The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-16
Fruit Trees in Grass.

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Fruit Treos in Grass.
Trees which are allowed to grow in
tall grass rarely have enough vigor to
produce good crops, but a feeble growth
and small, scabby >and knotty' fruit
usually accompany each other. An
orchard should, therefore, never stand in
a meadow, unless the %exhaustiny infu-
encc of carrying off the crops of hay is
met with copious annual applications of
barn manure spread evenly over the
whole surface. With q pasture, grazed
short with sheep, there will be less in
jury to the trees; and additional top
dressing may be employed to keep them
In god bearing condition. Peach trees
suffer most from neglect, or from stand
ing in thick grass, and cherry trees the
least, and next to these strong-growinp
pear trees. A lawn or ornamental
grounds which are kept closely shavcn
with the lawn mower, are nearly in the
same condition as q c.osely-grazed pas
ture, and cherry and pear trees may DO
planted in suitable positions in such
grounds, and bear good crops, provided
the lawn receives the annual top-dressing
OF line manure or compost usually given.
The owner will, of course, use his taste
INK judgment in setting fruit trees in his
ornamental grounds, and not make an
abrupt or incongruous mixture of fluit
and ornamental trees. The latter will
be placed nearer the dwelling, and in
the more conspicuous portions of the
grounds, the fruit trees in the rear, and
the one pass into the other by natural
graduation Country Gentleman.
Remedies for tho Appl evvorm.
As a large share OF the fruit, with the
worm still within it, falls to the ground,
the picking up of these windfalls and
feeding, or otherwise destroying them,
or allowing them to be gathered by
swine, will naturally suggest itself as an
efficient method. Manufacturers of vine
gar find it profitable to pick up and press.
all windfalla They yield a juice which
will make vinegar. The fact that ma
ture worms search for crevices in the
trunk in which to spin and undergo
their transformations, has suggested pro-
vidiny them with artificial shelters for
this purpose. Pieces of old carpet, or
other wooden fabric, about five inches
wide, and long enough to go around the
trunk and lap, are fastened with a stout
tack. These bands should be applied
the last week in June, and examined the
first week in July, and every ten days
thereafter. Any worms or cocoons that
may be found under them may be killed
by running the bands through a clothes
wringer, or by crushing them other
wise.
Within q few years the Western or.
chardists have treated the apple-worm
upon the principle Of ':nipping in the
bud" As soon as the young fruit is set,
the tree is sprayed with a mixture of Paris
green and water-one pound of the poison
20 nity gaiions OF water. IhlS Is thrown
into the tree by means of a spraying or
sprinkling engine, in the hope that a
drop Of the poisoned water will lodge in
tho eyes Of the young apples. The newly
Matched apple worm, in eating its way
into the interior of the young apple,
will be 50 effectively poisoned, that It
must give up its task. Should the small
amouht Of Paris green remain upon the
fruit, 1t would be too minute to beharm-
sfui;; but the subsequent rains thoroughly
wash f away, 90 that there can be mo-
Hanger in using the poison In this man
n na The chief remedies used in Eng