The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

psAsdhss not continuing longer shsn ) Or I
years e aEtinc, - can we'd afford to con-
tend with sl;a. rs sack should be direc !,
ted ngainst the insect that deposits Che eggs
which lisa moth without wings, that srpears
immediately after the frost is out Of the
ground, slowly climbing 70 the limbs and
branches, where they deposit their eggs in
cracks. under scales OF bark, and in old
leayes. Several methods have been proposed
to prevent their ascent Of tar and oil, on
osndages Of cloth, straps Of shccrskin, with
tie wool on, &c, with some success. A
cheap, simple method, by which ae efFectu-
ally rid our orchard Of these pests some
years since, land only failed, in part, last
spring, by not commencing in time), is to
tie straw about midway the trunk, or we'll
above the ground, tightly in the middle, with
strong cord, which will cause the straw to
stand out, under which the female moths
will collect, in numbers, nightly for twoor
three weeks, and can be easily destroyed or
mashed with o cushioned paddle, II attended
to every morning
The Borer, for some years, has been troub-
lesome. Often destroying the finest trees,
before noticed, by girdling, or periorating
the wood at the collar or surface of the
ground. As manyas fourteen have been ta-
ken out one tree, at one time, with the knife.
hr he nd of thn
surface earth from around the tree, early
every spring. This work will IGNORE elfec-
tually done by kind Of bird that knows
Just where to operate to the best advantage
Pear-Standard and Dwarf have done
badly here. OF an orchard of over ] 900
standard trees, on high, dry prairie and tim
will som 60. The healthy ones are some
that have been several times transplanted.
The only healthy Dwarf trees remaining are
q lot Of White Doyenne, that were by acct
dent, planted with the Ounce stock, 6 or s
inches below the surface Of the ground, these
have borne well the last two years In some
gardens in the city of Burlington, Dwarf
Pear trees, or clay land, bear good crops of
excellent fruit The Ounce has been fail
u-e. nearly all have winter killed, n few
in blue grass sod, lived to be fourteen years
old, but gave very little fruit
With the Peach and Plum we have had
but little success, with the Apricot and Nee
tarinc none, trees nearly all winter killed
During the past % years, have had not to ex-
coed 6 or good crops of peaches One
tree that stood in bed Of horscradish, lived
to be 10 years old, and attained diameter
of IL inches. The Plum, has in measure
been abandoned on account of leaf blight,
curcnlio, black gum and finally by winter
killing. But little fruit has ever been obtain
Some few varieties OF Wild Plum, of large
size, have been selected, that promise well as
substitute. &t
The Early Richmond Cherry (early May)
is the only hardy and very productive var
.ety left. All,or nearly all of the sweet cher
ries on Mazzard stocks have been whites
killed, u few on Morrills stocks yet remain,
which would indicate this to be the best
stock
The Currdnt-Prores to be hardy and
profitable. The varieties cultivated are the
Cherry, Red and White Dutch and common
Red Have not been able to distinguish Red
Dutch from the Common Red Of this part of
the country Manure and good cultivation
give extra size of fruit
The Isabella, Catonbd and Clinton-Are
the best hardy grapes tested. The Catawba
succeeded well as vineyard grape on lime
stone soils or hill sides of southern or south
eastern exposure in the vicinity of Burling-
ton there are several hourishing vine
yards.
From vineyard of one acre, planted in
the year 1916, on dry rich prairie land only
about 6 barrels Of wine in all was obtained,
cause chiefly, want Of protection, mildew
and rot,
The Isabella and Catawba on dry, warm
prairie land, produces well if the vines are
taken down every fall and covered few
inches with earth, in such manner that
water cannot stand about them. The Gin
ton needs no protection, is very productive
but rather acid.
The Hougton Seeding Goossberry is very
productive free from mildew, and the only
variety tried worthy of cultivation
Strawberries considered most productive
Large Early Scarlet, Necked Pine, Long
worth Prolific, Me Avorys Superior. That
the plants may become well established
before drouth of summer and completely Gov
er the ground the same year, transplant during
April or LIST Of May, in rows ! feet apart by
feet in the row, turn all the first runners
into the rows Chat the cultivator may pass
which will save much hoeing), until
the space between the old plants is filed
with new, after which they should all be per.
mtted to run together.
Blackber,ies The Lawton, and the best
of our Native or Wild Backberries are
well worthy of cultivation, the former, so far,
promises to be but little, if any, better than
the latter. The Dewberry, or low trailing
blackberry is worthy of cultivation for home
use.
Respectfully yours,
HENRY AVERY
ROBERT AVERY