Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-17
For Winter-lnlured Fruit Trees
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE svLLEr,N.

less their lives will be considerably pro-
longed.
Relative to the cultivation of winter
injured fruit trees. NJ. H.. Waite of this
department, states that the aim should
be. with good cultivation and fertiliza-
ton. to grow the tree out of the in
jury. Stable manure will probably
answer the requirement in some cases.
Nitrate of q d at the ate OF 200
pounds per acre may be pref
cradle in other cases. The choice
OF the writer would be a COM
pletc fertilizer. consisting of nitrate OF
soda, acid phosphate or bone meal. and
muriate OF potash. Such a fertilizer APP
pied just at the time growth is start
ing would result in he best possible
benefit from the nitrate"
Mr.. Eustace further reports the re-
suits of observations OH S-year-old
peach trees which had been sprayed In
the fall with different kinds OF sulphur
washes. These sprays killed all the
fruit buds but lhe trees made u vigor-.
GUS growth during the season. On the
other and. u%nsprayed trees which bios
sOrncd dropped all their fruit and de-
Perforated rapidly. many Of the trees
lieved that many thousand bearing
peach trees In western New York orr
chards which died during the summer
might have been saved had the crop OF
fruit or part of il, been removed early,
in the season. \
+. A.. Waugh of the Massachusetts
station. also reports the results of eX-
perinnents In pruning back peach trees
injured by cold during the winter of
10000. Some trees We're left unpruned
some We're headed back near to the
trunk leaving only stubs of the main
branches; some were 'dehorned," that
is, cut back to the trunk; and on others
only fWn-thir11 IN thrap-fnllrth or the
previous seasons growth was pruEed
back. These moderately pruned trees
made the best growth during the fol
lowing season. Ninety-nine per cent OF
the trees h IL treated lived. while only
80 per cent. Of the unpruned trees lived.
81 per cent of those severely cut back.
and So per cent. of those dehOrned.
j. G. Written OF the Missouri station
also reports the results OF extensive
experiments In pruning back frozen
peach trees III 1902. AS the result OF
his Investigations he found hat 1-year-
old trees cut back nearly to the original
bud made the best growth. while the
best growth Of 2-year-old trees was oh
tanned when they were cut SO as to
leave the trunk and spurs OF the main
branches. Young bearing trees cut
back to 2-year-old wood and TO 3 or 4
ycar-Old wood In older trees. leaving
stubs of limbs 3 to 4 feet long. gave the
best results. Judgment is required not
to leave too much God. which gives IA
weak growth and high heads. and MOI.
to cut back so far into the dormant
wood that buds will fail to start.
The results of all these observations
indicate that it is exceedingly difficult
to tell in the early spring the exact con-
dition of fruit trees AS regards he ex-
tent of the winter injury. and that 1t In
the part OF wisdom to moderately prune
the orchard and give 1t an opportunity
p-a Aso hnSnp,n HhA
trees arc finally removed. The trees
+, are aided in their recover by thor
ough cultivation and al application OF
some good fertilizer.