Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-06-17
Fer GOOD FARMERS.

There has been Tor some years an IN
creasing attention to the propagation o
fruit tree.-but it is to be regretted tha
the labor is often lost by one common er
ror-letting the grass grow too near th'
trees. Noyouus tree will grow we'll whel
sward is formed round it. Yet in tray
.iug our country In every direction vi
SEQ this error The earth should be turn
ed over in the spring and latter part o
summer, at least two or three feet from
the young trees-and then all the weed
and grass that spring up will rot and be
come excellent manure for them. By
such culture, trees will grow rapidly, bu
without it their growth is extremely slow
and they often die without coming to ma
turity. The importance Of raising fores
trees is every year more apparent, a
there is an increasing scarcity Of wood
and timber in all the towns-in order tC
propagate them the young trees mus
have the same culture as fruit trees.
N. Is. In planting all kinds Of trees
the hole must be much more extensive
than the roots, and be filled up with the
best earth, that there may be quick and
vigorous growth. Although an observance
Of this method of cultiva.ing trees will re.
quirc more labor for few years, yet it
will be great gain, as tho trees will be
larger in seven years than they will grow
in twenty, and sometimes thirty iu the
common way.
Method OF preserving Fruit Trees IN BlpssOm, from
the Effects OF Frost.
The Chevalier de Bienenberg, of Prague,
has discovered method Of effectually pre-.
serving fruit trees in blossom from the IA
tai effects Of frost. This method is ex-
tremely simple. He surrounds the trunk
of the tree in blossom, with q wisp Of
straw or hemp-the end Of this he sinks,
with . stone tied to it, in vessel of spring
water, at a little distance from the tree.
One vessel will conveniently serve two
trees-or the cord may be Heightened so
as to surround several before it be plung-
ed in tho water. II i, necessary that the
vessel be placed in On open situation, and
by no means shaded from the neighboring
trees, that the frost may produce all the
effect on the water, by means Of the cord
communicating with it. This precaution
is especially necessary for those trees, the
blossoms Of which appear nearly at the
same time as the leaves, which trees are
peculiarly exposed to the ravages Of frost.
Seven apricot trees were preserved by
the Chevalier from the late frosta, and
bore a profuss quantity Of fruit, while oil
his neighbors' trees bore nons-and he
has confirmed the fact BY repeated expert
msnts.-Enstish Mdgasime.
To preserve Stone Fruit from Worms.
All stone fruit, but particularly plums
of every species, are pierced while young,
and an egg deposited, which shortly be-
comes q worm, and destroys the fruit.
This egg is deposited by = small beetle,
called curculio, which crawls up BY the
body of the tree; if therefore, two or
three Of the common toads or land frogs
be confined in . pen Of foot or eighteen
inches diameter around the root Of the
tree, they will catch every insect which
comes within the pen. If one or two
tsads be psnned on an ant hill, they will
in very few days entirely dsvour tho
ants.
To preserve the stone fruit, it will be
necessary in few daysto pen toads around
the roots, as the curculio will shortly COM
mcuce its ravages on the fruit. B.
Lexington, AprH 6, 1914.
Remedy for the Peach Worm, Orchard Worm and
Moss.
At distance of about five miles from
there are two apple orchards,
one of Eve to six the other of twenty acres,
which have been perfectly freed from the
grub, peach worm, small worm, and most
within these two years, by plentiful scour-
ing and washing, in the opening of the
spring, with simple means Of fertilzing
land to which we have already drawn the
attention of the readers of the Gazette of
viz. soap suds, and then white.
washing the stocks Of the trees With lime.
The orchards we're both very sickly, all
the trees were dying. Peach trees which
we're in one of them, were all killed, be-
fore the wash was used. Now both Or
chards are healthy and Aourishing.
We find in another old volume, the following account
Of Lapand sccitime and harvest: but uidt gsy rass
during this short time, is not stateI.-EDs.
4 Lapland Summer, including, also,
what in other countries is called Spring
and Autumn, consists Of dfty-six days,
Is follows:
June 20, Snow melts.
July !, Snow gone.
0, Fields quite green.
Il, Plants at full growth.
%, Plants in full blossom.