of excessive amount of cold water 1 In tbe Irrigation of pear trees on 1 adobe or sticky soils does not Increase 1 tbe slxe or quality of the fruit and the result on the trees may be detrimental detri-mental rather than beneficial. Irriga- 1 tlon can not be made to make up for a poor quality of soli. Cultivation Is ' a more Important feature to be con- 1 sldered in connection with Irrigation ' which at best merely supplement ' good tillage. 1 |