. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Examining the Buds in F. B. Barney's Orchard, Grand Junction, Colorado, Afli 1 the Freeze Ideal Coal Heaters used. Crop saved of a tree from four to six years of age which needs an early support. I encircle the main uprights with a sys- tem of separate loops of twine. You will observe that each limb is con- nected with each other limb next to it by tying the twine in a circular belt around both limbs. This gives each upright an opportunity to expand in growth without obstruction of sap flow, and also insures the uprights to always retain their correct position, a
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Examining the Buds in F. B. Barney's Orchard, Grand Junction, Colorado, Afli 1 the Freeze Ideal Coal Heaters used. Crop saved of a tree from four to six years of age which needs an early support. I encircle the main uprights with a sys- tem of separate loops of twine. You will observe that each limb is con- nected with each other limb next to it by tying the twine in a circular belt around both limbs. This gives each upright an opportunity to expand in growth without obstruction of sap flow, and also insures the uprights to always retain their correct position, and it matters not to what kind of stormy weather the trees have been subjected. I use a soft spun two-ply tarred twine, either Manila or hemp. Under our climatic conditions this wall last at least three years, after which I put in the permanent wire support, as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 9. In Figure 7 one of my orchard men is standing on the wire system, which was placed there three years ago. The wires upon which he is standing are too small to be shown by a photograph. If you will look closely you may see some of the twine strings which con- nect the side limbs to main uprights. These side limbs were heavily loaded with fruit last season. I use the same twine for tying the side limbs that I use for temporary supports, and I never remove a twine until it has become rotten or has broken. The cost of placing the permanent wire system in each tree is about twenty cents, including labor and material. Compared with propping trees the tying with twine and sup- porting with wire is by far the cheaper method, less liable to injure the limbs and more safe in protecting apples from falling or limbs from breaking. I believe I have given you some ideas that will assist you in obtaining an open-center tree, and I believe I should now give a few reasons to substantiate my ideal method of building an apple tree. An open-center tree, braced as I have outlined, is much stronger than the cen
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