The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-04-07

WINTER INJURED rp,.

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Where fruit trees are merely T..
oy coo the real damage don. 'al'a
orchards will depend greatly uv' e to tt
treatment given them from ~ Upon us
says a bullet" of the Kansas ,''s st., I'll"
. %s", station na Trees that are s, Ape,
s,'o0'a DC Removed at once I ,,o s'la
orchard. II they can be used from ron ''
WOO nl,s well III. and good; il not they ' st'a',
. oe pll led and burned to destroy ' sa.' y
Trees that are partly toD s,',s tI'a
weakened and dcadened ,h,m 'ro az
and should be heavily cut h, "
extent depending upon the J as.', 's
injury. In many cases it will y 60
cesSary to cut back to the n,i' ', 70
cncS or even to the trunk, ou, v ''al'
the injury is less severe Tho .' ",es
may DC confined to the sm,llo, '''Ns
cl'es of the tree. Though tho VI V'a'
ches OF IN injured tree may NJ ,''''
Sl'led, IL is advantageous to cut AZ ,,. !
back because the wood that Is S. s"va
Ell ana deadened can never m,,' '''
IT'S life functions again. It h, s'''A
as l'eartwood and must be ensr'"' '
by II layer Of new wood. The uuics |
we can get this dcpnsit Of new vo'
I''c oetter' and the more of it The h,l
ter. by cutting off the braorIS'
the tree it is reduced in sllrraep ~.
the new wood is more rapidlv ds,s'
ted on the parts that remain Tna~'
ergy that is spent in blossominv i,
so saved To the tree by the scvcro ,'
ming 1t is necessary to prcvon, y.
Vitality of the tree from di,sina,i,,
''Sel' III any way, and to husband and
apply it so as to restore tho ,,,.
quickly to its normal process n
growth.
Professor Bailey, Cornell Univ,r.
ty, says upon this subject: 'srlp NJ.
per treatment for trozcn.lack trs,
must be determined for each par,cp
lar case, but it should be borne
nina that the injured portiOn sDo
longcrof Use To the plant, where's
may be positive deterimcnt by 40.
celebrating the evaporation of mo,.
ture. The best treatment for Dlap,,
seriously injured upon the extremlj.
cS is to cut them back heavily"
Trees treated in this way will rn
IDLY regain their vigor unless The in.
Jury Is very serious. They will aS
quickly resume their normal habtM
growth and shape. Cutting back lle
last years growth in the winter sc.
pecially beneficial to the beach.
whether it has been injured by ch
or not, as its branches tend To vnv
long and slender, and in bearing fruit
near the extrcmitIes they break and
split and are ruined. Where black.
berries and ra%spbcrrieS have been
killed back to the ground the canes
should be cut out and burned.
\ difference Of opinion exists as 10
the best tine for butting back injured
trees; some growers prefer to haze
the work done before the leaves open,
other chOnSe Il later time; but l&
safest way is to do it early, As S@a
as the degree Of injury is known,
therefore, we may wisely begin The
pruning. If left til a later time 9TH
err work may crowd it out entirely,
With the result that the orchard i
lost. A saw and tree-pruncrs arc The
tools to he used. 1t will he beneficial
to carry along IA key of white lead and
apply a coat Of the lead to the wounds
made. This will keep out the alt
prevent the wood from checking ana
rctard evaporation from IT, Al
pruncd.0ff wood should be removed
from the orchard and burned.
The process here described Will 0S
save all the trees that have been III
jurcd, but il done with Garrett VIII
save many, and those that DIE a''o
the treatment is given will prOOaO'
die 10 spite Of it rather than because