—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Aui
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Dwarf Trees Seen Most Profitable for Orchardists
Consumers and fruit
growers can benefit from
new techniques in producing
apples, it was reported
recently during meetings of
the American Society for
Horticultural Science in
Guelph, Ontario.
For growers who have -
adequate orchard sites but
lack capital, the most
profitable system is the
semi-dwarf orchard with
trees 12 feet tall, stated Dr.
Richard C. Funt, formerly
graduate assistant at The
Pennsylvania State
University and now ex
tension pomologist at the
University of Maryland.
On the other hand, if the
grower has only a small
acreage of suitable orchard
sites and adequate finances,
he would be wise to plant
dwarf trees 6 Vz feet tall,
trained to a trellis, or dwarf
trees trained to a single pole
called the dwarf-spindle
system. However, some
technical problems must be
solved before these systems
can be recommended.
Dr. Funt’s study of
producing apples showed
that the highest net return
per acre was with hand
harvested, fresh market
varieties on the dwarf
spindle system. The
research was a cooperative
effort involving personnel in
the department of hor
ticulture and the department
of agricultural economics
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State.
Highest gross returns from
mechanical harvesting was
in the dwarf-trellis system.
However, this method had
the highest total costs per
acre for mechanical har
vesting.
Rates of return on in
vestment over a 36 year
orchard life were computed
at nearly equal for hand
harvested, fresh market
Dairy Farmers Take
Local dairy farmers who
are members of Inter-State
Milk Producers’
Cooperative, met with the U.
S. Department of
Agriculture last week and
offered strong suggestions
for an immediate increase in
the farm price of milk. The
milk-makers group was
headed by dairyman Lester
C. Jones, Medford, N.J.,
president of Inter-State Milk
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according to Donald H.
Hoffecker, Executive Vice
President. Obetz joined the
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management trainee and
was assigned to the Audit
Department in 1973.
A native of Lancaster
County, Obetz graduated
from McCaskey High School
and received a Bachelor of
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varieties on semi-dwarf,
dwarf-trellis, and dwarf
spindle systems. To make a
rational comparison bet
ween systems, an internal
rate of return (return on
investment) was used by Dr.
Funt.
Harvest labor costs are
generally 40 to 50 percent of
total annual costs for hand
harvesting systems, he
pointed out. Thus, rising
labor costs are more un-
asked for the adoption of a
three-point program
1. A milk pricing system to
regain consumer confidence
in the industry and producer
confidence for continued
production.
2. To establish a proper
price level that would keep
capable dairy farmers
“down on the farm”,
because the next sixty days
is a critical decision-making
period for dairy farmers.
3. Grant an immediate
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portant to fruit growers than
material costs which are
generally IS to 25 per cent of
annual costs.
Research has shown that
dwarf systems have earlier
and higher yields and grades
of apples than semi-dwarf
and standard systems, the
latter with trees 18 feet tall.
However, dwarf systems
have higher initial establish
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Others attending were
directors Daniel L. Martin,
Manheim, Pa; John P.
Bradford, Lewistown, Pa.;
William Brinsfield, Cordova,
Md.; George R. Brumbaugh,
James Creek, Pa.; Edwin C.
Fry, Chestertown, Md.;
Willis L. Greaser,
Williamsburg, Pa.; and Roy
A. Weaner, Jr., Gettysburg,
Pa. Also attending were Dr.
James E. Honan, general
manager, and Dr. Paul E.
Hand, economist, for Inter-
State.
Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative
represents some 3000 dairy
farmers in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware,
number of trees per acre,
higher labor costs, and
greater material
requirements.
Dwarf apple trees 6V6 feet
tall have advantages. Such
orchards can be pruned and
hand harversted more ef
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than semi-dwarf trees 12 feet
tall or standard trees 18 feet
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In case of hail or wind
damage, a dwarf-trellli
system con be harvested
mechanically at less cost
than any other system. And
since dwarf systems use
small equipment, they
require less energy than
standard orchard equip
ment.
In comparing orchards,
the standard orchard was
calculated at 66 trees per
acre with large-size
equipment. The semi-dwarf
system had 181 trees per
acre with medium-size
equipment. The dwarf-trellis
system utilized 60S trees per
acre while the dwarf-spindle
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