This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...away all the dead or unhealthy parts (Fig. 111). Beyond this do not thin the limbs too much. STEPS IN RENOVATION 185 2. Cultivate the soil by plowing shallow at first and deeper afterward. In orchards where such tillage is possible the effects will be very beneficial. Fio 110.--An old Baldwin orchard ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...away all the dead or unhealthy parts (Fig. 111). Beyond this do not thin the limbs too much. STEPS IN RENOVATION 185 2. Cultivate the soil by plowing shallow at first and deeper afterward. In orchards where such tillage is possible the effects will be very beneficial. Fio 110.--An old Baldwin orchard after being rejuvenated by pruning, spraying, cultivating and fertilizing. (Courtesy of F. C. Scars.) Flo. 111.--A lesson in rejuvenating an old apple tree. Such work is necessary only after much neglect. (New Jersey Station.) 3. Fertilizing the soil to feed the trees must be done with judgment. Use considerable stable manure or nitrogenous fertilizer if the growth of leaves and new wood show lack of vigor (Fig. 112). If this growth is likely to be sufficiently stimulated by pruning and cultivation, omit most of the nitrogen but feed the trees with phosphate and potash. 4. Spraying is always necessary in a neglected orchard. Follow a good annual spraying campaign as given in a later chapter. 5. Working over the trees to change the variety to a more valuable kind is sometimes advisable. This takes more time and delays the results longer than the four preceding operations. For methods of grafting and budding old trees see Chapter VI. (Fig. 113) Harvesting the Apple Crop.--Some varieties of trees will bear after five or six years, while others will require several years more Fig. 112.--When corn or other crops are grown in old orchards, the trees may be starved and diseases of foliage are commonly found. (Ohio Station.) for their development. Too often the fruit is allowed to drop to the ground and is gathered after it has been injured by falling. On the market wind-fall fruits are considered as culls and are hardly worth handling. They are so...
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