The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-11-27

,..r-uUaN part of an apple tree, with
,,.l9l in it. or [ think there is one,
..sr is iust like another in which |
s...a II worm. The worm was white,
5.-- one inch long, with flat head.
,,1.-- .- II and what shall | do to save
.uung orchard, set last fall and
r year old? Would like to know
,.h.+ ID do to kill the worms. Will it
rHr Tine. tree to pour hot water on i.
ami viii hot water kill the worms and
~. rh, tree? Was the egg in the tree
la, n came from the nursery? The
.r.n. are living and growing, but |
f,ar.+ they will be killed before they get
.... .raring You can write to me or
answer in the Advocate. An eNam-
,,.-irn Of the stem sent showed that
tr.. injury is entirely on one side. and
:. T.. probable that that was the south
,,..-. side. and that the greater part of
the harm has come from sun scald in
his hot summer. We did not find amy
,,.r.u i'm the stem sent. From the de
..rrptiou YOU give the larya you found
was one, of the fiat head apple tree bor-
,r- which sometimes do a great deal
.f harm. There have been various
remedies proposed. but the only effect
-..f one is to cut the bOrer out or
and >o Kill him. But in your case the
sun ~rald is doing vastly more harm
rnan the borers. Much of this damage
.t-r~ from the common practice
ar.nro the farmers of heading their
trees TOO high from the ground. They
fell ue. when | advise low headed
freezes. that they want them high
.reuoh to work under with a team.
Even this is not an advantage. for
-h.r, j. no need for working under Il
free. The place where the tree needs
cultivation is out at and beyond the
.ur,:d of the branches: for the feed
rrc roots are out there and not mp
around the trunk If tree is cuiti-
waited and manured up to the outer en-
1rcmitv Of the limbs, that is all that
j. needed piling manure around the
>-rn of q tree is Of no use whatever
except in the earliest years OF the
tre,'~ life in the orchard. \ tall
trunk is exposed to the scorching ef-
fect~ cf the hot suns. the wind has a
greater leverage on it and is more apt
to blow it over. the fruit IS up out OF
reach and when it falls from the tree
# is bruised worse than from low
tree Most of the tall stemmed or
chard trees are so from the habit Heo-
pie have Of buying trees from the nur-
serv that have been there two or three
years \ good one year tree IS the
ItrI to plant. This is but Il single
switch ana the stem is full of perfect
1aJ~ and can be cut back to form
the head at any height. The Older
tree. that are usually planted. have
been headed back in the nursery rows,
aoG not headed back far, for the nur-
~"ryman knows that most of his custo-
h.a 40. l.
rG I'm the nursery is seldom SNnlme-
tricaI one and is rarely cut back as
much a, it should be in planting. ana
the results Is trees in the orchard with
heads started at various heights. II
our correspondent Will come to our
Experiment. Station we viii! show hlnl
% }oUn~ orchard planted year ago
which has been treated as we adNlSt'
The Young stems were cut pack 70
Within twenty inches Of the ground
aud the head formed on the three or
four Young shoots that started near
the top These shoots>,will be short
pmra back this winter to cause th"n'
to- branch and form Il round open
headed tree with a top that spreads 6
a~ tn protect the stem OF the Tree lIoiH
the sum- With tree having but tWch-
r. inches Of exposed stem YOU can pro
setting Il ShingIe or the southWeS'
s.aa where the injury usually take
1arn. I'm wear or more the top u
sOt viii protect it. while IN the TAI
Stems ~iN feet or more high, It IS many
Years before the top shades the stem
and sun -caId is common all over th'
State ou Young trees II an apple tree
IS started right and is properly pfun
med for a Jew wears it viii need lltti'
r#aniug thereafter. except to rub on
In CARLY summer the rank shoots tina
N'a|t in the centre and when VII
N".. What are called water sprouts
" allowed to remain. 1t IS Tar pet'e
'"hNt How these to grow than to nav
'n oHt them out in the fall. LOO
H.'H after the borcrs and punch 'hei
'"ao"'b through their holes.
E"um Jackson county: y am Il po
-."r i'm farming, and having rca
'." .trrrs. come for informatloh- VI
.". clay loam with good 'la
..- quite steep. and has been Wof
.r"Ht extent before coming ih'
'HHds. | have sown peas and Prov
v" 'u"m under this fail: and the IAN
b. ".M In wheat and rye. have II
'r..... ro SOW clover on the wheat an
'' .<r next spring. rs IS common
4 ".hu here. but would prefer to So'
"I"Ecl. next fall alone or NIKE
j orchard grass, but do not kho'
.".| would do well without SON
] "'".|te crop while young. Nlii II
goose. "n all right sown along in SCI
or could protect II ny ="
.- I'aW thinly over it. M
'"".r AN apple farm aud want
a - tp he land My reason Tor II.
III fall is that / want 10 dl
i "."> tor the apple trees dufI''
"."r and fiji with rich earth lro'
u =, ""'ft~. and think il would inJlIi
q "hd eff the clover TO haul over
q p ''S TIA" holes while II IS No'ln
III .-. advise me. How would Il 90