Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-17

btnattOn are: They AFFORD g. variety or
interests and OF work. There Is leisure
'between the acts to get ones breath
and to have a good time In the aggre-
gate there Is as much money as if any
one Of them were run rs n specially. one
is always sure of something for II one
crop falls or is light, the others arc pretty
sure to pull up the average. We can ex-
pand or contract our enterprise at will
A woman. in selecting her small fruits,
should consider her market and her IA
cilities for handling her crops
Currants and gooeeberries have certain
| advantages for long distance and FOR har-
vesting. over blackberries or raspberries
ana strawberries, Also the plants REQUIRE
less care.
There is, however. a great difference
| In the market qualities Of our strains of
| Strawberries, as we'll as the black and
| raspberry. Our own strawberry, tho
| Clovernook Beauty, Is very nrm berry
and good shipper. IT Yields nearly a
| pound of fruit to the plant, twenty-four
| OF the large ones III the basket one
can see at glance that judicious Sc
lection Of the variety as well as the
fruit Is desirable.
| regards poultry-"Just pay your
money ana make your choice" At Glow
ernook. we have found that our White
| Holland turkeys have out-distance,l
everything in profits. There Is no bird
or animal on the firm that pays SO we'll
In exchange for labor and food. as does
the turkey
PROFESSOR Cummings followed With q
paper on:
ORCHARD INSECTS
There Is serious annual loss I'm Yer.
mont in fruit culture through insect
lravages. conservative estimate would
approximate onc-third the average crol
which Is rendered unstable by insec,
injury. The regular tax of Sp6 bv in.
sects alone, is beyond coincidence. Som,
of this loss Is unavoidable, but much O,
1t IL preventablo.
The four important orchard insects O
Vermont are listed below:
Cooling Moth-The winter state is pass
ed under loose bark Of trees. The natur,
insect, which is a moth, energies in earll
spring, deposits eggs on tho leaves. TIL,
larvae or worms enter the apple Target,
at the calyX end, ana unless checked a
this critical time they enter the flesh an,
destroy the value of the fruit. Us
standard bordeaux plus two pounds o
arsenate of lead to Il 30 gallon solution
Spray thoroughly just after the petal
fall from the blossoms
Curculio-This insect causes much O
. the knotty fruit. The signs Of lnfesta
ton are the irregular shaped specimen
with numerous pits and depressions. Tn
eggs Of this insect are laid in May f
the young apples. and the adult emerge
therefrom.
The mature insects hibernate till tn
following spring. There are three mean
of control:
/. Spraying with arsenical posons
.. Destroying fallen fruit
3. Practise clean cultivation.
j, Apple Maggot-These insects destro
, many of the early apples and make man
Of the sweet winter varieties entirel
=, unedble. Spraying is OF no valu
9 Destroy all infested eruit and practis
:, deep fall blowing.
- Oyster-shel Bark Louse-The scale il
.. sect which lives on the bark OF twp
+ and branches and sucks the plant juice
a thus killing the twigs. Spray with pr
pared oils or with lime and sulphur. Al
n ply in spring before the trees leave on
- Kerosene emulsion is also effective
summer.
~ The successful control Of any inse
= depends upon the knowledge of its Iii
:, ha bits and the vulnerable points in 1
n life cycle. Familiarity with sprayr
10 operations and other control measure
Il is very desirable. For insects which ct
foliage or fruit use a stomach poisc
- like arsenate Of lead, two pounds
fifty gallons OF spray mixture. For fl
sects which suck, like Oyster-shel Ban
Louise. use contant sprays like lime az
sulphur solution.
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