Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-10-29
Horticulture.
American Farmer .

Low trees are less liAOle 10 sun
scald.
A vigorous stock is an item In bud
ding.
The soil in the garden can hardly be
too rich.
A common mistake is In setting out
too thick.
Cultivation In dry time is injuri-
GUS to weeds.
Stir the soil thoroughly before wat
ering the plants.
DO not plough the ground too deep
near the growing trees.
Unless the land is low and wet set
straw berries on level land.
With most varieties of fruit high
lands are preferable to low.
House slops make q valuable feriil-
izer for the garden or orchard.
A tree must not only have room to
grow, but 10 grow vigorously.
When necessary to apply liquid ma.
nure, do not put on the plants.
Mulching, properly applied, aids
materially to prevent evaporation.
Poultry manure is a splendid fertil-
izer to apply TO strawberry plants.
If trees are to be set out In the fall,
arrange for this work in good season.
Whom there is an excess of apples
they can be evaporated to advantage.
The ounce varies but slightly in
form, but In size they vary decidedly.
For good fruit, blackberries should
not be freed 10 make too much growth.
The latter part OF summer or early
fall is good time to manure the lawn.
When q plant Is to he set with trees,
the grass and weeds should be killed
out.
In shipping fruit any considerable
distance, remember that bruises hasten
decay.
White hellebore busted over the
foliage is the best remedy for currant
| worm.
If raspberries are cultured now,
care should be taken 10 cultivate very
shallow.
Removing currant bushes and cut
ting back, severely tends to increase
the vigor.
Hogs are certainly preferable In the
orchard In n blue grass sod around
the trees.
Putting the dish and wash water
around peach trees gives healthier
growth.
II IL a critical time with all kinds
of plants whenever the roots are out
of the ground.
No uniform rules for orcharding or
small fruit growing can be given for
all localities.
A deep soil, even if not SO rich, is
preferable to a richer but shallower
one for an orchard.
Generally for fruit trees one pound
of poison to Two hundred gallons OF
water is sufficient.
Sifted coal ashes will aid materially
in Tightening a heavy soil and making
it more porous.
A planting of currants given roason-
ably good care will last tIOm fifteen to
twenty years.
A well formed head Of young trees
is very important, but must be secured
during growth.
Some consider tina, the Gregg is one
of the very best varieties OF raspber-
ries tor cvapUraiing.
The grape needs dry, well drained
soil, aud good cultivation and close
pruning every season.
When currants or gOoseberries lack
vigor, 4 dressing Of manure can be
applied with benefit.
1t is claimed that only ten per cent
of the apple trees that are planted out
ever come into bearing.
So far as il possible no weeds should
be allowed TO grow in the strawberry
bed set out last spring.
All of the fungus diseases Of plants,
such us mildew, scab, blight, rot and
rust, are contagious.
The kerosene soap emulsion is the
best remedy TO use on trees or shrubs
infested with plant lice.
In selecting strawberry plants, gel
runner plants Of last years growth
that have not borne fruit.
One ounce Of paris green to six
pounds of flour is sufficient to use in
destroying the cabbage worm.
Cnnstsht moving with the lawn
mower will kill out the plantsin that
IA go often difficult to get rid Of.
Four pounds Of rosin. one pound OF
beeswax and half pint of linseed oil
makes good summer grating wax
II you go into fruit growing for
market, 20 into il Systematically and