Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-01

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some of my apples in the f.u hut
usually keep my winter fruit until Feh-
ruary or March. MI
HallOwell-The Baldwin .nn,a + ,,,os.
in favor. The Ben Davis is liked on ac-
count of its hardness ana tho GOOD
looks Of the fruit. | shall wor, PaId-
win and Ben Davis stock to onita
tent. The soil here is CLAW loan but
orchards do well. especialiv nears
am growing some dwarf naorc opa
dwarf apples, which promise VOL, r
grow raspDerrles extensively. The
Cuthbert is tender. not sure to winter
in an open winter, even if laid down
The Loudcn Is superior in all respects
ffcn Il ao-DuShel crop of Strawberries
l like the Sample and Brandywine hest
all around. l spray with no,,sb fish
oil soap and Bordeaux before the buds
start. and am sure it NAYS Navar
spray in bloom. | consider my apiary
lndispenslble' TO polenize my fruits 1
90 not oeiieHe III deaconing. in packing
any Wihd Oh 1rult. l believe in trim
ming trees yearly, and painting all
wounds with lead and oil.
E. p Churchill.
ClintoH-The Red Astrachan, Talman
Sweet. and Stark are all good bearers
in this locality. The Roxbury Russell
and King of Tompkins Co. do not do
we'll with me. / once grated twenty
FIVE trees to Roxbury Russets and
worse than threw my money away. and
did not do much better with the Kings.
They were shy bearers. and there is no
money in them compared with the
Baldwin. ! did no spraying last year
except on potatoes, currants and goose
berries. For some reason. no insect
pests of any amount appear on nv
trees. | have sprayed much in pre-
vlous years, using one-fourth pound of
Paris green to forty-four gallons of
water. John Reynolds.
Winslow-In this immediate vicinity
OrchardinG is not carried on to any
great extent. The high rocky land back
from the river seems better adapted to
this branch of farming than that lying
along the river banks. The Baldwin
Greening, Spy and Talman Sweet are
good varieties. for winter fruit, and the
Nodhead. Snow and Wealthy for fall
fruit. to which 1 might add the Drum
mond apple, variety which originated
here in town and has no little local
fame.
Many of our trees after being set
out for few years turn black on the
south side, then the bark cleaves off
and soon they die. What is the cause
and how can it be prevented? Some
fruits for home consumption and the To-
cal market seem to be on the increase.
r. o. Jones.
(NOte-If the trouble with your trees;
occurs in winter or early spring it is
caused by the bark thaw-
ing and then freezing suddenly, which
tears it from the wood. If in summer.
1t is probably sun scald. We. would
advise standing board against the
tree on the south or south side
or in some way protecting it from the
sun.-Commissioner)
MQnmouth-The varieties of apples
adapted to this locality are Baldwins,
Northern Spies, Kings. r. 1. Greetings
and Ben Davis. They do well on any
soil except clay loan or sandy soil. The
orchard should be plowed and fortified
or mulchcd and fertilized. Judgement
must direct as to pruning, but suckers
and dead limbs should be trimmed out
The worst insect pests which we have
are borers, leaf rollers, caterpillars,
codling moth and apple maggot. We
dig the borers and spray for all the
Others except the apple maggOt. No
remedy for that insect is yet known
to the public. Green's six books on
fruit culture afford valuable informa-
ton. w. II. Keith.