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CIRCULAR NO. 90.
Renewing Old Orchards in Kentucky
First Year Results in a Five Year Program
BY
H. R. NlS\\'ONG}·ZR
Lexington, Ky.
February, 1921
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with the I`. S. I>c1¤:irtiiwi1i of .\;riuultur··. zinil ilistrihuteil in iiiriiior-
unce of the work pi·ox·i¤l4·d for in the- Act of <‘uii;i·i·ss of May S. 1014.

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Renewing Old Orchards in Kentucky .
First Year Results in a Five Year Program
By H. R. NISWONGER
'l`he (i(l\'t‘l`lIlllt‘lll ('rop and (`eusus Report for ]ll?lIl}' years
has shown that the State of l{t‘lIl\ll'l{_\' ]tl`t1Llll<‘(‘S 111illi<111s of
l»ush1·ls ot` apples; in lS|lT it raiiked St‘\'('llll1 i11 ]ll‘t)tlll<'llf)ll. The
tuiestiou naturally arises wliere these apples are ]>I‘tNlllf‘•"(l. and
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plautiugs tlistrihutetl tltrttnut the State. (`2ll`•‘i`lll Ul)$(‘l`\'21llttllS
tliselose the t`a¤·t that llll* ('Ul]llllt‘l`('l2ll 0l't‘llH}`ll of apples have
limited the supply of 1101110 {I1‘(l\\`Il i`l‘lllf i11 our 111a1·kets. The
apples ])l‘tltlllL't‘tl i11 this State under good orchard practises
are uf excellent quality. and there is IIU good reason why we
sliould not supply our 0\\'ll ]llZlI‘l(ClS.
ATTITUDE OF THE FARMER.
Tl1e farm o1·el1a1·ds, ll(t\\`l‘\'(‘l'. are rapidly disappearing,
tho some are eapahle of ])l`(l(llll'lll{I ll(>I'll12ll crops. They were
plantetl, for the most part. hy ]l.Ell`Ill(‘l`S who k11ew little of
0l'Cll{1l‘tl I1l{lIlillQ`l‘lllClll illltl who hardly expected tl1e trees to
bee<>111e a source of farm lllt‘()lllC like other crops, but hoped
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there hai spring, which is essential for early development of fruit buds.
The straw and cultivation hold the moisture, a limiting factor
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to SU gztllmis uf \\'illl‘l' for thu zipplu smh with thh ziil¤lE‘Z~zi
(if   pryuudyg Of I)()“·(lo]·(·(l ;i)·gui];i{4· of lvm] fur {liv iwiihligj
mrnth. 01* zipplo wnriii. The svmiitl vcniiiliiiml si»i·:1_v l··ll<·\i‘···l
two wccks ltitcr zuid coiisistuil of 21l`N<‘ll2iT(‘ <»l' ltwitl t'¢·i· thv ¤··»·llZi:£
111r»tl1 ziiul liiiiwloziiix llllXllll't’lE; l'<»1· tht- appli} hliiivli tlisozisw.
'lhnrilrztux llixtiirw Ji·—l-50. `
l, Iii>:<<¤l\e· Zi y·<1uiiil:< of l»lii··st<»ni~ iii gi xwiiiilwii Ur ":;I‘;\illl~· \‘»‘.i!”
but-l;r»t of lint water by :<11s|v•·iiiliii;; th4· l·li1i·>t·»11t; iii ;t t·l·»ih >:i¤’l< >i* li
will hun: il <:·mpls· of inches iiitu thi~ \\:lt¤·I`. _
2. Fluke; 4 ]munrl:< i»t` geiml siwiw Iim··_ ¤liliit·· ;tii·l stiwiiii it ll1l"i?"
Sl>1·:1)' [sink ur lnzirrvl {tml ziilil zilmut 1`0 unilnns oi` w;ii··i‘, _`
LZ. liiiiit-· Lhe· l»itit·st<¤iit· suliitiiiii with N nr 1** :;iIl<·ii> ·»t" u;¤r··r ;ii1~i_;ii:;
to th<· tsiiik <»t` Iim<· w;it¢·r‘, stirriiizs w··ll its this is ¤I·»i1··, ’ii1.il!i`11·!*?·Y··
_ \\'2l[i*l` eiinuuh tn make- Sit usilluiis in nil. l\{»y»ly ui niitw. __
Il` mi1i·l1 sprziyiiiz is tn liv ilniiu, it is ¤»t`t··ii mi»i·¤· i·¤m\*·iii·-lit 1** YW}§"
up in nrlvstrice s+·p:ir:ite· stuck snlutimis nt l»i.th i»Itit·s1i»m· :m·i limp -¤l ~·vf
FZIIQ Oil fvIl•· ynnulirl tn <·:i<‘li gnllnii ni` \\‘:itv~i·_ I1` thpsp :~iimt·l; e$tN wltielt oeeurred when the trees were blooming redueed
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i witl1 the- fuiltm- of muny blossoms to st-t fruit.
'l`h<- totul yit-hl wus ($48.2 httsltt-ls, whit-h alot-s not. im·ltttl·-
uhout 125 httsht-ls thut. wort- tmttla- into 2l()() gullons ol" \'lllt'}IiiI'
in tht- Bla-(`oy ort-hurtl. 'l`ht- gross rt-tttrtt wus $l,()r%ti.()T. All
ux·oi·ugt- prim- pt-t· husltt-l ol` $1.56 wus t‘<-vt-i\‘<-tl l`ot· tht- umllu,
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'l`ht· tlttutttity ol` t‘lt*2lll l·l'llll ]>1·otlm·¤-tl this li1·>t _v··ut· wu~
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mutty of tho tix-cs. Most ol` tht- t>l`<‘llill'4lS wotttuim-tl \'2ll`l<‘llt‘~ »tt··l
u> Ya-llow Tl'illlS]>2ll't*lll. lit-tt l)ux‘is. uml Xluitlt-tt l’illl>l1 wh§··t
un- vt-ry sttswptiltlt- to tht- upplt- l>lot¤·h tlist-ust-. 'l`hi» tlis··;t~~
>pi·t·utls vt-ry rupitlly tlttt-ing tlump \\`l‘Ellll\*l' l`1·om tht- l»lot~·l.
l'2llll{t‘l'S on thc limhs to thc l.l`llll. A\lElll_\' ol` tht- trt-tw w··t··- ~·~
hunlly ittft-stt-tl with those 4‘2llll(<‘l'N thut it wus i1upt·u¤·tit·ul»l·- t-·
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>ut·h <-xtrat upplivutiotts we-ru impot-tuttt.
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