Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-03
FACTS FOR FRUIT GROWERS
Handling Of Trees for the Coming
Fruit Crop.

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WHEN TO SPRAY PLANT LIFE.
A spraying Of the tree SHOULD be Civ.
on when entering npon the period Of
bloom, or In bloom. or just whsu blos-
som is setting. n Is II thsse periods
when the Hrst tsxstions are made upon
the plants system. ID The fruit buds
nsture stores only sunIcient putritIon
~ develop them into the flower. As
the blossom develops into the fruit, II
calls upon the reserve nutrition stored
In different parts Of the plant, and un.
less there has been large storage Of
uutritive food the blossom IL weakened,
aud when It passes into the reproduce
I've stage after fertilization. there IL
lack Of vigor, which II not stimulated
by fertilizer, may lead TO the entire
loss or great diminunition In the crop.
rhe plant at this time is very suscepti-
ble to the ravages Of fungi which
lhrives In proportion a. It's hosts sys.
tenn falls.
BARK CRACKING.
Newburg Hor icultural meetln &:
Mr.. Hoskins In answer to the question
~ TO what caused the bark TO burst on
young trees stated that trees on strong
,oil were likely to grow late and remain
sappy up Into winter and during the
warm pleasant weather about the time
Of holidays the little freezing of nights
freezes the tree about the thickness Of
the bark and the thawing during the
day when the sun strikes the tree does
the work. Don't cultivate To highly
nor TO late In the season, but stop In
time TO let the wood ripen and stop the
flow Of sap. Stand q board on the south
side Of the tree or wrap them with
something to prevent the thawing.
The fruit grower must study his differ
ent kinds Of trees and see what will
stand the most cultivation. Apples
will stand the most and pears the next.
The Older the trees the more cultivation
they will stand.
SOME OF THE yAILUREs.
The futility Of the efforts to direct
the concoctions OF sprays which would
bring about the death Of the predace.
GUS insects affecting vegetation has
been accepted by the presiding officer
Of the Board Of Horticulture, and 1t Is
now proposed to seek relief by the i'm
portation OF parasitical insects, II the
same can be found. This conversion is
astounding, for those 10 charge of our
vegetal interest have been backward Ia
accepting conclusions which did not
correspond with the ideas first advanced
by them.
II IL candid admission that spray
iDg with the materials by them have
been unsuccessful in exterminating the
injurious insect without bringing harm
to the tree.
Thirteen years OF experience. over
tl50,000 given by the state to the Horti.
cultural Commission, aud untold losses
by frultgrowers Ia the destruction OF
their trees by following the expert
ments recommended are the indlsput-
able results attained.
With such y history before us, Is II
not Wise to look into the merits OF the
new proposition advanced by the state
Hoard of Horticulture, aud examine n
Il Ii tenable.--S. Y. Plant Life.
SPRAYING ORCHARDS.
An interesting bulletin OF 80 pages on
spraying Apple Orchards In u Wet
Season." prepared by Il. q. Lodeman,
has been issued by the Cornell Expert
ment Station. II presents many valu-
able suggestions for rendering the work
easy aud sfiectual. The bulletin very
justly states that when the tops Of trees
consist Of = tangled mass of large and
small branches, they are much longer
In drying out than when they ara open.
Not only Ia shelter given to fungi.
but their growth Is encouraged. and
each tree becomes the distributing CEN
ter of soma disease, aud u 10 difiicult
Tor any remedies 10 gain an entrance
The actual expense Of spraying Ia also
largely increased when tho tops Of the
trees are not well prunsd. The combin-
ations applied in these reported expsri-
menta were Paris green aud tho Bor-
deaux mixture. aud London purple
aud the Bordeaux mixture. Paris
green is also used alone. The srsenitss
were used at the rate Of Of ~ ounces tc
10 gallons Of liquid. which 10 the equiv
alent 20 ID. 90 about 80 gallons The
combination of Bordeaux mixture al a
Paris green reduced the per cent 81
scsb Ia both Kings aud Bsldwins 60 a
tribe more than SO per cen, while tina,
London purple was not ~
effective, for % per cent cf the kines
aud 81 per csns Of the Raldwins were
badly injured. Some eompsrisoos were
made on sc~bby Nswtown Pippins aud
thoss that were froe nom the disease
Que bushsl of that variety that wac
fvss nom seAb vss found 10 csnlaia asa