uick growth, or for slower and surer growth would make them
of several rows of Osage orange or ash, set fifteen to sixteen feet east
and west by breaking rows. I prune my trees from the beginning with a
pocket-knife; think it pays. Do not thin the fruit on the trees.
Fertilize my orchard with ashes and stable litter; think it beneficial,
as it keeps the ground from packing, and also keeps the trees vigorous;
would not advise its use on very sandy soils. Do not pasture my orchard;
am going to try it with young pigs and calves. My trees are troubled
with root aphis and borers, and my apples with codling-moth, curculio,
and gouger. Have sprayed three seasons, soon after the blossom fell and
until the apples were the size of marbles, using London purple; think I
killed the first brood of codling-moth, but a later brood came which
hurt the fruit.

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F. H. BURNETT, Benedict, Wilson county: I have lived in the state
fifteen years. Have 2200 apple trees six years old, of fair size.
Planted for market Gano, Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, and Jonathan, and
for family use Jonathan, Winesap, Gano, Early Harvest, and Maiden's
Blush. Bottom land is best in this locality. I prefer soil somewhat
clayish, underlaid with limestone, with a north or east slope. Prefer
good one- and two-year-old, stocky, low-headed trees. Would plant on
upland twenty by thirty-two feet, and on rich bottom twenty-four by
thirty-six feet. I believe in thorough cultivation, and during the first
two years I use the hoe. I cultivate until five or six years old,
usually growing corn, as it protects the trees from the strong south
winds. I then sow to clover, changing every two or three years to
castor-beans or corn. Trees planted close north and south form their own
windbreaks. For rabbits, wrap the trees. I prune a little to keep the
trees from getting too heavy on the north side. I should thin Missouri
Pippins to keep from overbearing. I should use sawdust and barn-yard
fertilizer on hard-pan spots. I allow no live stock in the orchard but
poultry. Am troubled some with leaf-rollers and canker-worm. I spray as
soon as the leaves start, for canker-worm and leaf-roller, using one
pound of London purple to 120 gallons of water. For borers, keep the
trees thrifty; borers cannot thrive, as the sap will kill them. I
believe it would be well during the first two years to wash the trees
with a solution of soft soap, coal-oil, and w