Managing The Orchard, Extension Circular No. 168

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1940-02

Decade

1940s

Author

Fite, A. B.

Whitley, F. F.

Subject (LCSH)

Orchards

Orchards--Management

Subject (NALT)

orchards

agricultural management

Table of contents

Introduction

Establishing the orchard

Selecting the site

Soil and subsoil

Preparing the land

Laying out the orchard

Planting distances

Planting the trees

Pruning

Objects of pruning

How to develop a strong, productive, open-head type of tree

Pruning the apple

Pruning at planting time

Subsequent pruning of young trees

Pruning bearing trees

Pruning neglected orchards

Pruning crowded orchards

Rejuvenation pruning

Pruning the pear

Pruning the peach

Pruning cherries and plums

Irrigation

Cultivation

Fertilization

Thinning

Irregular bearing

Causes and remedies

Pollination

Other factors

Remedies

Insect and disease control

The codling moth

Spray materials

Timing of sprays

Spray schedules

Thorough spraying

Supplementary control measures

San Jose scale

Giant root borer

Leaf roller

Wooly aphis

Chlorosis

Blight

Grape leaf hopper

Peach twig borer

Varieties

Apples

Pears

Peaches

Plums

Cherries

Grapes

Charts showing time of blooming

Extent

66 pages

Notes

Circular containing detailed information on and instructions for establishing and maintaining orchards

Original publisher

New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

State College (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Schneider, Ingrid

Bramlett, Suzanne

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000168.pdf