Never place a hen with a brood of
shicks of a certain color or colors
close to a hen with a brood of chicks
deluding other colors, because if the
youngsters stray Into the wrong coop
they are likely to be killed or maimed
by toe hen.
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DWARF APPLE TREE STOCKS*
Come Into Bearing Somewhat Earlier
Than on Standard Stocks, Says
New York Station.
Apple trees propagated on dwarf
stocks come into bearing somewhat!
earlier than on standard stocks. This
Is the experience of a ten years' study
by the New York station. The French,
paradise stock is somewhat subject
to winter-killing. In fact, the injury
and loss from this cause was so heavy
that conclusions from tho experi
ments cannot be drawn at this time.
There is considerable confusion in
the trade between the doucin and the
French paradise stocks. The para
dise stocks grown by Englisn nursery
men are similar to the doucin stocks
grown across the channel.
Tho growth of the dwarf tree is
largely individual. Many varieties
throw out roots from the cions, if tho
union between the stock and the cion
is set below the surface of the
ground. This makes it necessary to
remove the cion roots, otherwise one
will get standard or semi-dwarf trees.
Then the suckering habit of the
dwarf stocks must be contended with.
A further disadvantage is the rela
tive shallow rooting system of the
dwarf stock so that the trees are like
ly to be blown over in exposed situa
tions or where high winds prevail. Al
though these dwarf trees came into
commercial bearing somewhat earlier
than standards the tests have not yet
shown that they are more profitable.
