Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-03-13
ADDRESS BEFORE
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Continued from LIST Page.

SnOulC also De remover. out apart
from those two conditions and other
diseases, healthy tree ought To
prune itself. A tree should take on
of new wood FROM five to twelve or
fifteen inches year.
Nitrogen is wood maker. Barn
yard msnure Is the best WOO maker
Ii supplies the amonis. If you cant
manure all of your ground, then
spread it in circle about three feet.
around the tree where the feeding
roots are. IL the trees are old aud
do not give the proper fruit, they
need phosphate of lime aud potash.
| always buy them separate aud mix
them. | always keep the ground
worked. Always put ON the potash
aud Phosphate in the fall of the wear
Our apple trees make all their wood
IN about eight weeks aud the balance
of the time IN maturing It. Ii is bet
ter to put your ground in clover or
COW peas, aud pillow the peas down
about the time the pods are yellow.
do not believe in the theory of an
of year Ia All orchard. n peach al
WSyS sets its blossoms on wood that
grows the same wear That isn't So
with the apple. You have never
seen an apple set on wool of one
year old. The apple sets It's fruit on
spurs two or three years old. Ny
apple orchard has missed but twice;
once on account of the pollen being
frozen aud the other on account OF
excessive cold rains, which drowned
the pOllOn. We allow our fruit To-
oyer6car. This should not be nl-
lowed, but the fruit sho.ld be- re-
moved. The proper time TO remove
II j. when th-y blossom. clip unt
some COS The llr>aom. i'h,- apples
VIII not al ae.i unless vou de- When
you have au od YEA. o. Is either -
cause OF AL nyeroesrsucr or uut
prODer food for the tree. Ihe ;r,e>
should De planted two rods each WAY.
The reason SO many orchards fail is
because people want to raise too
many crops on the soil. An orchard
should only be used for orchard pur.
poses; otherwise YOU take away the
the proper food from the trees. You
must work an orchard in order to
give 1t sufficient air and sunlight.
If YOU don't Go this, the ro5ts will
come towards the surface 70 get the
air aud sunshine, but dou't pillow All
old orchard. The apple tree borer
Is an insect which flies at night.
Along in the spring of the year when
1t gets warm 1t deposits little egg.
There are two borers, fat head
borer aud round head borer. The one
works in the upper part of the tree
aud the other in the the lower part
Ia eight or ten days it will hatch
out into worm, then it begins to
gnaw the bark of the tree. 1t re-.
malns there three years uIul it
COMES out and lays eggs. This is
Killed by taking pen knife and cut
ting the bark off TO see which way
be Is going, aud then insert copper
wire IN the mole un il you eau feel
him, aud then give him little
punch. The apple scab is an ugly
thing TO look AT with the eve, but uu-
der the magnifyiug glass it looks
like horrld scab. This is general
ly grown on cedar or some other
tree nearby. 1t propoga;es by spores.
The leaves of the apple tree will have
dark yellow specks. The spore af-
ter 1t natures on the apple tree at
taches itself to the apple, aud grows
this ugly scab. Then this spore has
to be carried back TO the cedar tree
to preserve its life, cut down the ce.
dar tree. We have other Diseases
early rot or bitter rot. There is a
disease that comes from all insect
known as the Cooling moth. Per.
haps you have never seen one, be-
cause 1t flies by night. The apple is
formed before the blossom. The
cooling moth will put all egg on the
apple; they have the power Of laying
300 eggs. If We would have perfect
trees we must spray.
If you write To the Commissioner
of Agriculture he will give you the
proper ingredients with which tu
spray. The proper time TO spray is