ose together, all around, excepting on the east
side of the orchard. I prune with a saw to thin the top; I think it has
paid. I never thin fruit on the trees. My trees are in mixed plantings,
and think it best. I fertilize my orchard with stable litter; it is
beneficial in keeping the weeds down, but would not advise its use on
all soils. I do not pasture my orchard. I do not spray. I never dry any
apples. Never store any. Do not irrigate. Prices have been one dollar
per bushel. Do not hire any help; myself and boys do the work.

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C. L. GUNN, Heizer, Barton county: I have lived in Kansas twenty-one
years. Have an apple orchard of 110 trees, from ten to twenty-five years
old; the largest ones are fifteen inches in diameter. For market I
prefer Missouri Pippin, Maiden's Blush, and Duchess of Oldenburg, and
for family orchard Early Harvest and White Winter Pearmain. I prefer
creek bottom with a loose and porous soil and subsoil. Young trees
should not be headed too low, as the lower limbs will lay on the ground
when the tree gets older and begins to bear. I cultivate my trees until
too large, using a disc harrow. I do not plant any crop; do not think it
advisable in this dry climate. Windbreaks are essential; would make them
of forest-trees, on the north and south. I prune my trees, but have not
had enough experience to tell whether it is beneficial or not. I thin my
fruit while on the trees to prevent the limbs from breaking. I do not
fertilize; it is not needed here. I do not pasture my orchard; it is not
advisable. My apples are troubled with codling-moth and curculio. I
spray with London purple about the time the blossoms fall. I do not dry
any apples nor irrigate. Price has been seventy-five cents per bushel.

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JOHN SIMON, Garden City, Finney county: I have lived in the state
eighteen years; have an apple orchard of 150 trees, from two to fifteen
years old. For market I prefer Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, and Winesap;
and for family orchard Early Harvest, Jonathan, Missouri Pippin, and
Winesap. Have tried and discarded Russet and Willow Twig. I prefer
second bottom, sandy soil, with clay subsoil. I prefer one- or
two-year-old trees, set twenty-five to forty feet apart. I plant my
orchard to garden-truck, using a disc harrow, and cease cropping when
they begin to bear. I plant nothing in a bearing orchard, but keep up
the cultivation to