. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT EDITOR: W. H. WALTON STATE ASSOCIATE EDITORS OREGON—C. I. Lewis, HortlculturiBt. WASHINGTON — Dr. A. L. Meiander. Entomolo^t; O M. Morris, Horticulturist. Pullman. CoL0—C. P. Gillette. LUreclor and Entoraoloplst: E. B. House. Irrigation Expert, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins. ARI/'ONA—E. P. Taylor. HortlniUnrist. Tucson. WISCONSIN—Dr. E. D. Ball. Madison. MONTANA—O. B. Whipple. Horticulturist. Bozeman. CALIFORNIA—C. W. Woodworih. Entomologist. Berke- ley: W. H. Volrk. Entomologist. Watsonville; Leon D. Batclielor, Horticulturist. Riverside.


. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT EDITOR: W. H. WALTON STATE ASSOCIATE EDITORS OREGON—C. I. Lewis, HortlculturiBt. WASHINGTON — Dr. A. L. Meiander. Entomolo^t; O M. Morris, Horticulturist. Pullman. CoL0—C. P. Gillette. LUreclor and Entoraoloplst: E. B. House. Irrigation Expert, State Agricultural College, Fort Collins. ARI/'ONA—E. P. Taylor. HortlniUnrist. Tucson. WISCONSIN—Dr. E. D. Ball. Madison. MONTANA—O. B. Whipple. Horticulturist. Bozeman. CALIFORNIA—C. W. Woodworih. Entomologist. Berke- ley: W. H. Volrk. Entomologist. Watsonville; Leon D. Batclielor, Horticulturist. Riverside. INDIANA-H. S. Jackson. Pathologist. Lafayette. An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Modern, Progressive Fruit Growing and Marketing. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Better Fruit Publishing Company 703 Oregonian Building PORTLAND, OREGON All Communications should be addressed and Remittances made payable to BETTER FRUIT PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Price: In the United States, ? per year in advance. Canada and Foreign, including postage, $ Advertising Rates on Application Entered as second-class matter April 22, 1918, at the Postodlce at Porlland, Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Volume XIV Portland, Oregon, December 1, 1919 Number 6 Practical Pruning as Applied to Apple and Pear Trees By 0. M. Morris, Horticulturist, Washington State College of Agriculture THE best place to study pruning is in the most productive orchards in the community. Study there the system of pruning that has been prac- ticed on the best and most satisfactory producing trees. Become acquainted with the habits of growth of the dif- ferent varieties and the form of the tree at different ages. Adopt a system of tree development that has given sat- isfactory results in your community in the quantity and quality of fruit produced. Systems of pruning recom- mended by fruit growers from differ- ent sections than yours may not be at all satisfactory in your distr


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