The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-04-12

down all suckers except in hill. Test
variety is probably Wilson's early The
Early King Early Harvest and Erin are
good, and the Kittatiny is excellent
when it does not rust. You can get
plants at IS to S12 per l, 600.
Benefit of Pea Vines to Land.
kindly let me know what teneat yo1 con
siGcf lea vines are 10 land as eompared with
ROOFS, etc, left after vines are cut Of The in
terest about here is fas. awakening to The re-
storatiol of old lands land N 0st all are now
more or less 500 by pea sowing The time is
near by when we will prepare land for wheat or
good Obtained by leaving the vines to tie turned
under some contendlng that fully as good re-
suits can be had in crops that follow, by cutting
the vines OFF for stock fool, The roots being
worth more tkan the vine 10 the land DO PEA
vines extract more from the air than any DINER
plant: c. j. b.. MiddIeburg. Y. c.
answered by H b. Battle, Director. n C.
Experiment Station
lam glad to know chat the subject of
planting COW peas is being revived in
your section. AS sure renovator IF
old lands, it is one of the very best
crops that can be grown. The COW peas
have the same property as ciovers and
Iegumlnous plants i'll extracting nitro
gen from the atmosphere. This is done
through the means of small tube relies
on the roots which fix the gaseous nj
trogen so that the roots can utilize it.
In this way q large amount is retained
IN the roots, as well as carried to the
leaves IN organic mbinatiOn- The
blowing under of the whole plant, in
Guiding vines after they are ripe is, of
course, better than blowing under only
the roots, as there is much fertilizing
matter in the vines and leaves The
ideal way would be to take off the
vines, cure and feed to cattle. and re-
turn TO the land i'll manure. The next
best way would be to pillow under after
ripe SO that the fertilizing value of the
whole plant is retained in the soil. The
proportionate part of the total value in
the vines is, of course, dependent upon
the growth of the vines, and no fixed
ratio can be given. l send bulletin No.
81, which describes experiments with
peas preceding wheat. An increase Of
ten bushels per acre. Approximately,
has been secured by this method.
Location for Peach Orchard.
1 have plat OF land lying on a hollow or
ravine, and slipping westward. 1t is not very
steep. but slopes gradually TO the bottom of the
hol ow, which is somewhat level Toe lowest
part IS about twenty feet above the water level
in the nearest stream The land is gray sandy
land, and was originally covered vita forest
pine. but has young growth OF oaks growing
on ii now. In the spring the oak trees do not
put out leaves until the leaves are at least ali
froSts in the spring and early froStS in the fall
are more severe than the ridges Would
such d location be a g0oi place to plant late
apple trees! Would apple trees be affected by
the location the same as the young oak tr. es:
ha We a lot of yoi ng peach trees S9yen or eight
years old standing near the location L mention,
only they are on southern and eastern so pes,
and the frost kills the fruit on them every year.
w. G. NJ. LincolptoR. N. c.
answered by w. f. Massey, Hortioulturist,
N. c. EXPERIMENT Station.
Your peach trees are in the worst
place you could put them. In this
climate peach trees should never be
planted on a southern or eastern slope,
but always on q northern or western.
On the warm sunny slope they are eS-
cited too early and the blossoms nearly
always killed. The crest and upper part
of the north slope of a high ridge are
the best places here for peaches.
Peaches may do on the upper part of
your western slope, and apples ought to
do well on the lower part
Fire Blight of Apple Tree.
orchard which were attacked last spring. TIE
disease attacks 10th branches and twfgs.. In
some cases only the twigs are killed, but in
other cases large branches or the whole tree is
send diseased or blighted pear tWigS. We had
q hundred dwarf pear trees, but they a-e dying
off one by one j. 5. H.
Bowmans Bluff, II. G.
Answered by Gerald Nj Carthy, Botanist N
G. Experiment Station.
The disease on both apple and pear
trees is the same-the so-called fire.
blight. This is caused by a species OF
bacteria micrOcoccus amylovorous.
There is no remedy except destruction
of affected parts. The disease is very
contagious, and the cutting out must
be promptly attended 20 or it will in
feel the whole orchard. Destroy by
ere all dead branches.