The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-25

| a little over $500 per tree OF 1921
per acre.
A great deal depends upon the
selection of the tree as to results OBJ
tanned, continued Mr.. Lewis. Get a
tree that you are suited with. You
will make success with it. That's
half of the battle. When going to a
nursery to purchase fruit trees al
ways manage to get first choice.
Some have been taking the rest, or
remainder after the first choice right
along. Set trees out from 80 to 40
| feet apart. A first class paying ap-
pie is the Fall Pippin. 1t is of high
quality and after you have eaten one
you want another. The Wagner
variety is high quality apple. Don't
get too many sweet apples, the mar
ket for them is limited. The Stay
manWinesap is a new variety and a
good apple; however, go slow on
new varieties. DR.. Funk, one of the
best authorities on apple trees,
claims that a tree year old is worth
dollar and tree 80 years, $50. Of
the $50 apples in his orchard, Mr..
Lewis said he lost only two trees.
One was by root blight and the other
being accidentally cut down by now
ing machine. / cannot urge you too
strongly to thin out your fruit. The
trouble with great many is that
they do not thin enough. When a
tree is thinned there is less labor
connected with it than when it is
not thinned. Apples can be picked
to better advantage. There would
be less apples to the bushel and you
would receive just as many bushels.
1t is numbers and not bushels that
you pick. Thin any time. Some tell
you to thin at the time of the June
drop. Thinning saves the vitality of
the tree.
Questions Asked.
After Mr.. Lewis finished his instruc
tive address, Chairman Hull inquired
if there were any that desired to ask
questions that they could do so at
this time.
T. B. Clark-In setting out young
trees how long should mulch remain
around the roots of the tree and
when should it be removed in the
fall?
Mr.. Lewis-Sow clover and tim
othy for mulch. If season has prom
Use of being dry, cut in June to July
1st; if it looks as though it would be
wet, let it grow a little longer. No
necessity to mulch too closely. Keep
out some little distance. Remove
mulch in the fall.
w. w. Baker-Would you advise
the use of a commercial fertilizer?
Mr.. Lewis-Yes, sir! Do all you
can for a tree; it will return to you
all you ever pay out for it.
Surface Tells How to Prune.
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time dues would be received by the
secretary. In the meantime DR.. Sur
face demonstrated to the audience
how to trim an apple tree by cutting
off different branches. He first cut
A few other small limbs were pruned
to make it symmetrical in shape,
telling why certain limbs should be
cut and where to cut them. can ap-
pie tree should be given plenty of
sunshine and air to ripen and color
the fruit" He then took the, same
tree and pruned it for peach tree,
cutting several limbs therefrom. DR..
Surface told of peach tree on his
farm that in a single year furnished
52S inches of new growth. Never
burn out a tent caterpillar nest. 1t
is the poorest way to kill the pest. 1t
is not only injurious to the tree, but
starts a diseased condition, that soon
er or later will mean that the tree
will have to be cut down and burned.
DR.. Surface displayed a specimen of
tree which had been so affected.
1t had the appearance of black sub
stance or canker, was irregular IN
growth and covered a surface of sew
eral inches on a comparatively small
area of wood. The best way to kill
the tent caterpillar is by spraying
with a solution of two pounds of ar
senite of lead to go gallons of water
to which is added one-half pound OF
concentrated solution of sulphur-lime
to so gallons of water. The leaves
are the digestive organs of the fruit.
The only way to brace tree is by
inserting a screw eye in one limb and
fastening it to another limb by the
aid of a galvanized wire. Prune when
the tree is dormant, and it strength
ems it, but if it is pruned when
growing it stunts it's growth. How
Are We to Obtain Better Fruits at
Less Cost?" Quality is the most i'm
portant subject before us, said DR..
Surface. Don't care what it is.
Judge C. B. Whitmer, of Washing
ton, d. c., wanted five bushels of fine
quality of apples. Told him he
might get some in the stores, but if
he wanted to buy high quality ap-
pies to get in correspondence with
w. j. Lewis, of Pittston. He paid
SO per bushel box for them and wrote
me that they were cheaper than if
they cost so cents per bushel. Why?
Because the apples were uniform in
size, had the color, flavor and were
guaranteed by the grower to be as
represented. In selling apples keep
list of your customers. Growing ap-
pies requires more care, knowledge
and patience than any business l
know of, stated the doctor. Mater