IN THE ORCHARD.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2

IN THE ORCHARD.

Whilst the soil is generally very wet it . may be as well to work~lt as moderately as possible, bat at leaf f good work may \Btill bo done in the orchard-amongst the standard trees that have become far too dense -branched. It . is: a: very common fault -to allow heads to become thick, and thinning them isfartooinuoh neglected. An operator wearing some rough clothes and leather gloves, aided by a short ladder, and armed with a small, narrow, but sharp saw, pan thin out the heads of trees now with immense benefit. —Out out each branch close to the main one from which it springs, and then with a sharp knife pare off the rough edge of the saw oat, and the wound will soon heal over. Do all the dense trees thoroughly in this way. If the branches be much infested with moss, take advantage of a soft, muggy day, and, having plenty of fresh- slaked lime at hand, give the whole of the heads a good dusting. It will do immense good.