. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 106. Apple badly attacked by the scab. Their value lies in the better drainage of water and air. The trees may be set in either fall or spring. Forty feet apart each way is the standard distance for apple trees : but some varieties, as the Wag- oner and the crabs, may be set closer. In the South and on the Plai
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 106. Apple badly attacked by the scab. Their value lies in the better drainage of water and air. The trees may be set in either fall or spring. Forty feet apart each way is the standard distance for apple trees : but some varieties, as the Wag- oner and the crabs, may be set closer. In the South and on the Plains, trees may be set closer, as they do noc attain such great size as in the northeastern states. In general, it is best to devote the land to apples alone; but persons who are willing to give the plantation the best i care may plant other trees between the apples, as fill- ers. The more diverse the kinds of trees which are planted together, the more difficult it is to give the proper care to each. Some of the shorter-lived varieties of apples make excellent fillers in the apple orchard ; and in special cases dwarf apples may be used. It should be the general purpose to till the apple orchard throughout its life; but whenever the trees seem to be growing too rapidly, the plantation may be seeded down for a time. That is, tillage is the general practice; seeding-down is the special practice. For the first few years, annual crops may be grown in the apple orchard; but every year a more generous open space should be left about the trees. Till as often as the land becomes crusted or baked. On strong soils which are well han- dled, it is rarely necessary to apply concentrated fertil- izers until the trees are old enough to bear. What fer- tilizers are then needed, and how much to apply, are to be determined by the behavior of the trees. If the trees are making insufficient growth, and the foliage lacks color, one or all of three things may be the trouble : the trees may need water ;
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