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why it is called a slender -spin- " The Smith orchard has '5,000
dle system. ' ' trees in a nursery with•vatieties
Each branch is rhoved by such as. Royal Gana, Jonagold,
hand so that it will grow out- •
ward instead of up. When a
branch grows up, it thinks it
must' Produce. bark. If a branch
grows out it will produce fruit,
and of course this is what
Smith and his. family ,want
to happen. °•
• The trunk of the tree, is
hand -trained to • twist
• around the stake so that it
• will be more supported.
Therefore growing these
apples 'will be- a. meticulous,
• detailed adventure;
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Smith's intentions in the
future include people coming
directly to his farm to pick the
apples. Ila.ving the trees rela-,
tively short in height was, no
get into hecause each type of
tree has its own personality and
is vety fussy about where it is
grown. •There is alwa:ys the
'insect and .disease problem as
well as the threat of a late frost
which damages blossoms. -
Smith believes that because
his farm is lose enough to
Lake iluron the lake -effect.
will allow the trees to
bloom later and therefore
will save them from a
late frost.
",.Apples are a very
° demanding crop to grow.
There's a lot of position-
ing of branches, picking
.and pruning. Everyone in
the farniiy Pitches in., My
two children did' all of the
grafting thiS•past summer and
all of us prune the trees. As well
1 find that growing a, crop like
this can be very therapeutic
after a long, hard day, teaching
woild-working • classes at
school:" ' •
The 'Smith family is enroute
to promoting apples in a very
creative, fun way in an area that
is not popluar for having apple
orchaids.
mistake but a plan. Ile also
wishes to teach apple.pickers
about apples and how to pick
them Properly, in addition to
giving the customers ideas.on
• what to make with them..
"My goal is to produce won-
derful tasting apples in an 'easy
to 'manage, easy to pick, state of
the 'art technological point of
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Cox's , Orange Pippen,
Summerland •• Macintosh,
Northern Spy and Golden
Delicious. •
• Smith's 'first crop should be
• 'ready by year .2000 and their
goal is to harvest 7,000 bushels
a jear• •
•Smith explained how apple
• orchards are a risky: businesk to
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Combining
home and work
can be
hazardous
Agricultural -chemicals,
fuel, veterinary products, dust,
noise, and stress are among
themany potential hazards
that can threaten the health of
families living•and working on
Canadian farms.. The effects of
these health hazards canoicur
gradually, with Symptoms
often showing up only after
many years of repeated expo-
• sure. Although a great cleat :Of
progress has already been
made to help make Canadian
farm faMilies• more aware of
the health risks on their farms,
there i still much work to be
done, • - ,
The theme -for, National
Farm Safety Week this year
emphasizes- "Farm Family
'Sealth and Safety." By paint-,
ing outithe dangers and
increasing awareness of poten-
tial health risks to farm fami-
lies, we can work together to
farther decrease the number of
farm injuries and fatalities as:
the 1997 cropping season
quickly approaches. •
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