probably reduced the codling-moth. I look for borers in
the fall and dig them out with a knife. My orchard is yet too young to
describe picking, sorting, etc. I intend to build a pond and try wetting
the ground when the trees need it.

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CHAS. DIEMURT, Murdock, Butler county: I have been in Kansas thirty
years; have 400 apple trees eight years old. I have Ben Davis, Winesap,
Missouri Pippin, Dominie, Grimes's Golden Pippen, Rome Beauty, Rambo,
Early Harvest, Bellflower, Rawle's Janet, Willow Twig, Red June,
Maiden's Blush, and Duchess of Oldenburg. I prefer hilltop, with sandy
soil, and a red, sandy subsoil, with western slope. I plant
two-year-old, low, stocky trees, two rods apart each way. I cultivate
with plow and cultivator. I whitewash with lime and blood to keep the
rabbits off, and lime to keep off borers and other insects. I prune,
taking off only surplus limbs, and think it beneficial. I never thin
apples. I fertilize to improve the tree; I think it advisable. Am
troubled with canker-worm, leaf-crumplers, and codling-moth. I spray
when the leaves are just out with London purple for canker-worm, and
think I have reduced the codling-moth. For insects that are not affected
by spraying, I wash the trees with lime during the fall, and in the
spring with strong soap suds. I pick my apples by hand, and sort into
two classes--best for eating, second for cider. For packing I prefer
boxes made of slats [lath?], two feet wide by four feet long, and one
foot deep. I sell some in the orchard, make cider of the culls, and
store some in boxes, and am successful. I find the Missouri Pippin and
Winesap keep best. Prices have been from fifty cents to one dollar per
bushel.

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F. M. SAVAGE, Burden, Cowley county: Have been in Kansas twenty-seven
years; have a small orchard of 375 trees that have been set from four to
twenty-two years. I would recommend for all purposes Ben Davis, Winesap,
and Missouri Pippin. Tried Northern Spy, but it did not do well. My
location is on hilltop, north slope, with a black loam soil and clay
subsoil. I plant two-year-old thrifty trees with a spade, in large, deep
holes. Would cultivate as long as they live, with a plow, and grow no
crop among the trees. I think a windbreak of several rows of Osage
orange on the south side is a necessity. For borers and rabbits wash
with whale-oil soap, digging out any borers that