The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-25

peaches will attain a diameter OF 1 1-2
to 1-2 and frequently 3 inches, con-
sequentiy the thinning process is not
always sufficiently severe Some varie-
ties should be so thinned that when the
fruit natures there should be at least
4 to inches between each specimen,
this may seem unduly severe, but 1t will
give you better financial results and at
the same time add to the healthfulness
aud life OF the tree. Your entire crop
OF fruit will be Of a merchantable size
and you will not have a lot of under
size and worthless fruit. All peaches
removed from the tree should be carried
10 the dump and burned. as In this man
her you Will destroy thousands OF cur
culio in the embryotic state Thinning
tine fruit in connection with proper
pruning and civilizations will keep the
peach orchard up to it's standard. and
barring frost and storms there is no rea-
son why the peach orchard should not
picduce cod crop annually. and not
have off years.
Curcuiio.
This pest is the cause of the Ioss os
many carloads of fruit annually. and we
should wage vigorous warfare against
him. Wild plums, crab apples and haws
insect, and the careful culrivator will
see that such trees are removed from
the vicinity OF the orchard 1t is well
to remove ali woods adjoining the orch
ard. but If this is not practicable YOU
should burn off the woods in late win
Ter, so as to kill all the underground.
The only practical mode of destroyin.
the curculio is to jar the trees. catching
the insects on cloth covered frames e,-
pccially made Tor this operation The
best time to jar the trees is early In
the morning and late in the afternoon
when the curculio is dormant The TAR
ring should commence as soon as the
iruit is set, and should be continued as
i'hS as necessary. Spraying for cur
cuiio Is not entirely successful, but If
pounds OF arsenate OF lead added to
% gallons of Bordeaux is used when
spraying for brown rot many curculio
NH be destroyed.
Brown Rot
AS THIS is in the province of our
worthy entomOlogist he can handle that
subject better than l can; however. l
would state that the following treat
ment has given good results:
tirst-Remove all mummifed fruit,
should there he any on the trees.
Second-Before the buds open spray
with Bordeaux i-6-5O.
Third-When in full bloom prune out
all twigs and blossoms affected with rot.
Fourth-When fruit is we'll set spray
with Bordeaux $50
Fifth-Ten days later Bordeax $3.50
SiXth-Ten days to two weeks later
bordeaux $50.
The same spray should be continued
AT intervals OF ten days TO two weeks
until the fruit begins to ripen II the
Bordeaux is carefully applied there is
no material injury to the foliage, but
II milk OF lime is used three days after
an application OF Bordeaux the shot
hoiing OF the foliage will be greatly re-
duced.
Many orchardlsts do not believe In
spraying. as the results obtained have
been unsatisfactory. and in many IN
stances the results have been fatal to
TIE trees. Not infrequently the spray
ing is iutrusted 10 the most trihing and
most careless help on the farm, whereas
this should be done by the most careful
ana intelligent man. The spray should
b. thoroughly distributed over the tree.
lut not in such copious showers that
the liquid will drip from the leaves. nor
run down the trunk of the tree in
streams. Spray properly or omit 1t al
together. Another most important fea-
iure in reducing the ravages OF brown
rot and visitations of the curculio is
the removal of all fallen fruit During
the harvesting season the orchard should
he gone over carefully at least twice
week and all the fallen fruit gathered
up and carried to the dump ard burned
A.ICr the crop is harvested II ia wen
to go over the orchard and cut all
twigs showing the effects of brown
rot; these twigs like the fruit should be
cremated