Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-05-24


part of the California people the Soc
rotary oi the interior has boou ordered
60 secure possession 10y conc, Wuatiou
of the big tree forest Ia California. The
owner of the property has been nogo-
dating with the government for mum
her OF years looking To the sale OF IA,
big trees
There are still some people who 10
lieVc that moth traps are all right but
with most other advanced horticultur-
lists we have an idea that they do more
harm than good In an orchard They
viii not catch the codlng moth cur.
Culio. horer. cankcr worm or gouger
and these are the insects we want to
NIL. The use of moth traps by the gen.
oral public will do more harm than
good and they will catch more friends
than enemies The use of lights to
save apples peaches and plums 10 u
decidedly dismal failure.
when cuIrant leaves appear in the
spring they should he closely watched
for indications of the currant worms
and a busting OF white hcllcbore APP
Piled as soon as any are seen A little
of the powder mixed with several
times its amount of -four. using enough
pests and one application will remain
until all danger is over If the sprink-
ling is done while the bushes are wet.
If the leaves turn yellow and the her
rics shrivel on the stalks il is safe to
suspect the cUrrant bush borcr to he
at work Cut ont such stalks TO the
ground and burn them at once AS the
fruit grows mostly upon two-ycar-old
wood ami also on that one year old, IT
is wcll TO cut out all three-year-old
stalls every fall or early in spring.
The loss OF fruit from selfstorilty
usually may hc preventt 10y planting
other varieties among such trees. The
european and oriental pears can FER
tiiize each other and many varieties OF
the domestcs. japanese and native
plums are likewise interfertile. provid
ed they bloom together. The pollen OF
some varieties will give larger fruit
thsa that of others when IL falls ON or
is applicd to the pistilS of either sell
sterile or gelffontile varieties. Among
our common orchard fruits cross pol
lnation seldom has an immediate in
fuonce on the fruit itself. Crosspol-
lnation probably gives better results
than scli-pollination with nearly all
varieties. Insects are probably more
important than wind for carrying pol
len from tree to tree. If established
orchards are unfruitful because of self
aterility IL may be profitable TO put
few gratis of another variety in each
tree
An ample supply of water is essen
tial To success with strawberries and
some of us shall have TO skirmish to
get II this year. The plants need IL in
quantities throughout the season and
particularly while maturing fruit. No
garden plants more quickly suffer
from lack of water and none respond
more readily when IL is properly APP
piled Make a shallow iurrow close TO
each row of plants as soon as they
are planted and run water at once,
even though the soil Ice moist II set
ties the earth about the roots, is an
insurance against possible drNness and
gives the plants vigorous start. care
SHOULD be taken in running water TO
Confine II to the burrows and not allow
il to flood the rows. II Is better to
run small streams for long periods
than 10 try to hasten matters by run
ming too much water To insure an
even. constant flow, IL is best TO make
a head ditch across the ends of the
rows and supply the furrow for each
row through short piece of one-inch
pipe or Hath funnel which is imbedded
in the bank. This is safer and easier
to manage than breaking the bank for
each furrow, especially in soils that
are inclined to wash. AS to frequency
of irrigation, no definite rule can be
given. II must be determined for each
particular piece Of ground. Some soils
may require twice as many applica'
lions as others. Study the condition
of the soil and the appearance OF the
plants by reading WilcoX's Irrigation
Farming and govern the water supply
by the indications there found.
We are told by the scientific gentle
mon that this IL the Year for the return
of the seventeen-year locust and We
might as well prepare for the worst
Those who have studied the habit OF
the insect say the female lays -ggs In
Sits or cracks which are made by
means of saw-like instrument IN the
limbs OF young nursery stock ana
trees In two weeks these eggs are
Matched and out of them come little IN
sects which appear like small ants.
These run swiftly along the limbs and
then fall to the ground and hurrow
their way into the earth. 1t Is here
that the remarkable feature OF the
periodical cicada is apparent. These
insects when once in the ground re-
main in their subterranean aboces
from thirteen 10 seventeen years, ac-
cording to the particular brood to
which they belong. At the end OF that
time they emerge-thousand and
even Millions of them-and quickly
swarm over the trees and shruhbery,
when their shells mart in the middle
of the hack and out of the old covering
comes the true cicada or locust as II Is
commonly called, although the word
locust should apply more particularly
to the erasshopper With each expect
ed visit Of the cicada, known as locust
years. the eastern newspapers MI their
readers with awe at the great damae"
in prospect As fact the cicada harms
only young nursery stock and orchard
srees and young oak and maple. Their
actual aerial existence Is SO short.