The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-11


spraying has been with full strength
material and If there has been no rain
between that and the second and third
sprayings it might be a mistake to
make the following sblaying solutions
as strong as was the first. Frequently
the foliage is injured by such cumuia-
tive applications. But when rains are
frequent the amount Of chemicals
washed of the trees is SO great that
the full strength solutions viii not do
damage.
r. Morrill,. the noted peach grower
OF Michigan. says that sixteen years
ago he had two apple orchards on
rented lands that had always been un-
fruitful, because the codling moth de-
stroyed the fruit or rendered It un-
salable. He communicated with the
professors Of the Michigan Agricultur-
College aHsas Hsas went to anEaYing bis
trees. The next year he had 400 bar
rels Of choice fruit to sell and sold it
all at from 70 cents to sl.25 per barrel
above the market price He says that
in an communities where fruit has
been grown for some time, 1t is abso-
lutely necessary to spray, II fruit Is to
be expected. The things that have
made him successful are high cultiya-
tion and fertilization Of the soil, care
ful pruning and thinning, and meth
odical spraying Of all fruit-bearing
trees both before and after coming
into bearing. Trees need to be spray
ed to protect the foliage as well as to
protect the fruit So far as fungous
diseases are concerned spraying must
be preventative rather than curative.
Little can be done to protect a tree
after 1t is covered with blighted
branches. Tho man that Is thorough
In his work Of spraying is the only
man that viii be satisfied with It. For
codling moth the spraying must pc
done just after the petals Of the BIOS
SONS fall, as at that time the insects
are in stage where the spraying VIII
be effective. A delay Of a few days
viii greatly lessen the value Of the
work done, and it is asserted that after
ten days no good can be done In spray
ing for the codling moth.
Recent adyices from American con-
suls in England seem 10 indicate that
the market for apples in that country
win be forever open to American
fruits. AS an American consul sees
the situation, the long keeping yarie-
ties Of apples cannot be grown there
S. c. Mcfarland. consul at Noting
ham. SAYS: Only a very few Of the
hardier specimens ripen in this eli
mate. Having. however, the best gar
deners in the world. the most has been
made of circumstances. and by careful
cultivation a few dessert fruits Of nns
flavor. but OF small and poor appear
ance, have been produced, also few
cooking apples OF questionable quail
ity. Within recent years the importa.
tlon of American, Colonial and Cana
dian apples has assumed considerable
proportions" Quotations Of fruit a.
wholesale IN Nottingham are thef
given. The prices are such that Amer
leans viii find It hard 70 believe tha'
numerous buyers could be found. 4
few OF them follow: Canadian rus
sets lper barrel $3.50: Main Baldwins
S4.l4. American Newtowns $500; Eng
lish cooking apples. $50 It must b'
remembered that these prices ar
wholesale. Atrial the Canadian rus
sets and the American spies. Baldwin
and greetings sell at 6 cents pc
( pound. and the Newtown pippins sci
at 10 cents pei pound. The outlook &
thus bright for American apple raisers
We have an abundance Of land tha
can be advantageously used for tn
4 growing OF apples. We have all kind
Of climate for the ripening OF an kind
OF fruit. and il is easier for us to rails
the long keeping Varieties than it /
the short keeping varieties Il Is eyi
dent from the report Of this consul tia
the winter varieties. which require
longer time to ripen than do the sum
mor varieties, cannot ripen at all 4
England The demand Of the Englis
market must increase from year Z
year. We believe that our orchardist
are looking after this very opportun
ity, and that the supply Of America
apples viii constantly increase =
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