per bushel; five cents per pound for dried apples.

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EBERT SIMON, Welda, Anderson county: Have lived in Kansas thirty-one
years; have 300 apple trees, fifteen inches in diameter, twenty years
old. I prefer for commercial orchard Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin,
Winesap, and Gano; and for family orchard Winesap, Missouri Pippin, and
Jonathan. I prefer hilltop, with black loam and porous subsoil, with
north slope. I plant three-year-old whole-root grafts. I cultivate in
corn for five years with one-horse cultivator; seed a bearing orchard to
clover. Windbreaks are essential on the south. I prune with the saw to
let the sun in, and think it beneficial. Never have thinned apples. I
sometimes use stable litter as a fertilizer, but would not advise its
use on all soils. Sometimes I pasture my orchard with hogs and horses,
and think it advisable. I hand-pick my apples. I sell in the orchard,
peddle the second and third grades, make vinegar of culls, and feed some
to hogs; never tried distant markets. Never dry any. Prices have been
from $1 to $1.50 per barrel.

A SUMMARY OF THE FOREGOING DISTRICT REPORTS.

Ben Davis is the leading market apple, followed closely by Missouri
Pippin. These two lead all others, and are followed by Winesap and
Jonathan. Rawle's Janet, York Imperial, Huntsman's Favorite, Grimes's
Golden Pippin and Maiden's Blush are also favorites. We find the Yellow
Bellflower, Newtown Pippin, Lawver and a few others are condemned all
over the state.

In the eastern third of the state hilltop or slope is preferred to
bottom land, but in the central and western portions bottom land is
preferred. The reason for this is obvious. Any good soil is
satisfactory, if subsoil is porous.

The favorite distance seems to be thirty-two feet east and west and
sixteen to twenty feet north and south, some putting peach or
early-bearing apples between, the wide way, to be cut out when they
crowd. This undoubtedly brings the quickest returns, but many believe it
robs the permanent trees of their future sustenance.

Twenty-four prefer one-year-old trees; 7 one to two years old; 153
two-year-old; 10 two- to three-year-old; 21 three-year-old; 3 want
four-year-old, and 59 give no age. It is only a matter of cost and
convenience. A one-year-old tree costs less and allows the would-be
orchardist to set more trees for a given amount of cash. The one- and
two-year-old trees require the re