The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-07-24

NOTES OF THE FARM.
BY w. F. MASSEY, of A. & M. COLLEGE


81 send some apple leaves which [
ri.h vou to tell me what is the mat
t,r and how to cure 1t. The leaves
or.. from a Randolph county cores,
"a,1enr and are affected with the
inro<.mity of cedar trees to the orch
I.1 ON the cedar trees you will find
r This rust is caused by the
.ba+ are commonly called cedar APP
Mes" These are caused by fungus
Kat winters on the cedars. In the
.,rno they send out long worm-like
,.otIbtrauces. which are the spores.
n. bodies answering in these plants to
saed. These dry up and are blown
by the wind to the apple trees on
,tbich they make their summer
Growth aud cause the rust that kills
fh, leaves. On the apple leaves an
other form of spore is made, which
+. blown back to the cedar trees and
,,rs MD a new growth of cedar apples
you will never get rid of the rust
which destroys the leaves so long as
cedar trees are near the orchard. Get
rid Of the cedars. and then spray
r,eolIIarlV with Bordeaux mixture. and
add i'm the early spring quarter OF
pound of Paris green to a cask Of
the mixture and spray for the codling
moth that makes the apples wormy.
But do not use the Paris green after
the apples get large enough to hang
down, as some might be retained.
Regular spraying with fungicides and
insecticides IS the price we must pay
for fruit in these days. \ number OF
readers are asking for my new Bulle
tin on Gardening Under Glass. | am
sorry to have to say that the whole
edition of 10000 copies is already ex-
hausted. and we will probably have
TO get out new edition shortly.
\ Breyard correspondent wants to
know what to do for the worm that
bores into cucumber stalks. | expect
the worm is the larva of the Dia-
brotica horn twelve spotted cucumber
beetle. The best way to keep them off
is to mix bone meal and tobacco dust
from the smoking tobacco factories.
and keep the plants busted with it as
soon as they come up and as fast as
the rains washes it off to renew it.
Prevention i'll all these cases is better
than cure.
= want to set about / 900 strawber-
yplants this fall, and that / may pro-
lone thes bearing season as much as
possible. I want an equal number OF
late VIII YOU name the kinds likely
to do best When should they be set?
What is the best book to get on
strawberry culture? l have been
greatly benefited by following your
suggestions in other matters. For
an early berry for home use, the Hoff-
man is still about the best. Lady
Thompson is also good. For the gen
erai crop Clyde and Brandywine are
about the best. For late berries |
know OF none better than the Candy.
on can set plants at any time now
that You can get good young runners
well rooted. Late August is a good
time. Make the soil rich. and a moist
black soil will always give better re-
suits than dry clay or sand. The
best book ON Strawberry culture is
Fuiler's Small Fruit Culturist, pub
NNhed by the Orange Judd Company,
. Lafayette Place, New York city.
Please tell me what is the matter
with the cotton plant | send you. 1t
IS IN spots through the field. Was
1ertliZcd with green cotton seed and
H\co tobacco guano. kainit and acid
phosphate. Old land which has been
III constant cultivation for over 100
Years and never before affected So
ne plant sent was in bad condition
Tor study. but it seems to be affected
with the damping Off dungus or sore
SKIN rs it is sometimes called. we
know of no remedy. The only thing
mat can be done to prevent its spread
IS 10 keep the crust continually bro
ken around the plants, as the fungus
runs on the surface Of the soil, and
is checked by keeping it loose.
nave some peach and plum trees that
nave worms in them. | have dug out
JHe worms, and now would like to
NnoW how to keep them out Con-
slant Vigilance is the only way to keep
ccar Of the bOrers in these trees. Go
over them twice during the summer
d.d When YOU see gum at the base
o' tree YOU may know the borer Is
mere. These bOrers are the larvae
Oh moth which lays eggs in the bark
db the base of the tree, and the lar
vac porer is to the tree as they hatch
'cdF The earth away to the crown o.
'hT roots and wash the stem with
,M|aoh OF cement for a foot in height
HIS VIII prevent the moth from lay
InE eggs there and will be help
'"j YOU must still keep on the look
unt for them.
Another friend sends samples o.
Iiack eye pea pods. and Wlsne'
KNOW what is the matter witt
mem. They have the fungus disease
A,oNn as Anthracnose. This diseas'
zen funlns the Snap beans. especial
me wax podded ones. and as tn
L'l" seNe pea is simply bean |
""H probably taken the disease from
a"'p5 III the neighborhood. Beins
an annual plant it can be gotten rlt
ny getting perfectly clean SEED
seed.
sometime ago in writing about cur
- mans, YOU mentioned the Smith
'1 hams, of Virginia. | would lill
~ Know if the shape Of the ham ha
,,N 'hln% to do with the marlle
- ice The curing of the ham an
orc proper smoking is the main thin
81 =, course, but the shape has some
;'"h@ to do with it, for a ham tha
!" property trimmed and neat in shap