Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-05-31
From the Rural Ne~ Yorker.
Apple Trees. bursting Of Bark.


EDs. RrR,t w.YoKxIx An inquiry
came through the Rural from II. l.. Bo..,
Of Z. w. rcsPeciins his young apple trees.
their bursting the bark near tho ground,
and dying This proceeds from one OF two
sauses,-si,her early warm weather in the
.pring. the sap rising. and sudden changes
TO freezing or they are 'calded by the ho,
Sun. II -calded. II will Be all on the south
or southwest side. near the ground, where
the sun would strike it in The hottest part
Of the day, cay from ten to two o'clock. II
caused by the early rising Of the sap and
sudden change TO frcsring, the bark will be
affected all around the tree alike. and be.
come loose, more or les. as high as the sap
fret started. u, may Leaf out, IN measure,
bu; will soon wi,her and die. Cutorcn the
bark, aud !, viii smell like sour cider. The
tree !. about worthless. but scalded tree ].
It'll more worthless, Tor otly one side being
affected, the Oceupan, sets hi. wits TO work
10 save IL, and keeps the siekly thing along
until !, begIns 10 yield Some fruit. possibly
before !. !. ready TO tumble down. IL leaves
n good rcos full Of sprouts. but the top and
body are gone BY the board, and labor with
10. and the frs, COS; added on is no small
item.
Now. in order tha, the inquirer may get
rid OF the eject. the cause, whatever 10 may
be. mus, be removed, or the efec, will con-
tinGc ibe sane. Le, him go to tho same
nursery where be 20, hi. 6rsi trees. and sc,
tree. iu.i as near their .Se and condition as
possible, aud ss, them jus. as he se, those
he Lost. and then stick four stake. around
each tree. east, west, north, and south, Eve
or SIX inches from the body, and then 10 to
bis eurrant bushe. and cut the longest
.,rai:h, bs.h grown the year previous, and
stick about two between each stake oil
around the tree, especially on the south
side. aud Leep them trimmed up one foot
from the bottom and on the inside around
the body, 10 give free circulation Of air
aud no, ehaie the body. Stay the tops Of
the trees 20 these stakes. and keep the soil
eutrsly clean from grass or weeds around
the roo, within the circle. jus, as winter
i. coming on. take the scispings Of the barn.
yard. Ot the rich earth. and GIL up around
each tree as high as the eurran, bush i-
trimmed up. or IL higher oil the better. Let
70 bs the thicke.t on the south side, 10 hold
the frost around the root. a- long as posi-
bic. until spring has fairly set in. twill
no, only keep the sap iron too early rising.
bu, the mice from gir'iling IL around the
root. and when the currant bushes leaf out, 4,
the body Is protected from being scalded by
tho hot SUI. Trees are very seldom scal5cd
as high as three feet. The stake will keep
oe the whii'ieireos, and eurrani brush added
to them !, great barrier against sheep,
should they break in.
Cultiyais tres in thi. manner four or five
years. until the rough bark begins TO show
,,self freely at the bottom. and then begin
to thin os, the eur-ant brush. Try ;hi.
plan upOn every other row, or every other
tree. or one out Of Eve or ten, and then no.
,ice the difference between tho-e bodies shad.
ei and those not shaded. II the inquirer
has any doubts =. TO the above course. by
second OF third year they ~ill al 30 remov-
si. The body shaded ~ill present dark,
rich grvea. luxurious top. the irui, fair.
and seldom. " any. sprouts at the bottom.
the SAP aosius ell around the bOdy alike
into the top.
A. quick as the ircs, . all Ou, Of the
ground aroond the roots, spread ou, the
manure outside Of the circle. In selecting
trees To set. get those that will branch four
feet from the ground.
Young tree. at the pre.en, day are grown
on .Oil IN high state Of cultivation, the
bOdIe. NOR, or lees shaded. the bark thin
aud tender and ~hea taken from the nurse
re. before tsins set, the top i' trimmed OF
50 tbs body stands wholly exposed To the
SUI. ami should there be heavy summer
crop raised the frst year where the trees
are planted, oil the worse. IL would be up
81 as to shade the bodies before tho hotties.
days come on. and all Be q, once taken away
when the thermometer is ranging FROM 50
to 100 degrees or over. Thus the frs, time
,ha, the sun strikes in full the bodies Of the
trees, !, is IN tho hottest days. Hence the
disastrous effects. SrBscKiBrR.
Rome, y. u, 1861.