chard for seven years with plow and harrow, raising no crop.
Windbreaks are essential; I use cottonwood trees, planted in three rows,
around my orchard. I prune with a saw to make the trees bear better and
keep them from getting top-heavy; I think it beneficial. I thin my fruit
on the trees by hand in July. I never pasture my orchard. My trees are
troubled with bud moth. I do not spray. I pick by hand. Never dry any.
Do not store any. Do not irrigate. Prices have been from seventy-five to
eighty cents per bushel, and dried apples eight cents per pound.

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JACOB WEIDMAN, Lincoln, Lincoln county: Have lived in Kansas
twenty-eight years. Have an apple orchard of about 1000 trees, nineteen
years old. For commercial purposes I prefer Winesap, Ben Davis, Rawle's
Janet, Huntsman's Favorite, Jonathan, Maiden's Blush, Early Harvest,
Grimes's Golden Pippin, Duchess of Oldenburg, Autumn Strawberry, Rambo,
and Gano. For family orchard would prefer Winesap, Huntsman's Favorite,
Gilpin, Milam, Early Harvest, Maiden's Blush, Red June, and Limber Twig,
the last one being a very good keeper. Have tried and discarded Red
Astrachan, Lawver, Golden Russet, Yellow Bellflower, Willow Twig and
Smith's Cider on account of blight. I prefer bottom land with rich soil
and loose subsoil, with a northern slope. I prefer two-year-old stocky
trees planted in a furrow. I have tried root grafts with the best
success; the best trees in this county were grown by me. I cultivate my
orchard to corn, using a stirring plow; I cease cropping after six
years, but keep cultivating until the trees smother the weeds.
Windbreaks are essential. I have native timber on three sides, the
south, west, and north; and a hill on the east. For rabbits I wrap the
trees with corn-stalks, which also protects them from sun-scald. Am
never troubled with borers. I prune moderately to give shape to young
trees, and to let the sun and air to the fruit on old trees; many trees
are injured by heavy pruning. I never thin.

Mixed plantings of trees are best; my Jonathan do well; all do well that
bloom at the same time. I do not fertilize. I never pasture my orchard;
would not advise it. My trees are troubled with woolly aphis and
root-louse. I have sprayed with London purple; last year I sprayed with
Paris green and my apples were free from worms; if London purple is used
without lime it burns the leaves; Paris green does not mix well, and has