. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 2S2 THE CAXADIAN HORTICULTURIST. RELATION OF CULTIVATION TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPLE â HITTEN, of Missouri, has been makings some useful experiments on the effect of tillag^e on the g-rowth and vig^or of apple trees. These conditions have long- been considered by us at Maplehurst and by many of our best growers, who once thoug-ht that an orchard needed no tillag;e. Almost all have now become convinced of the necessity of irivinir their orchards the very best cultiva- tion if an abundance of fine
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 2S2 THE CAXADIAN HORTICULTURIST. RELATION OF CULTIVATION TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF APPLE â HITTEN, of Missouri, has been makings some useful experiments on the effect of tillag^e on the g-rowth and vig^or of apple trees. These conditions have long- been considered by us at Maplehurst and by many of our best growers, who once thoug-ht that an orchard needed no tillag;e. Almost all have now become convinced of the necessity of irivinir their orchards the very best cultiva- tion if an abundance of fine fruit is to be harvested. The following^ are some of Whitten's points as given in Bulletin 49, University of Missouri, Columbia : The greatest growth has been made by those orchards that have been cultivated most. Cultivated trees are uniformly healthier, more vig-orous, and produce larg-er fruit than those not cultivated. Cultivated trees make more uniform growth than do those not cultivated. The more cultivation the less thev are effected by drouth. The principal height growth of trees is made early in the season, when moisture supply is ample, so that a drouth later in the season does not affect the height growth of the current season ; its effect is, however, noticeable in the imperfect de- velopment of the fruit, and failure to properly mature and ripen the wood and buds for another season. The evil effects, therefore, will be more noticeable in the year succeeding a drouth than in the same year, when in the case of uncultivated orchards a generally devitalized condition may be looked for. It is commonly thought that cultivation should always cease about August ist, and no doubt for a wet season this would be wise in order to check the wood growth and allow it to be ripened in good time before winter ; but in a dry summer and autumn the orchard soil should be kept in good tilth until the crop matures, or at least until rains come. FRUITS, OLD AND NEW. Sir,âI would like t
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