Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-03-18
A Few Suggestions.
Nedar CitY. March lbth

WYNN WY AA0ANh AVths
Editor RecoEd:--Having had the
pleasure Of attending the Horticultural
course given at the time Of the Farm
ers Roundup at che Agricultural Col
lege last winter, thought perhaps
few suggestions would be appreciated
by all fruit growers.
Last year we were favored with a
good crop, but with proper care and at
tention 1t could have been greatly inn
proved. Apples were not AS wormy as
we can look for them TO be this year,
unless the proper precautions are TAX
en-. There having been no fruit for
several years previous to last year,
there would naturally be fewer worms,
but look out for themrthis year II we
are so fortunate as to have fruit. Now
Is the time to make ready. When the
time comes to spray you should have
good barrel spray and accompanying
fixtures to do your work To do good
work the tree should be trimmed so
that the spray could be driven into the
calyx of every blossom, for that is the
place where four-fifths of the first
brood of worms get into the apple.
XIII the first brood and you will have
no second. Clean all dead bark from
the trunk Of the tree, and clean up and
burn all rubbish from around them. BY
doing this many worms can be killed.
One destroyed in early spring prevents
breeding OF many in summer.
oget the best results we should
keep our trees we'll trimmed. don't
mean to keep them chopped down. II
a tree is so large and old you have tC
take an ak and rip saw to IL, start or
the roots first. That il the answer
received to the question of how t
prune such tree. A pruning saw il
an indispensable article around trees
II u tree Is overloaded with either
limbs or fruit the owner looses In quail
ity, uniformity Of color, Of size ant
flavor OF his fruit. II you have no
trimmed you will no doubt find 1t prof
table to do so Immediately. To cut thu
tops of apple trees means many watel
shoots, which are of little value. Th'
main points In pruning is to have thu
tree as low as possible, well spread
with an.even balance, centers cut on
to get all the'sun possible.
My attention has been called to sew
eral undesirable conditions. 1 foun'
one tree very badly infected will
with crown gall, which IL not destroye
will endanger other trees.
A friend called my attention TO
couple Of young trees that died las
year which was undoubtedly due t
the apple tree borer. He will lose 9th
ess II the proper precautions are nc
4 taken.
r No doubt all have noticed how ba
/ our trees are becoming infected wit
e the woolly aphis, This is easily hant
J, led. Scrape dirt from around crown (
4 tree for about two feet out along mai
roots. Take good tobacco sheep dil
mix IL with warm water, about tire
times as strong as recommended IL
sheep dipping and pour in around ii
:. tree, saturating it we'll.
= horticultural inspectors are to he'll
: not hinder the fruit industry, so II yC
!, have trouble with your trees let l
. help you. The fruit industry is gro'
: ing very rapidly practically all ov'
. the state and see no reason why Ire
County cannot make it princip
!. business IL late and improved metho
n were adopted, for we can raise as go'
J. fruit here as can be raised anywhere
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