The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-14

sneEessssAa Fsr rts R@n~v~AA IN xevx
Jersey.

$MEEHaxsaMH EDr It's Renewal In View
Jersey.
Arcardsnx II sAa Unlkea Ssases ren
sas reTsas. th@Fe were III ne Tnsfaa
States S9ssS GOO peaeh treas ii iSaF
ana eas1a GOO In Ia9a. sAowang "a y
cs~Ass az over SIS per cent During tAss
sSnse the Haabsr Id New 1e-sey d.
creAse6 gr0n a.4fa.000 in SO u as.T4s.-
0oa IN 1900 sa@s at SIS per ceaf Only
three states Ii the gn3an shuwea
decrease New Jersey. Delaware aHa
Msryl and Every other state inereAsed
ies peach orchards. IH 1880 these three
stntes Aad Is Per cent az ma re peach
trees ID the United States III 1000
they had oaly Per cent There has
Ia fact besa panSc among the grow
eES
The immediate cause OK this ranai-
ton mss Been the san Jose scale. Sur
this LIS net been the 0aIy trouble. As
IL nxual when any serious enemy
threatens d crop. all troubles are eharg-
ell 70 this pest Damages from starya-
ti0n. lhek ar silE1ge, hcreFs leaf curl
and brown ROT are very frequently al
hHnehed aud charged 70 the account Of
tha scale.
The New Jersey station has Just Is
sued some suggestions based upon its
experimental WORK Gu the renewal az
the Industry In that state IT'D Tie hope
that 1t mig be or s0aae heip to fhe
large nnmter OF New Jersey fruit grow
ers who have tire courage ID raise
peaches In spite Of present 6iFzculties.
sansmary % Experiments.
In ten years growth a peach tree
used plant food at the following rate
per acre Nitrogen. 5it pounds: phos-
phoric acid. las pounds potash. SaT
pounds; lime, 42s pounds
The average on che last SIX years
wass Nitrogen. CA pounds: rhosphorle
acid. is pounds: potash, 40 p0HndE.
In an orchard at the experiment sta
ton the scale seemed 70 be practically
exterminated By thorough spraying
but when left unsprayed in 1905 there
was scale enough 10 Kill some trees by
fall The only safe practice With peach
trees In New Jersey u to spray every
year.
From GO natural pits planted last
spring los trees were produced. From
S2I pits OF budded trees only seven
trees were grown.
Keeping the roots Of peach tree in
a dollhouse and the tors cut Of doors
FOR over q month in midwintsg had no
harmful effect on the buds or top.
When the tep was moved Ia it bios
sorned In two weeks.
Measurement or the twigs or the
fruit trees at the station every two
weeks in 1895 showed that BAR the
twig growth was completed b. the
middle Of May and fourslfths by the
middle of June.
In the spring OF 1903 an experimental
orchard 0f i.o22 trees was planted on
the farm of Ex-Governor voorhees, at
High Bridge. n. T., for the study Of
problems connected with peach grow
Eng.
or the I006 fail hcdded yearlIng
j ~ ea&s9fs - = Nattt4 ~ +fANA~ VI @Et-
enteen June budied trees six died.
Trees whose roots were dipped IN
water before planting made me best
growth Those exposed In the sun an
hour pr more before planting made the
poorest growth,
Trees pfnnai to whips atxhe time OF
planting. those On which one inch stubs
were left snd those with three inch
stubs ali did about equally well. They
/ grew better and were larger hy fan
than those on which two-thlrds OF the
top was left.
Dipping the tops or tops and roots
n either single or double strength So
lntions cf lime, salt and sulphur seem.
4 ed 10 have no III effects, except to In,
I lure buds that were opening. Allmade
about equal growth during the sum,
mer.