Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-16
SEASONARLE HINTS

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vent this. loosen the ground about three
feet around them, AMI cover it about
three inches thick with chaf. chopped
straw, damaged hay or straw, fine sha
wings, or Old leaves from the woods,
! 9TH ,Se are the best y then water them
and subsequently,, according to the wea-
Their, wet the refuge stuff around your
trees, and you will soon perceive ito ad
vantagos in the increased vigor and
health Of the trees. Do the same To
Crane vines and cuttings.
Pruning Stone Fruu.-The incxperi.
enced aud ianc'luI arc apt TO prone their
peach, plum. and cherry trees To make
them grow tall and handsome; and then
when you walk with them in their gar
dcns, they seem TO pride themselves up
on the beauty of their trees, Just as if
beauty was the object Of their cultivation !:
when Tor various reasons the peach and
the plum should have the top clipt, and
be made 10 spread within three or four
feet of the ground; then you have more
Gearing wool, and rs the wood OF the
peach is very brittle, when loaded with
iruIt, If cultivated tall it is liable TO be
broken and injured BY the wind. Many
nursery men, who raise tire 3 for sale,
prune them and make them grow tall
and handsome to please the eye, though
they all will advise the contrary prac
tce If their opinion is asked.
Ounce Trees. These should be pruned
but little where the limbs ride; should
be wa,ered with strong soap suds, have
ashes placed about them three times in
The course Of the season. Those branch.
es which grow very near the ground,
may be laid down and covered with
earth five or six inches deep, leaving
six inches or a foo:, or more according
10 the length of the limb. Thus YOU
can obtain new trees. TO be taken up and
transpianted next spring
Potatoes should not be planted deep
or covered with solid or pure earlh.-I
Sods and refuse stuff should be inverted
about the potato. Thus the ground NAV
be KEEP iigh:, and the atm sphere adj.
United, and the growing crop have
chance to expand freely.
Wash for Fruit Trees Make com
position of potash, fresh cow manure,
saliPetre, clay and ashes. Make il of d
sufficient consistency 10 be put on with
a brush. This wash, while II will give
health and vigor TO the trees, will be
found hostile to insects. This should
succeed digging about them aud manu-.
ring them with good COMPOSE, impreg.
mated with salt and salrpetre
The CnTcuLiO.- This is the most des.
tructive Of all insects to the fruit gar.
den. They are winged insects, bugs, or
beetles, which come out Of the ground
ABOUT the time the young fruit is form.
ing, mount the trees, and 90 from plum
TO plum, peach to peach, nectarine to
nectarlne,apPle 10 apple,cherry 10 cher
| ry, and make hole in every ole, and
deposIte an egg. This egg soon produ
ces worm, which Preys upon the fruit.
and causes it TO fall pre- nuturely. The
rayages Of this insect in Middlesex and
Essex counties alone must be estimated
oy tens Of thousands Of dollars. Nine
~ nine in hundred Of plum trees,
which we have seen the last fortnight,
have Tor years boSsomcd W ell; but the
fruit has all dropped off, TO accommo.
date this prolific little monster. After
irslt falls, the worms crawl out of it,and
lie buried during The winter in the earth.
IN the chrysalls state, till spring calls
them forth again to prey upon the fair
est and choicest fruit Of the garden.
RemedieS.-Trees growing in cattle,
poultry, and hog yards, have been OBJ
served TO retain their fruit. The curcu.
Ito is a very shy insect, and, when the
tree Is rubbed by cattle or shook, this
insect folds itselfup and drops off, as
may be seen W spreading sheet under
n tree and then shaking it. When they
are thus caught, they should be burned
Fowls devour The worm WHEN they come
out Of the fruit, and the beetle itself:
ami hogs cot the green fruit, and thus
they are destroyed. plum tree al.
tached to a pump handle, and one with
brood Of chickens under it, has been
known to retain its fruit, though wears
! previous each had dropped it.
Hence, il is advisable 10 shake your
plum trees frequently, and catch the cur.
cuIios,also gather up all the green fruit
and burn or boil it for swIGe.
We have succeeded in having a plum
tree retain its fruit all loaded dowo, by
washing II twice a year with soil sop,
and with a brine OF saltpetre and salt
and top dressing the ground with salt
and saltPetre, and keeping ashes about
the roots. Mr.. J. q. Barker, Of Melhu.
en-, informs Us that plum :ree Of his
retained its fruit in remarkable man
nerj and as bis other trees dropped their
fruit, he could not account for the diC
ference, except the fact, that he empties
his bacon brine in the vicinity Of this
tree.
Mr.. Ponds pIums, 50 famous At the