Connecticut western news., 1880-06-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
sEAsoNABLE HINTS FROM THE "AeRICuL-
 TURIsT" FOR JUNE.
ORCHARD AND NURSERY.

In keeping the ground loose and free
 from weeds, horse-cultivation should be
 used as much as possible, care being
 taken not to bruise the bark, break the
 lower branches, or otherwise iniure the
 trees. The ends of the whiffletrees
 should be thickly wound with cloth, or
 provided with leather pads, to prevent
 their doing damage to the trees.
 ORCHARDS. newly planted trees
 it will pay to give little time in examin-
 ing their condition. If they are loose or
 leaning to one side, minute spent in
 pressing the soil about them with the
 foot will often save them. A mulching,
 If not already given to the young trees,
 should be provided before the long
 drouth. Almost any substance that will
 cover the soil and protect it from the sun will do. -.-,a
 CRAFTS set this spring should be looked
 to; and if the bud or buds grow too wig
 ororlsly, pinch back into shape; in fact
 graft should be treated as if it were
 young tree. Gut away all the shoots
 that come upon the stock below the
 graft, that the nourishment may go to
 the graft. See that the branches of the
 graft have plenty of room, and the
 growth is not interfered with by sur
 rounding branches.
 PRUNING. is a good time for
 pruning. Larger limbs may be cut
 away now, covering all cuts with var
 nish, paint, or melted grating wax.
 II THINNING FRUIT. The sooner th1s
 essential to the production of the best 1 fruit is done the better. It is seldom
 overdone, and too frequently entirely
 neglected Thinning increases the size
 and improves the quality of the fruit,
 and with young trees, just starting into
 bearing, it is a necessity.
 BASKETS AND CRATES for marketing
 should be provided, and let them be dis
 tinctly and neatly marked with the
 address of both shipper and consignee. l C1RcU1Io Begin as soon as the fruit
 is set toivisit thetrees in early morning;
 the sluggish insects may then be jared
 from the trees and caught upon sheets opened beneath toncatch them. The
 Circulios thus caught should be swept
 into the fire. s1 r,. @...... s.-.. . ..... | CoDD1Na MOTH. The ''worms, after . leaving the fruit, seek some hiding place I to undergo their changes, and bands of
 cloth or hay, put upon the trunks of
 the trees, will catch many of them. The
 bands should be removed once in ten
 days, and the insects that have gathered
 beneath them killed.
 TENT CATERPn1ARs are best removed
 in the early morning while they are in
 their nests, and the dew glistening upon
 the web. A pole and swab may be used,
 The Wild Cherry is such favorite of
 the Tent Caterpillar that it is hardly worth the while to keep any such har-
 bors for it near the orchards. | PEAR S1Uas, when so numerous as to
 do injury, may be destroyed, by dusting
 the leaves with lime or ashes even dry
 earth may be used with good effect. 1 THE BoRHRs of peach and apple trees are to be looked to. When once in the tree there is no surface remedy. Heap ing earth around the base of the tree or using a ose-ftting paper band vii keep the. female insect from depositine
 her eggs. For killing the worms tht
 use of the knife and the wire probe i.
 the most effectual Their whereabouts is known by the sawdust they make and the depression. of the bark. Us, the knife cautiously. s
 n s& .# THE FRUIT GARDEN
 , CURRENTS AND GoosEBERR1Es. - e mulch should be applied early in tn - season; litter from the barnyard, o e chip-dirt from the woodward may b s used. For the "worms use Whit t ,Hellebore, a tablespoonful of the dr. st powder to pailful of water, the Helle 7lbore being first scalded before goin a into the pail-apply with syringe c e fountain pump, repeating the applies 's tion in a few days, and continue unt l. the worms are all killed. If shoots stal 't on the bushes where they are not wanted g they should be removed, thus savin '. much pruning in the fall, and the rt n maining growth is strengthened thereby a The fruit is frequently sold with greates v- profit while green, especially is this tl r. case with gooseberries. For maIzin s, jelly pick the fruit when fully colorec e. but before it is '.dead ripe.'
 a. RAsPBERRIEs.-T green shoots tn, le are growing now are the ones to be, l, the next years fruit, the fruiting on, ne this season dying after the berries ha, :" ripened. When the growing shoo 'h reach four feet they should be pinche ce of. Those not required for next ye, nt are to be treated as weeds. The o 9d canes are to be cut away after fru itir n. B1AoKBERRIEs need much the san 'S treatment as their near neighbors, u or raspberries. The young canes are a re lowed little longer growth, and shoul IS be pinched at five or six feet-an n needed are, to be removed. Both u III young and old canes should be kept u IS right by using stakes or trellises.
 ,L sGRAPEvINEs one year old set tn ,s m spring should grow only one shoot; | = it be the strongest and best one pl = forth. Older vines recently set shoul aa,, not be allowed to bear this year. TT - young growing shoots of old vines shoul .o be tied up before they fall over or al . broken by the winds soft cotton twi1 IT or bast bark are the best for the purpos