. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE growers. As a writer has said, a man can make $10 a day thinning his fruit. Ernest Walkee, Fayetteville, Ark. SprayiBg Eesults in IS^eeds for Thinning A new problem promptly presents itself along with the first results of thorough work in spraying — overloading of the trees with fruit. The trees set and per-
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE growers. As a writer has said, a man can make $10 a day thinning his fruit. Ernest Walkee, Fayetteville, Ark. SprayiBg Eesults in IS^eeds for Thinning A new problem promptly presents itself along with the first results of thorough work in spraying — overloading of the trees with fruit. The trees set and per- sistently retain, oftentimes, twice, thrice or four times the number of apples that they can mature. Where these conditions occur there is no work that will pay bet- ter returns than carefully thinning the fruit. A surplus apple or a defective ap- ple should he considered as a "weed ap- ple," as it will not only be worthless it- self, but will prevent the fullest devel- opment of the perfect apples which it crowds. It is an excellent plan to relieve overloaded trees by removing the defec- tive apples and thinning those remaining until they hang from six to eight inches apart. The total quantity in bushels, at picking time, will not be appreciably les- sened, because individual specimens of the smaller number of apples will attain much larger size. In addition to the profitable results of thinning, so far as the size and quality of the fruit is concerned, the effect is very beneficial to the trees in various ways, as- sisting them materially in retaining health and vigor and promoting in a greater or lesser degree a regularity of crop production, F. H. Ballou, Wooster, Ohio. Will It Pay? Most mature apple trees have a tend- ency to overbear and during recent years it has been demonstrated that it pays to remove a half or two-thirds of the apples on all heavily loaded trees. Surplus ap- ples may be regarded as weeds. They are of not much value in themselves and restr
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