Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-03

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ansirsifssned
Malfhartef says hia soiI 10 dr.: thinks his
lsaf blight II ouing 70 snsuse, ~onid again
use mAsure for plssDs on prairie sod except
shells or bones.
Barry think. leaf blight not owing to wet
soil. Though no ffnit will grow well in we,
soil Thinks Il owing 70 defect IN the emil
which chemistry has not vet Taught ~. Plum
culture - one of the most di@cult things in
the vocation Of nursery man.
Dunlap moved 10 recommend the free
growing varieties Of the Native wild plum
FOR nursery stock. Voted.
Adjourned I'll ~ Tomorrow.
SECOND par.
WspsRspAre A. H.
Meyed that Mr Barry be invited to speak
of pears He took up the subject of leaf
blight He considers this one Of the most
important subjects connected with fruit cub
ture, ~ well as one concerning which the re
suits Of observation are most unsatisfactory
are mos, likely 10 produce il 4 stiff soil is
the thing prarie loans must have clay
brought from beneath. A friend in New
ordinary manner, dug up beds three feet
deep, in which he set his stock OF imported
pears, which are doing well Gragelly clay
ID best Dig for every tree, four feet across.
use no manure, prebarc the ground mcchan-
nal LIS he tatnly 1yuf, . ,,g
fruit growers at Buffalo lately, cultiyators
had made out list Of pears liable to blight
Of those most liable, were Glout Morceau
Passe Colman, Stevens tennessee, Madeleine
and Bartlett those least liable were Loise
Bonnie DE Jersey, White Doyenne, and Sickle
among others Fire blight is in the atmes-
phere, he supposes, like the cause Of fever
Cannot account for it in pears, more than for
fever among men.
Prince has seen but one tree biightcd on
Long Island in thirty years, White boy
ennc which is still alive, having been saved
BY pruning. Barry thinks it exists there
nevertheless, but does not spread. 1t moves
about like other epidemics
Fahnestock loves Louise Bonnie De Jersey
Shepherd also puts it at the head Of the list
most liable to be attacked. Barry thinks
Inulching has no effect upon it: mulches to
keep ground moist and to enrich it.
II. Avery has lost moro White Doyenne
and Bartlett trees than Of other kinds Mad
cleine badly blighted. Not SO much blight
on clay soil as on that of lighter character
Shepherd has no result to communicate
concerning either cause or cure. He has
three rows OF trees planted on sandy loan,
containing fruits, and becoming 80 hard that
it cannot be rloughed, which blight as badly
as badly as those on rich clay loan His
! trees bear best on II southern slope. Blight
commences under the epidermis If it strikes
through the, wood is the result He has ar
rested its progress by applying spirits of tur-
, pentine and an alkaii before the blight strikes
into the wood, 1t is most fatal in warm,
humid atmosphere. In "a hours after its at
tack, he has procured the odor Of the decay
ing wood at Il distance of twenty feet He
has also observed it in various forest trees
Pres. Bryant has noticed blight since 2s47
thought humid atmosphere worst till lS49
1t then made its appearance.in May, in cool,
dry weather. destroying branches but not
trunks Never has had a tree recover entire
ly. 1t sometimes girdles an apple tree for II
foot in length. 1t sometimes attacks fruit
and not branches. A neighbor of his has
MANFRED highly, but has no blight He has
seen a stunted Duchess DAremburg grow
ing but an inch in a year destroyed by blight
He has seen it, from May to September even
after drought; thinks shade has no effect
upon it.
| DR.. Hull Of Alton, says, about June 18th
when the first growth closes, the blight com
mences. He has been successful in prevent
ing it by cutting the roots around the tree,
thus forcing it into state of rest as he thinks
| blight occurs only when the sap is in motion
or, ut least, when there is tendency to a
renewal Of growth, as just after rain;
knows not the cause, whether it is in the at
mosphere, or whether it is insects
Barry saved trees by stationing a man in
his orchard to cut of the first appearance of
blight, as little spurs pieces of bark that
may have been attached lie says though
We know nothing Of its cause we do of its
operation and Of the signs Of its coming and
hence can meet it on its first appearance
Shepherd (and the Pres. also) knows not
when to look for blight whether in spring or
fall, wet or dry weather. 1t sometimes at
tacks the bark one year and kills the tree
the next
Fahnestock said, all are ignorant of its
cause but know its effects. He had an i'm
portation Of 1000 French trees They bore
blossoms and he expected $50 new varieties
Of pear but all are gone They were beau
tiful in the morning and in the evening every
fruit spur on 700 trees bore withered fruit
and leaves, while 200 trees bearing no fruit
were uninjurcd When these spurs were
cut off the tree was saved He supposed
that it was m insect blight at first as there
was an immense swarm of flies lowering
| over the orchard, but has no assurance of it.
Pruning is the remedy. Hardness checks it
i'll bis nursery by cutting out at once.
Barry says that it has pretty well estab-
lished that it appears when the sun is hot
and atmosphere humid that pruning will
save trees il done in time; and that certain
varieties arc not often attacked but die when
they are.
kennicott agrees with Barry Can tell
when blight ~ to appear often after show
er in hot weather, Never has seen the Buff
fun blight (Pres. and Shepherd have).-
Pruning saves trees he fears the frozen sap
blight more the fin blight
tahnestock thinks imported trees more IL
able to blight B. Aveny says our trees are
all raised from seed in this State but are dy-
ing of blight
Association then took up the subiec, Of
Peaches.
Huli says, II has Deem proposed to shorten
in at the Northanniversally He has tried it
at Alton but the tips become so thick that
the fruit loses it's color He cuts back the
long branches SO that the fruit may not be-
come pendent else the fruit will not grow so
large. lie does not cut the small branches
He cultivates at the edge of the prairie on
white oak and hickory barrens He now
trims his trees from four to FIVE feet from the
ground. Ellsworth says, the cold of winter
kills she fruit buds, he has known them kill
ed at l4' Fab New Jersey is colder but
they have plenty of peaches Is there no
remedy?
None was reported @
Hull has failed but once in Alton in II
years. Out Of loo varieties he has selected
the season full of varieties az hardy as seed,
lings
Early Crawford.
Large Early York
Old Nixon Free
Virginia Yellow.
Smoch (yery hardy should be substituted. |
Late Crawford and others
Prince recommends the Grass Admirable |
jaime to take the place Of the smoch aud
rarvie De Pompone still later from ltaly.-t