The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-03-01


trees have been reduced three ourths."
Now this ia evidently the writing of
man Of experience. This racing of
close-plauted trees for access to light is
the one sure and sufficient sign of too
close planting, and loud call for i'm.
mediate attention. While the trees are
small, and even up to ten or twelve
years after planting, according to
growth, an orchard planted good deal
too close will look as we'll as one widely
planted; and early-fruiting sorts will
give good and handsome crops. But
just as soon as the trees begin to COM
pete for sunlight the best orchards be-
come worthless unless immediately
thinned. Our own experience is mostly
with Russian varieties, which bear
young, and do not, after that, grow very
rapidly. We have therefore set our
orchards full-spaced one way, and half
spaced the other way-the intermediate
trees being varieties that bear young and
freely, such as Yellow Transparent, TIE.
fotsky, and many other Russians. Vel
low Transparent is particularly suited to
this kind of planting, as the trees, even
when set wide, rarely live more than
ten or twelve years. In an orchard of
winter apples, Wealthy answers nicely,
also, for this way Of utilizing the ground.
Planted, for instance, alternately with
Scott's Winter, we find that Wealthy
will kill itself by overbearing by the
time that it begins TO crowd the Scott.
About fourteen years ago we planted
two acres, one-half to Scott and the
rect to Wealthy, alternately in the rows.
The Wealthys are now all gone, and
the SCOTS occupy the ground, neither
sort having shown any ill effects in
dicating that they were crowded. But
where some of The Wealthys irst failed
we took them out and replaced them
with new Russian varieties, expecting
only to get enough fruit on these to see
what they were, Here we have seen a
little disposition 10 the latter to ''spire
up," but have been able to get an idea
of the fruit, and to decide whether it is
OF enough merit to induce more exten.
sive trial. In only afew instances has
this been the case--not that most of
the Russians have not some value. but
because we are after winter sorts. of
which the Russians have comparatively
Few. In this way we have tested quite
large number without injurine the
Scott trees, which will now have all the
ground to themselves, and sufficient
room for at least dozen wears mora.
This variety looks like long lived sort.
ana 'nose who come after us may find
1t best to thin this orchard again.
WE want to caution our readars
against quite serious damage to books
"hlch Is sometimes caused by the apple
worms produced from the eggs of the
Goblin moth, 30 abundant in all or.
These worms have very sharp
Teeth, and with them can gnaw their
way into much harder things than an
apple They seem to be very fond of
ne cover and leaves of book for their
winter quarters, and they scoop out
hollow large enough for them to winter
Il between the leaves of any book they
IAN get into; and also cut deeply into
he binding. Therefore library, or
DOM where books are kept, is bad
lace to put away apples, even for
hort time. The worms do not stay
ong in summer or fall apples. They