has an orchard of 400 trees, set from two to twenty years.
Advises for market Ben Davis, Winesap, Missouri Pippin, and for family
use adds Cooper's Early White, Red June, and Jonathan. Has discarded
Willow Twig and White Winter Pearmain, because both "rot on the trees."
Prefers porous clay or loam in dry bottom, with north aspect. Plants
two-year-old, low-top, fibrous-rooted trees with a spade, after marking
out both ways with a plow. Grows corn and potatoes in orchard, and
cultivates up to eight or ten years with double-shovel plow. Would put
windbreaks of cottonwood or soft maple on southern exposure. Protects
from rabbits by wrapping. Prunes with saw and chisel, and says it pays.
Uses well-rotted stable litter while orchard is young. Thinks cautious
pasturing with hogs or young calves would pay. Is troubled with some
insects, but does not spray. Picks and sorts into three classes: "Winter
storage," "immediate use," and "cider apples." Sells mostly in orchard.
Dries only for family use. Stores in bulk, and finds that Ben Davis
keeps best. Says that his trees that got the waste water from the well
were much benefited. Price, about seventy-five cents per barrel.

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P. S. TAYLOR, Eskridge, Wabaunsee county: Have been in Kansas thirty-two
years; have 1100 trees planted eleven years, that are now thirty-two
inches in circumference. I prefer for market Ben Davis, Jonathan,
Missouri Pippin, and York Imperial, and for family use would advise
Jonathan, Grimes's Golden Pippin, Winesap, and York Imperial. Have
discarded Rawle's Janet, Cooper's Early White, and Smith's Cider, also
Winesap as a market apple. Prefer a deep, sandy loam, with clay subsoil,
bottom or slope land, with northeast aspect. Plant thrifty,
medium-sized, three-year-old trees twenty feet apart north and south,
and forty feet east and west. I cultivate for six years in corn and
potatoes; then sow to clover, plowing this under every third or fourth
year, using the Acme harrow run shallow. I believe windbreaks are
beneficial, and would prefer two rows of white elms mismatched. I wrap
the trunks of trees, for protection against rabbits. I believe in
pruning out all watersprouts and crossing branches; it facilitates
gathering and the fruit colors better. I have tried thinning on Missouri
Pippins, Winesaps, and Romanites, knocking them off with a pitchfork. I
believe in fertilizing orchards on all prairie soils with barn-yard