Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-07
Orchard and Nursery.

He who has planted trees has done well,
but he who has watched them and cared
for their early growth, has done better
There would be very little to be said about
pruning, were the young trees properly
looked after. The rubbing off superau
GUS bud here, pinching rampant shoot
/ there, and the judicious use Of the pocket
| knife as occasion required, would soon put
young orchard in the way it should go.
/ But as people will let trees have their own
way until they need
Pruning, we are obliged to accept pru-
ming, the cutting off of large limbs, as one
of the operations that must be done. This
and the next are the months in which to do
It, as now in the growing season the
wounds heal over kindly" Never cut a
| limb from a tree unless something is to be
aimed by it. Indiscriminate hacking mere
| ly because it is the pruning season, is not
to be commended. If the head is too crow
/ ded and there is not room for the light and
! air, thin it if one branch grows 50 near
another as to chafe it, take it out if the
tree is disposed to grow one-sded, balance
it, Use saw with a wide "set," never an
axe, though sometimes heavy chisel driv-
| en- up from below, will prove elficient.--
Leave smooth cut, by pairing carefully
with knife or chisel if need be. The wound
will heal over all the better if covered from
the air The old solution of shellac in alco-
hol is an excellent application, but the price
Of materials is too high to allow of their
general use, and
GrGfting IFar,appled warm with brush,
is a very useful substitute. One part tai
low, two Of wax, four of rosin, melted to-
gether and applied while warm will answer
the purpose. The composition may be made
harder or softer by altering the proportion
of tallow. In shaping
Young Trees to form low heads, if only
for the protection the overhanging branches
afford to the trunk.
Crafts set this spring will now show
whether they have "taken." In common
cleft grating there are usually two cions
put in, but seldom more than one is need
ed Cut off the supertluous one, and if the
upper buds of the one allowed to grow are
disposed to starve the lower ones, shorten
them by pinching. In short, treat graft
as if it were a newly planted young tree.
Keep the wax or clay closely applied until
the wound is well covered.
Insects will demand much of the atten-
tion Of the fruit grower at this time. One
of the most conspicuous of these is the Tent
Caterpillar. If, as we advised in season,
the eggs were looked for and removed, the
number of tents will be sensibaly less We
have probably dozen letters giving the
>. writ rs method of treating the caterpillar
! they all result in destroying the nest and
- killing the inhabitants Kerosene on a
swab, soft soap on a swab and a torch OF
kerosene 20 burn them out are among the
: I medcs proposed. AS good a way as we
! have ever seen, is to pull off the nest and
trample on it, wearing gloves if you are
- Squeamlsh about caterpllars or, if the
nest is, as Is often the case on small twig,
= cut it off. but don't omit the trampling-
; Fires in the orchard at night will attract
: and destroy many moths, and some place
- lamps or lanterns in large pans of water
The insects strike against the glass and
: fall into the water and are drowned
:, i Buds set last year will now be pushing
= n growth so vigorous, that there is great
Il danger that it will be broken down by
! winds, or by its own weight. 1t should be
= tied to the stump of the stock left for that
4 purpose, or If necessary to a stick. All,
Suckers, whether they appear on bud
), ded, or grated slocks,or an established
{ trees, should be rubbed off when they first
;, appear If the
Il Il Black Knot appears on the plum or cher
= ry tree, cut it off and burn it. This is
regular fungus growth and should not bt
= laid to insects who have enough other mis-
. chief to answer for. 1t has been ignorant
!, ly charged to the account of the
Crculio. which will perhaps deposit it
e eggs in it in default of finding fruit Treat
Il the curculio in the only practical way ia
every tree early in the morning, catch th
u insects that fall upon a sheet, and burr
a them. AS soon as the new growth of shrub
gets firm enough,
A Layers may be made. Pnt the Iaye
~ down in rico soil, and if at all disposed t
~ dry out cover the surface with a mulch o
- moss, or other material
Seed-6edS of fruit and other treess vii
- need wedding, and thinning, and often, es
g pecially in the case of forest and evergreen
. need shading. If seeding evergreens ar
~ disposed to damp off, sift over the bed al
II inch or so of dry sand.
Weeds, by the use of the cultivator, hoe
y rake or hand, wedding as circumstance
require.
,e RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EGGs.--Cook on
ye cup of rice thoroughly add cup of su
III gar, 3 cups milk, | tablespoonful butter