. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. 82 BIGGLE ORCHARD BOOK. MAYS PROMISE any soil will do for the apple orchard, provided that it be somewhat elevated and sufficiently well drained. Very light sand, or swampy muck, would be least desirable; a loamy clay soil, most desirable. Varieties Which are Often Sterile.— "Bellfiower, Primate, Spitzenburg, Willow Twig, Winesap," says Cornell Experiment Station. Some other varieties might be added to this list. In fact, the only safe way is to mix the planting, and to incl
. Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket. Fruit-culture. 82 BIGGLE ORCHARD BOOK. MAYS PROMISE any soil will do for the apple orchard, provided that it be somewhat elevated and sufficiently well drained. Very light sand, or swampy muck, would be least desirable; a loamy clay soil, most desirable. Varieties Which are Often Sterile.— "Bellfiower, Primate, Spitzenburg, Willow Twig, Winesap," says Cornell Experiment Station. Some other varieties might be added to this list. In fact, the only safe way is to mix the planting, and to include some of the more self-fertile-blossom kinds,— such as "Baldwin, Ben Davis, Fallawater, Jannet, Oldenburg, Rhode Island Greening, Astrachan, Smith's Cider," etc. (And even some of these are self-sterile in some localities and under some cir- vM cumstances ! So I again say, ";) n Pruning.—Apple trees should be cut back (so as not to grow too high), \ thinned out (so as to let sunshine and air into the head), and trimmed up ... .. (to permit of necessary horse cultiva- fulfil] mini- tion). For general pruning directions, see Chapter V. Moderate, regular trimming is preferable to heavy,. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson Co.
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