The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-06-05
Work in the Horticultural Departments.

While the month of June brings abund-
ant work, it gives us also rewards for our
labors. Strawberries, early vegetables, and
the choicest products of the flower garden,
come with the warm days of June. The
soil is now well warmed, and not only do
established plants grow rapidly, but seed
terminates with surprising quickness.-
Those who have been obliged to delay SOW
ing, or who lost their early crops in the
cold storms of May, can still SOW seeds of
most crops with good prospec of success.
Young trees set this spring will need look
ing after Much can be done towards CIV
ing them the desired shape, by rubbing off
shoots which start where limbs are not
wanted. Stop the groth of useless limbs,
and nearly all pruning may be avoided
Shapeless trees, with crowded heads, come
from neglect in their youth.
PineAing is preventing the prolongation
of a branch, by nipping out its "growing
point, the young and tender end--by
means of the thumb and finger. Where q
detriment of others, pinch it.
Crafts will need similar care to that re-
quired by young trees; indeed, a graft is
only young tree, planted in the wood of
another tree instead of in the soil. Where
two cions were inserted, and they are like
ly to become crowded, remove the weaker
Govern the growth by pinching.
Budded stocks need similar attention.
The shoot from the bud is often very vigor-
GUS, and the newly formed wood is not suf-
ficiently firm to withstand the winds with
out stalking.
Pruniug.-This month is generally pre-
ferred for the removal of large limbs.
Cultirate young orchards, and keep the
soil mellow. If there are crops between
the rows, keep them well worked.
Thinning cannot be too often advocated,
as it is very generally neglected. There
are but few trees which fruit at all that
would not be benefited by the removal of
one-half of the crop. The sooner it is done,
the better.
Seed beds, especially of evergreens and
deciduous forrest trees, will require shad-
ing. This may be done by frame of lat
tice-work, by sticking branches over the
bed, OF by placing horizontal frame work
over it, upon which are placed branches of
evergreens OF brush.
Inc afo ,ncfr and Loot or
i've this month. Use vigilance, and let pat
tent remedies alone. Go among the trees
frequently, and remove nests of caterpillars.
The eggs of some caterpillars are laid upon
the leaves, and whole colony may be
found upon a small branch. 1t will be
better to cut this off and destroy the insects
than to allow them to spread over the tree.
l. Borcrs.-The parent of the borer depos-
its its eggs upon the trunk, near the ground,
and the young hatch and eat their way into
the wood. Occasionly rubbing with a corn
cob is practised, but a more certain pre-
ventive is to wrap the base of the tree with
stiff paper, the lower edge of which should
be below the surface of the soil.
CurcuEio.-We must repeat the often
told story. The curcrlio can only be sue
cessfully controlled by daily Earring the
trees, catching the insects on sheet and
dertroying them.
.elugs will appear on the leaves of the
cherry and pear. They are small, green,
and Shiny fellows of a repulsive aspect
Lime, or dry dust, shaken from bag OF
loose fabric, will destroy them.
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