Connecticut western news., 1880-05-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
ORCHARD AND NURSERY.

ubVo oOSA CssIeAul1y uee1eu-1u uty oo SoU safely for some time to come.
 GRATING can be done now, but great care is necessary. As the bark peels easily at this season it should be cut through with knife, and the saw made to follow the cut, otherwise the bark may be peeled anda bad wound made. It is not best to remove all the buds from the stock before the graft starts, as there will then be no inducement for the sap to flow upwards. After the union of the graft is made&ssd the buds upon it have started, all those upon the stock below should be removed, in order that the graft may have the full supply of sap.
 INSECTS. increase of insect life will come with the warmer growing weather. The eggs of the tent" cater pillar will hatch into the "worms" which will begin at once their ravages upon the foliage. Fortunately these destructive caterpillars put up Ia sign," without which they might escape notice. They pitch their "tents" at once, and though these are at first small they may be read fly seen in the early morning when the dew makes them conspicuous. Take the tent when the whole family is Cat home" and crush it under foot. Vari- ous devices are suggested for this, but the hand, with or without 8 glove, is the best. For the higher limbs pole with 8 swab attached may be used.
 CURcU11o of the plum stings the fruit while it is quite small. The trees should be jarred in early morning, beginning when they are just passing out of flower, and the sluggish beetles caught on @ sheet opened beneath the tree for the purpose. Afterwards those caught on the sheet should be burned.
 BoRERs. presence is known by the sawdust they make. The only eff fectual method of reaching them is by probing with wire; cutting the tree with. knife as little as may be found necessary.
 CANKER WoRMs.-Bands of stiff paper put around the trunks upon which is smeared @ ring of tar or printers ink, will keep the wingless females from as- cending the trees. The bands will need new coats of tar or printers ink now and then.
 PLANT LICE, which often crowd upon the growing tips of the branches of cher ry and other fruit trees, are removed by swinging with tobacco water. ..
 THINNING FRUIT. sooner fruit is thinned after it has set, the better it is for the tree, as all growth of fruit costs effort for the tree to make and is there fore exhaustive. No one who desires the choicest fruit will fail to thin an over loaded tree.
 BLIGHT is quick conner which gives no warning. The best that can be done is to cut away the portion "struck, y down to the live wood. If the tree is badly affected it is best to remove it en- tirely.
 SEED BEDS of fruit and forest trees need close attention to keep the sol loose and the weeds from establishing themselves. The beds, especially of evergreens, will need shelter from the hot sun, which may be provided by 8 lat tice work of laths, or brush may be used, but less convenient in wedding.
 PLANTING IN ORCHARDS. is a general reluctance to give up the soil of the orchard entirely to the trees. While the orchard is young it is best to culti- vate it thoroughly, and hood crops, like potatoes, roots, etc., can be grown as a present pay for the trouble, but as the trees get older and shade the ground, nothing else but fruit should be expected from the orchard. It is good practice to pasture hogs in the orchard in clover sown for the purpose, as 1t is one of the best methods of enriching the soil and at the same time destroying insects.
 THE FRUIT GARDEN.
 BLAoKBERR1Es AND RAsPBERRIEs-m still be planted, but as they start early they should have been set before this. Stakes or trellises should be provided tc
 
 ices fail to understand that it is the new canes that grow this year that are to beal fruit the next season. All suckers are to be treated as weeds unless new plants are desired, when the best ones may bt saved.
 CURRENTS AND GoosEBERRIEs. Guilt vate the ground thoroughly and give . good mulch little later in the season Watch for the "worms" which come from eggs laid upon the under side O. ! the lower leaves, and use White Helle bore, tablespoonful of the powder to , pailful of water. It is best to scald tn, Hellebore with little hot water before adding it to the water in the pail ol watering-pot.
 STRAWBERRIES Keep the soil mellow l and free from weeds. So soon as tho fruit is we'll set give the bed mulch which will keep the berries from the soil Hand pull any large weeds that may ap pear. Set out new beds, if plants are to be had
 GRApEs.-One healthy, vigorous cane upon a newly-set vine is enough. Tie Ii up securely to support. Vines arc trained so variously that specific direc tions cannot be given. Whatever the method of training it should keep 1T view and provide for the crop of next year. Generally the fruit-bearing shoots for %ha ,,raSap4 xaor ehor11 1,a c4o,,,,aI that is, have their further growth 1T length prevented, by pinching off the end of the shoot at one, two or three leaves beyond the uppermost cluster O grapes; this should be done very early as soon as the clusters of buds (ofter