Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-03-26


orchards of the varieties of fruit tree
which he calls "drones and board
ers." By these he means these tree
which produce Improbable varietiel
Of fruit in this country or which d.
net do their part but rather burden
the rest of the orchard with an ex
pense which allows but little margin
of profit ON the whole.
Mr.. Taylor suggests that, il these
trees are hardy and grow well in this
country they may be changed into q
source of profit by grating from a
good variety, and he explains the
more common methods of grating
and gives formulas for preparing
grating wax. The time for this
grating is near and Mr.. Taylor warns
that the sooner the scions are pre-
pared the better the results will be.
Wedding Out Poor Orchard Varieties.
There are entirely too many or
chards containing fruit of wrong va
rieties," says Mr.. Taylor. These PAR
ticular varieties have made the
grower no money in past years and
even this year of general good pric-
es, have brought the owners less
than the cost of production.
1.-THE profits Of the orchard are be-
ing lowered on account Of these low
priced varieties. The profitable
kinds, after paying the bills of the
non-profitable ones, are not able to
show the grower the general orchard
earning they would be able to show
II they were not thus hampered.
These poor varieties are veritable
boarders' in the orchard. They are
'drones' and an annual drain upon
the purse of the orchardist. 1t costs
Just as much to prune and spray and
tin and cultivate and irrigate and
p:ck and pack and market these va
rieties that bring so cents box as
it does for varieties that bring two,
three or four times this amount.
'The death kneH of these varieties
has been sounded and let US this
spring clean them out. The variety
block has no longer
place with the commercial orchard IN
Idaho. A variety that Just barely
paid expenses this last year, year
Of good prices, with the possibility OF
l larger crop this season, unquestion-
ably will be drag upon the market.
May Be Made Profitable.
For the purpose of inducing the
.op grating of these non-profltable
sorts, this circular is prepared for
he growers.
top grating is done In the spring
before the breaking of leaf or fruit
buds. Late in the spring just as the
buds are swelling is the proper time
@ saw off the main limbs and place
he scions in position.
There are many failures in top
yrafting from growers failing to cut
heir grating scions before they
lave advanced too far. They should
,e cut while quite dormant, before
he buds have started to swell and
,e buried in moist earth or sand IN
| cool place to hold the buds in as
nearly a dormant condition as posi-
lie. Therefore If growers have not
llready saved their scions they should
10 so at once.
Decide upon the most profitable
yariety for your locality and go TO
bearing trees of recognized and I'M
Questionable individual merit of this
yariety to cut your scions. Avoid
aking grating wood from young
rees that have not borne, thus run
hing the risk of starting from tree
rot true to name.
Apple scions should be cut from
wigs of last years growth. The
resi- tips u to "a inches in length,
ut from the terminals Of bearing
are suitable for making
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punches and the variety name be
labeled thereon. Long, snap
~ water sprouts borne from near
he base of the tree in the shade are
ess desirable in that they are likely
o have weak buds.
Method of Grating.
"The cleft graft is a common meth
ID. Trees OF bearing are adapted to
left grating. The four to six scat
old limbs which are to be top graft
ID are sawed squarely off at con-
renient distance from the tree crotch.
Better not saw the limbs off too
high up or the new tree head formed
will be too high from the ground.
f sawed too low down the diameter
If the limb is sometimes too great.
limbs three or four inches in dtamet-
NJ are easily within the limit of pos
sible grating and six inch limbs are
,Ometimes worked with success, A