Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ^ to decide thematter rightly, it will be time profitably spent. Study the various fruit chapters in this book,wherein I have endeavored to give desirable lists ofvarieties for different localities. Write to your stateexperiment station, mentioning the nature of yoursoil, and ask for special advice as to the best varietiesfor you to plant; and be sure to state whether yourorchard is wanted for market or family purposes.Talk with practical fruit-growers in your locality.Consult with you
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Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . ^ to decide thematter rightly, it will be time profitably spent. Study the various fruit chapters in this book, wherein I have endeavored to give desirable lists ofvarieties for different localities. Write to your stateexperiment station, mentioning the nature of yoursoil, and ask for special advice as to the best varietiesfor you to plant; and be sure to state whether yourorchard is wanted for market or family purposes.Talk with practical fruit-growers in your locality.Consult with your market buyers (if you are to havea commercial orchard), or with your familys taste (ifits to be a home orchard). Also, before buying or planning an orchard orordering trees, study these facts about pollination ofblossoms: Much of the unsatisfactory fruiting oforchards all over the country is due to self-sterility.A tree is self-sterile if it can not set fruit unlessplanted near other varieties. The main cause of. STARTING AN ORCHARD : PLANNING 17 self-sterility is the inability of the pollen of a varietyto fertilize the pistils of that variety. An indication ofself-sterility is the continued dropping of young fruitfrom isolated trees or solid blocks of one variety ;also, fruit from a self-sterile tree is apt to be imper-fectly formed. Self-sterility is not a constant characterwith any variety. Poorly-nourished treesaremorelikelyto be sterile with their own pollen than well-fed treesare. The loss of fn;it from self-sterility may be pre-vented by planting other varieties . •vW;, among the self-sterile trees, or -*^=»U*^^>^i^^„^by graitmg other varieties intooccasional trees. For names ofvarieties which are often self-sterile, consult each special fruilchapter in this book. ^Getting the ground ready for the tree-setting isanother important part of starting an orchard. Ifpossible, plow it in the fall. At least, it should beplowed previous to planting. Harrow it until thef