. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 12 BETTER FRUIT February completely slop Ihe work ol' tliu fruit- ing machinery. We desire a proper balance between the two kinds of growth. To maintain it, or even to restore it when it is lacking, usually requires a certain amount of liotli kinds of pruning, heading back and thinning out. The tlesiraljility of the results obtained from mainly lieading back or mainly thinning out in restoring the balance in an unfruitful tree of bearing age depends upon how correctly its present ovei'-vigorous or under-vigor- ous condition is estimated, as well as upon a kn
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 12 BETTER FRUIT February completely slop Ihe work ol' tliu fruit- ing machinery. We desire a proper balance between the two kinds of growth. To maintain it, or even to restore it when it is lacking, usually requires a certain amount of liotli kinds of pruning, heading back and thinning out. The tlesiraljility of the results obtained from mainly lieading back or mainly thinning out in restoring the balance in an unfruitful tree of bearing age depends upon how correctly its present ovei'-vigorous or under-vigor- ous condition is estimated, as well as upon a knowledge of the probable effect of the difTerent pruning practices. Cheer for Fruitgrowers "When Fruit Men Get Scared" is the title of an article written by James H. Collins, who spent several weeks here last sunmier, appearing in The Coun- try Gentleman of January 1. But the article iiears a message that should be gratifying to all fruit men, of tried districts, and especially cheering to the faithful among the growers of the Hood River Valley. Mr. Collins visited the most of the apple districts as well as the citrus belts last year. His opening paragraph shows that he observed conditions pretty closely. He says: "The big crop last year in famous winter-fruit sections seemed to be not apples or oranges l)ut meetings. Long before blossoming time the clans l)egan gathering. From the citrus groves of California to those of Porto Rico the growers came together for debate and organization, as well as for ructions and disorganization, and the apple world was in a ferment from the Rogue River Valley of Oregon to tlie Shenan- doah Valley of ; In another paragraph he says: "So the growers everywhere began holding meetings, criticising odlceis, managers and market methods, with- drawing from old organizations and forming new ones, listening to explana- tions, plans, dreams. One kind of grower, with a clear head, understood that it was the time to hantf o
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