The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-06-22
Orchard and Garden.

| Paint all wounds on trees with white
lead and linseed oil.
In pruning always remove weak and
| imperfect shoots.
Dwarf pears require rather more lib
eral care than standards
An evergreen hedge is good protec-
| ton to an orchard
Hrune all peach trees so as to form
loose and open head
Mix manure thoroughly with the soil
| when setting out trees of all kinds.
Land that has been in cultivation a
year or two is best for Strawberries.
Let there be light in the centre of
the fruit tree; secure this in pruning
In pruning the gooseberly and cur
rant prune to secure a spreading, open
| head
Manure is the foundation of good
| garden; accumulate all that will be
needed.
The hotbed should be given an air.
ing every day when the weather will
permit.
In transplanting. old trees require
more cutting back than younger, small
er ones.
Well-rotted manure can hardly be
eXcelled for radishes if used as top
dressing.
With all garden seeds it is a safe
plan to cover according to the size of
the seed.
Powdered helebore either dry or in
solution. is a sure remedy for the cur
rant worm.
For all leaf-eaters the spray may be
used as soon as the first leaves appear
on the trees.
Newly-set strawberry plants should
not be allowed to bear fruit; pinch off
/ the blossoms.
Generally everything that adds
beauty to a place always adds to its
money value.
Any soil too damp naturally to pro
duce healthy trees should be avoided
by the orchardist.
little wood ashes around each
strawberry plant will help in securing
more and better fruit.
There is no advantage in planting
the tender variety of vegetables until
all danger of frost is past.
One of the best ways of destroying
weeds on the lawn is by cutting off
close and applying turpentine.
Any good corn landethat is not too
low and wet will produce good crops
of blackbelries and raspberries.
filed by setting out young trees pro-
vided the orchard is not too old.
In nearly all cases it is best to leave
the mulch on the strawberry bed until
after the fruit has been harvested
While clover cannot be eXcelled for
seeding down an orchard, ii should not
be done until the trees are in bearing
BY planting all small fruit in long
rows the work of giving clean cultiva-
ton can be done much more economi-
cally.
With blackberries and raspberries 1t
is a good plan to give thorough cult
vation during the early part of the
season.
Ithubarb may be forwarded from
now Oh bX placing kegs or half barrels
over the plants and putting manure
around them.
Peach trees should be pruned so as
20 leave no clutches, but limbs, extend
ing from the trunk four to twelve
inches apart.
Curled leaf in the peach Is disease
of n fungus character. 1t develops
usually after a cold SPELL followed by
n period of warm weather.
One good remedy for mildew On
gooschcrries is to spray with potas-
stun sulphide at intervals of 10 days
or two weeks during the season.
It is only in exceptional cases that 1t
is advisable to keep trees or plants
mulched all the time In the spring
ii is often best TO remove the mulch
and culivate
Give the young orchard good cult
vation until the tree comes into bear
ing, TO propagate blackberries cut
the roots into pieces two or three
inches long and plant them.