The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-02-16
The Care of the Orchard
o,.sor Sho-, Lin. D.-oo,rooon r,a,o L.era-.


water had made the largest wood
mature the fruit the immense amount
OF foliage took up SO much OF the
water that II was impossible 10 de
yclop the fruit TO the proper size
The happy medium. therefore. ~
sufficient amount ~ water 10 develop
a normal size troc-not an ,Xcos~
that develops water sprouts and sappy
wood, rather light application OF
water In the earlier part Of the season
80 ~ not to stimulate too much wood
growth. but an abundance nj the time
when the fruit Is rlpeninR and the
fruit buds are developing.
saw an orchard this year In which
everything that have described To
you 10 far had been done and appar
entity well donc-,hc orchard war
bearing from nine to twelve hundred
bushels Of apples per acre and yet
the crop was practically worthless
There IL. therefore. one more factor
10 be considered. and that IL thin
ming This orchard was Gano. Jon
nthan. Ron Davis orchard OF about M
teen years old. and each tree had
three 10 Ave thousand little hits Of
Understood fhrunkcn apples. Tho
lapplea were OF little value and IN.
trees were breaking down and being
ruined II half or twothirds OF those
apples had been thinnod ont In tho
beginning ~ the season. the remain
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heavy as the trees could bear OF bet
ter DEVELOPED aud standard size APPLES
There would have been enough vitality
In the tree to develop fruit buds Tor
another year and everybody would
have been happy As Il IN. the or
rhardlst got nm immense crop Of IN
mlahlc fruit aud next year hia or
chard will not bear at all. since II is
impossible for tree 10 feed fruit
buds under such an excessive load
Two or three cents expended In thin
ming would have made 80 cents differ.
cucc In the worth OF these apples In
the fail.
d.. And, by the way. while | think Of
H.. let me suggest to YOU that you be-.
Kin thiIuing as soon as young trees
E Hrst begin 10 bear. The FIRST year or ~
that young orchard begins bearing
tho crop is not worth the expense OF
spraying and handling. the trees need
Iall Of their energy 10 develop n frame
work for carrying the loads OF the ia.
ture years aud In every way II la bet
| ter TO pull OF the few apples that APP
I pear here and there; nnd Jot 10 the
. man that ~ developing the young or
n chard II is too much like pulling "A
: tooth 10 pull OF one OF those apples.
y For this reason II IL good discipline
= II you begin at that time and learn
!, to pull apples OF In order to make
n gre-ior profits In the future, II VIII
= not be hard to keep II up and proper
ly thin your fruit when the orchard
= reaches the bearing age.
Aid even after All this is done, the
i problem Of fruit growing has not yet
J. been solved. WIS hno crop of
g standard sized. sound fruit on his
I trees. the orchardist faces the prob
u lem Of picking. packing and market
g ing. and right here there have been
q more failures In the past than In any
J. other part Of the work. except pos
y slbly spraying. ! know two nelghborr
p with orchards side by side where one
@ of them received ~ cents per busnol
u for his apples more than they cost
- while the other man received 60. and
u right at this point. let me tell YOU
h Gomez the parting Of the ways. II r.
q one business to handle ground, 20 cul
G ltlyate. 10 irrignte. to prune and Ia
+ spray, and II In another business 70
y grade and market fruit, and In my
7 travels through the fruit sections oi
g the western part Of America, have
~ become more and moro satisfied thai
n those valleys which have been mort
n uniformly successful In the marketing
II OF their fruit nro the ones that have
u placed this part of the work IN tho
y hands of the business man. regardless
r. Of his knowledge Of orchards and soils
Il one Of the best fruit handlers that
" have ever come In contact with In a,
! helpless as baby when you get hin
e away from his warehouse and into
o the orchard. and on the other nand
u some Of the worst failures In The mar
keting end have been made by pre-
" yiously successful fruit growers.
d, The western orchardist has o won
Ie derful opportunity the choicest soils
y the ncyer.endlng sunshine and al
- abundance OF irrigation water are his
y Nature has been lavish In her houn
ID ties. Everything that goes to make
II success is before him. What he mus
ID furnish IS Intelligent supervision, On
d. crgetic prosecutions, and love OF hi'
~ calling. tempered by conservative
ID business sense. These are the essen
10 tlals OF success In any line, but in ~
r.. line Of human endeayor will thel
DC give greater return In liberty pros
Il. pcrlty and security than In western
- orchard management
X borrowed trouble cannot be pal,
ne back