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Fruit Trees
By James Shepley
Apples have probably grown in Great Britain longer than any other fruit. It is said that, to start with, the fruits were small and were only grown for cider purposes. Gradually by selection, by introductions from other countries, the apple became an important fruit, not only for eating raw as dessert but for culinary purposes.
The hedge round the orchard will, however, undoubtedly be cut with a Tarpen Hedge Trimmer, which can either be worked by being plugged in to an electrical point in the house, or by the engine of some mechanical cultivator that may be used for other purposes.
If the orchard is grassed down and it generally will be, then the sward will have to be cut regularly, and if it isn't suitable to use the normal motor mower, the ideal tool is undoubtedly the Haytor, which cuts the grass by blades whirling round like a propeller and distributes the clippings equally all over the area.
It must be remembered, however, that varieties differ in their method of growth and in the way that they produce fruit buds. Some, like John Standish, Lord Derby, Edward VII and Egremont Russet, are normally upright in growth, especially until they start to bear heavy crops. Others, like Lane's Prince Albert, Gladstone and Irish Peach, are naturally spreading in growth.
Some, like Cornish Gilliflower, Worcester Pearmain, and St. Edmund's Russet, produce fruit buds on the tips of laterals and when these are cut hard back, as in normal forms of pruning, the fruit buds are removed.
Under commercial conditions, light cultivations will be carried out with a rotary cultivator like a Howard-Clifford or, on a 50-acre scale, with a Fordson or Ferguson pulling a Rotovator.
The hedge round the orchard will, however, undoubtedly be cut with a Tarpen Hedge Trimmer, which can either be worked by being plugged in to an electrical point in the house, or by the engine of some mechanical cultivator that may be used for other purposes.
If the orchard is grassed down and it generally will be, then the sward will have to be cut regularly, and if it isn't suitable to use the normal motor mower, the ideal tool is undoubtedly the Haytor, which cuts the grass by blades whirling round like a propeller and distributes the clippings equally all over the area.
It must be remembered, however, that varieties differ in their method of growth and in the way that they produce fruit buds. Some, like John Standish, Lord Derby, Edward VII and Egremont Russet, are normally upright in growth, especially until they start to bear heavy crops. Others, like Lane's Prince Albert, Gladstone and Irish Peach, are naturally spreading in growth.
Some, like Cornish Gilliflower, Worcester Pearmain, and St. Edmund's Russet, produce fruit buds on the tips of laterals and when these are cut hard back, as in normal forms of pruning, the fruit buds are removed.
Under commercial conditions, light cultivations will be carried out with a rotary cultivator like a Howard-Clifford or, on a 50-acre scale, with a Fordson or Ferguson pulling a Rotovator.
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Most of the better garden fruit tree varieties are hybrids, crosses between two or more types that have been bred to give the result better flavor, texture, size or resistance to disease.
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