Middletown transcript., 1872-01-27
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Ia my eommsssssslyp hss vrek there wss
mistake. Il road III wipA peach ryevers n
pluck" It should kake'tssn . en- ssms tv;ss
that have buds 10, - tItte4 hrins Or send them
to .he Pcsinsnlsr PrHcni dsowers' Associaiion
meesinr a, Dover, The shsrd 'Tsesdsy, .Slst, IL,
February"
Now, while on the suI,js-t ~ r.nshs,. / viii
say few words On gFeai eyrossG gnyrs uum--
ber Of peach growers. They sesssito believe that
winter.kiilssl buds bloasom jurs ~ some used
to contend that taking The dirt sssy from the
trunk Of peach TREE and leaving hs~ay during
the winter weuld kill the worms. fsieays cen
tcsded that worm eucased 10 Its cell between
the bark ssd wood csuid stand greusesESR0dbt
Of cold than the tree asd the sth day Of Rnua-
ry, 1868, when the Thermometer tese wenv dow ne
to degrees below zero, settle! this important.
fact II killed theusnnds Of tires and WNx4t
this generation lesson that will not bs forgot
Ten Sow with regard 10 buds every bud that
has black speck in the centre Of II now will
never swell or blossom, and let lersons who wish
TO satisfy themselves tic string around . twig
and count The buds IL They are now frozen they
will drop oil before or hy the time sap starts.
Should there he some living buds on said swig
| they will swell. Where good buds pass through
| the winter and swell in March land have known
them in the nat OF March get near the size OF n
honey heel and the peak II the bud b, gins To
show the red blossom leaves, then a sudden freeze
come OH aud freeze the little jerm u the centre
| Of the hlossoni then n warm spell come the ont
side leaves OF these swel!cd blossoms viii omen
and that is what Inns giytn rise In the minds OF
| less ohscrvani peach growers, 10 believe dead
buds blossom All peach buds that src frozen
| TO death before they swell, that is those than
have black speck IN them now, never Llossou,.
There is AN orchard between my place and Mid,
| dc,own that had frozen buds on The sth Of Jan
uary, lsis, and in the following Spring not ope
red bfoss0m or one sinyfr bud boossrJ and .he or
chard has 10 acres in IL, and thrifty one NJ tha,
| ! passed II two or three times week and never
! that Spring saw one single blossom, and / had
spots ot 10 acres in place IN my orchards Will,
no, single bloom. All persons who are skep-
,ical on the subject, let hrm tie a string or s,ringa
on limbs and count the buds and thcy will Ami,
! gu, whether win,rr-killci dead bud bloesoms
4 Ihe iaet u they now nrr 80 snii or slnngy that
they viii hardly bear Tie touch OF the knif.
They arc falling now, aud are MS dead ns n s,,t
mat kercl Buds have been less killed ON the tens
| OF the trees than on The under limbs that w.s
think. cluscd by more damrncss near the ground,
| than On the tops VI The trees. Down country
where they are hurt worse than here there must
have teen snow, slcrt or rain IN the limbs the
nigh, the Tho rmoincicr went below zero lf the
limits hah been dry ,hcy would have suffered
/ less than New Castle county. In Worcester and
somerset couuti,s they escaped the extreme cold
ana the buds 80 Far are good but great damage
has been done IN the heavy growing districts So
that no. over onc-half or two-ihir,ls OF cro,,
need ',c roWr'"d on, hut probably as much mon
ry and les Huik AS fun crop.
SaarEt TOWNSEND
TorH'rad- tiansry s,sh. 1874