. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 248 The Principles of Fruit-growing work, the cost should not exceed 1J/^ to 2 cents a box of harvested fruit. In case of the Gano variety, which is more readily thinned than some other sorts, the cost will hardly exceed 1 cent a box, on low-headed trees. Herrick, in Colorado, also reports marked results with the Winesap (Bull. No. 170, Colo. Exp. Sta.): Thinning of the mature Winesap tree pays in money returns the first year. The more evenly distributed the fruit on the tree, the more uniform will be the size and
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 248 The Principles of Fruit-growing work, the cost should not exceed 1J/^ to 2 cents a box of harvested fruit. In case of the Gano variety, which is more readily thinned than some other sorts, the cost will hardly exceed 1 cent a box, on low-headed trees. Herrick, in Colorado, also reports marked results with the Winesap (Bull. No. 170, Colo. Exp. Sta.): Thinning of the mature Winesap tree pays in money returns the first year. The more evenly distributed the fruit on the tree, the more uniform will be the size and color of the pack, Winesaps respond to thinning by increased size and better color when thinned as late as July 20. The earlier thinning can be done, the better will be the retinas from the fruit sold and the greater will be the vitaUty of the tree. The best results are attained in thinning an old Wine- sap tree, by leaving the apples 9 to 10 inches apart. (Fig. 92.) Proper pruning, and keeping the trees a proper distance from each other, wiU faciHtate thinning. Systematic, annual, uniform thinning, done from the time the trees come into bear- ing, should have much to do in securing an annual crop, thereby doing away with the so-called "off-year" bearing of some of the apple varieties. Thinning other fruits. Maynard reports experi- ments in thinning plums, from which there were marked gains. "A distinct advantage gained by thinning is the appreciable decrease in the ravages of fungous diseases Fig.' 92. Three-foot branch of and, tO a small extent, of iuSCCt before and after thin- ^^^^^^ This is especially notice-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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