The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-30
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

PEAR BLIGHT.-Ths seaSe has many
notifications In its most virulent form
the shoots or larger branches are sud-
denly affected, the leaves quickly turn
! black, and the branch dies. The black
ened sap runs down under the bark,
making black streaks, and the disease
thus extends over the tree Sometimes
the whole tree perishes, and at others
only portions are affected. Cutting OF
the diseased limbs ut some distance below
any trace of the black Streaks will usually,
not always, check its spread. The
/ blight which has 80 recently destroyed
! thousands of trees IN this country, while
' it appears t. be much less virulcnt, 'is
more extensive than known before. The
| leaves turn brown, not black. 1t does
not spread rapidly, but attacks frequent
/ " all parts Of the tree. 1t is not COM
/ monty confined to u portion OF the or
/ chard. but extends over the whole. y
curious fact was lately observed, showing
. that tress may exist in AN unhealthy con-
ditiou. without blight making its APP
pcarance, until some exciting cause, as
hot sun or external injury, brings 1t out.
In nursery of fine, vigorous two year
standard pear trees, n hallstorm had
bruised the bark in spots and broken the
epidcrmiS Wherever the bark had
been thus bruised and broken, and sur
rounding each bruiSo. it had become
hhghtcd and black for All inch or two,
while eISewhe il was fresh, green and
apparently healthy. Such hardy sorts
as Flemish Beauty and Clapp, tavorite
suffered more severely from such spots
OF blight, than other tendcrer sorts, all
equally injured by the hail.
EARLY SrRAwBERRiES-P urdy : Fruit
Recorder describes the mode by which
strawberries may be- had one or two
weeks earlier than in common open
GROUND. which We condense and give
briefly as follows: Select ground STOP
ing II the south about one foot in ten.
-; early varieties late in :he summer
III the bed about half a foot apart each
way. st up plnks cdgewise, securing
them by stakes, nearly two feet high Oh
the north and west protection from
Winds. and half foot on the south ana
east Bank against these with earth.
On the approach If winter cover the
plants with evergreen brush, or common
brush covered with coarse straw. The
winter protection, aspect, and shelter Of
the pnnks, hasten the ripcning several
days earlier
PKuvING RAsrRERRIEs.- 1t was
formerly the practice to allow the oil!
canes Of ruspbrrrics to remain untouch-
/ cd after the season OF bearing till carly
the following spring. when these and
/ all suprrnumerayy newer canes were cut
uut at the surface of the ground, and
the few stronger ones left to bear the
crop for that year, More recently the
practice was recommended of cutting out
all the old canes n soon rs the crop
is gathered There is one objection 10
this practice. The leaves are usually
in their full yigor, and the roots derive
a portion of their strength from these
leaves. Cutting away the cane at this
time tends to check the vigor OF
the roots, in the same way that prun
ing away large limbs OF trees IN full
lent Injuries its strength. 1t Is better,
therefore. to defer the pruning TIL the
leaves begin to drop from the old canes,
or even leave the work TILL early spring.
When toe many new canes spring up
thew should be cut out rs soon as they
make their appearance early IN the sea
son, leaving no more to grow thah are
wanted for bearing the crop next year.
But if this Is neglected till they have
made full growth. it is better to leave
them till spring, aS cutting them away
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