Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-02
faruers' department.
B ORCHARD.

thrown round the stem. Under twOl
trees, the pigs were fed with corn, and
the cobs scattered over the ground
both persisted. In a slight depression
near another, the water collected in
rainy weather, and the geese dabbled
. ia it: the tree died the same summer.
Lime whitewash has also been charged
with injuring the cherry tree; andif it
be used at all, the experiment should
be cautiously conducted.
The MoreH0 and Kentish appear to
be adapted to a greater variety Of soils
than the heart cherry tree; and may be
employed as stocks for the latter i nun
favorable situations. The outgrswing
. Of the stock by the graft, constitutes
ne valid objection. We have never
seen a tree endangered by such over
growth, while the obstruction to the
descent of the juices, favors. the en-
largement of the fruit.
The apricot was formerly ranked
with the plum, but it differs enough to
stand separate. Like the plum how
ever, it has a smooth stone, and turns
sour with heat; though in flavor it re-
.sembles the peach nor than any of
Our fruits. It resembles it also in the
~excitability of the fruit buds in winter.
Its earlier bloom exposes it rather more
to severe weather in the spring, but
generally it succeeds wherever the
peach a be successfully cultivated
In this climate, the tree is perfectly
hardy.
There are two species of the apricot;
the black, and the common sort, which
has spread into MANY varieties
Ripening earlier than the peach, their
presence in the fruit garden is very
!. desirable.
Neither the borernor the caterpillar
attack the pear tree; but sometimes
flies, wasps, andhornets are busy among
the leaves, showing that all is not right,
and that honey-dew emitted by plant
lice, attracts them. But this tree is
subject to a more serious injury, viz
the fire blight, which occurs early in
GUNNER, the leaves from the extremity
of the branches for two or more feet,
appearing as if they were seorcked.-
We think, however, that two distinct
causes occasionally operate to produce
similar effects, viz: insects, and a start
ing of the bark in winter.
The late Professor Peck, on examin.
ing the branch Of a pear tree, which
had died with fire blight, said the
damage was caused by an insect
1Scolytus gyr5,) and that to cut off: the
limbs a foot or m~ore'below the .deaC
part, and ~enmediately burn them, woulC
be the proper remedy. We have
faithfully followed this advice; anC
though the fire blight has been severa
times in the fruit garden, its raEagei
have always been arrested at once, 81
that we have not lost a tree from this
cause in twenty years. We have be.
lieged that the new colonies went witt
Us when we carried off and destroyed
the branches.
The starting OF the bark in winter
3 appears to be caused by an untimell
flowing of the sap, followed by intense
cold, which expands into ice, anC
separates the bark from the. wood. w,
have observed such effects once O
twice, Succeeded on some Of the smaHe.
branches, by a blighting of the leaves
but We believe it seldom occnrs in thi
district.
The plum tree is sometimes, though
rarely, attacked by the peach worm il
Western New York. Its most for
midable enemy however, is the insec
that causes the @6Lack gum,p similar il
It's effects to the insect that destroy
the morello, if they are not identical
Be this as it may, it is rapidly increas
ing; and unless our farmers shall turl
over a new leaf, the plum viii soon be
come very rare among us. In ever,
direction that we travel, branches ar
covered with these e-xcrescences: an,
if there is one man within fifty mile
of us who has donehis duty, we shoul
sbe pleased to hear it.
To guard against this insect, tn
trees should be well pruned, though
not enough to check their Yigor, SO tina
the punches may be readily discovered
Unless this ~preeaution be taken, j
would be very difficult to find all O
them, without spending more time tina,
people in general have to spare. LIE
there be no delay in cutting off an.
burning them when they are found.
It appears that the eggs of this in
sect are deposited in a slit of the bar.
some time during the summer; an
where they generally pass the winte
without Matching. Soon after vegeta
ton commences in the spring, a kin
of fungous wood is formed, swellin.
ont on one side of the branch, an,
among this the young progeny fin,
n0urishment and shelter. This flnrou
wood however, appears not to b
occasioned by the worm, for it ofte-
occurs where there are none, but b,
some irritating secretion from til
d. parent.
After the late severe drought, whe
g. the trees took Ondgrowth, wefoun
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