. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Control of RootKnot; 650, San Jose Scale and Its Control; 662, Apple Tree Tent Caterpillar;721, Rose Chafer; 722, Leaf Blister Mite; 723, Oyster-shell Scale and ScurfyScale; 731, True Army Worm and Its Control; 737, Clover Leaf Hopper; 739,Cutworms and their Control; 763, Orchard Barkbeetles and Pinhole , Carbon Bisulfid as an Insecticide; 804, Aphids Injurious to OrchardF
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. Control of RootKnot; 650, San Jose Scale and Its Control; 662, Apple Tree Tent Caterpillar;721, Rose Chafer; 722, Leaf Blister Mite; 723, Oyster-shell Scale and ScurfyScale; 731, True Army Worm and Its Control; 737, Clover Leaf Hopper; 739,Cutworms and their Control; 763, Orchard Barkbeetles and Pinhole , Carbon Bisulfid as an Insecticide; 804, Aphids Injurious to OrchardFruits, Currants, Gooseberries and Grapes. CHAPTER XXVI WORK BY SEASONS IN THE ORCHARD, FRUIT GARDENAND THE HOME GROUNDS The beginner in orcharding may be helped materially by out-lines showing the work to be done each season in the orchard. Outline of the Years Work in the Apple Orchard.—There arefour main lines of work in the orchard which demand the winter the first task is to give the annual pruning whichthe orchard must have to be- successful. Following this at anysuitable time when the weather is favorable, the spraying campaignmust begin. This will continue through the spring and early. Fig. 232.—In co-operative fruit shipping associations the sorting and packing is oftendone on an extensive scale at a central station. (Photo by T. Gagnon.) summer. Thinning is often necessary when the fruit is before spraying is ended the annual cultivation mustbegin. This will be accompanied by fertilizing or feeding the soil tosupply plant food to the trees and growing fruit. After the culti-vation, picking will soon begin, and the fruit will have to besorted and marketed or stored and later sold (Fig. 232). There are special problems coming up from time to time duringthe year, such as the examination of trees for borers, and perhapsthe fighting of codling moth by the banding methods. Protectthe trees from sun scald, from attacks of rabbits, etc. The Annu
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