Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-30
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 .3fhe qussaiortsT Of VihtaE,lldy, )sffpa bIoom.HG period of pesesles anJs.s,sSh.T fruit trees by mulching the gr6un1 anae' the tree feHfa1enfit; :conte$ es some haze sugges{fsfsd 43IplSe,hiPEg-a I.S yTsen tte ground is fro7th; a43th fr3nrp4he s'oWn lhe snow5t1 5nd F'ddVetias. the mass with straw-~qnd lfatsss. :9ofhgrs have suggested packing ice .arqAnd the stem or under ,tte's tree .ase means of. delaayN-ii}npgs the flowers and of fthus escabing hossible spring frosts.
 q a: a2fs s 744igSj52 7si9 M 54 s .sr:as .s's5 9 a7lfi& |baas efF1sha tree ffa 3li& spjiitsigs q phenomenon wholly Independent 9f tla temperature 6ftlziatssaoili Ahhnt tlse roots. # is'useEe f9fftrt*. Ioe atheIf ten. # sas nyel7ss @ @5fhert 2 's e7rd4.sil 1atis. 4..e | p , tae sbE4}EEsaes 22d eno9sa ..!..,s vi asaa ss5adi eo ofiahaB.ss3s frtt i s ak. nard der suitable conditions Of I,!#:i r5rl5 F tsarinf4Hts ffve shoF51 that '.as..9H plant lie il5ss gesaoe nf4s tiaeaaas ] carry feetf on hraac1 surrounded f,T propef. growing eoali- tens VHi1e tAe rest Of the plant is -eeflssa at5 in q freezing temper q J1Fe and a1ai a,leed the soil about tba. root fs froz toAas depth of two or free feet 0Ra Of the earliest e%>eritnents in hpEE 991ture made by Tn01aas Andrew TInfazf about a hun Covering the entire p5aRt with a 7dDich Of straw or other oaterial re TaEGe blooming and might he used in the ease of low growing plants like efna Wherfies. but if it rerans on fAore thaa 2 few davs in the warsn Heather Of spring the buds and fo i!aGe start to growing under the seH eg'n@. becoming hleaehed, etiola ! a;td wea tened and aust be uncoyere1 ct exposed to inc sunlight with care to avoid fa2.thor tnipfF.
 The whitening O the dark e9loregi iei iss bs spray ing tHe dormant .qrees Wita &65feHash, repeaGng it two or three times during tae winter, has teen tested here and elsewhere. and through reflection of the sun heat tends to rende: tie sHa.s rass less porent5 in starting the growth By ta4s means blossomng may Ae de.
 Qyed four CT five days and some times longer.
 However, here in Arkansas peaches ahd apples do not suffer as much by l spring trosts anyway as some people suppose. l speak of trees or or chards of course that are located on slopes and high ground where there is good air drainage. Paintings in valleys are very likely to be hurt bs spring frosts frequently. . E. :, Most. on chard planters> know, this and ayei'
 such locati%s for tree plantnss
 straw.ntelTfssiitesss raw.nteslfsies, etc. Sometimes plan' >1ass in the valleys .esfape' AssasPp,' n n yslley pIantings are injured a" .1,
 tbings on the higher. ground eseap' 'ss. !.
 ThjI son, etimess' pnztfes the grove
 me exp,anation is 't'iat "ftosts oec'
 :,, no,n, t5,weatheruwhennthe igener' .- ta,,nerat,ire frequently 'gisha fe~ HH1 iAeyeral degrees above tree~i"ssf no: lIiola air being denser anA thsaS "
 atura1lv. flows down to thes ,io%s - ,avels while. the warmer anH ihs;i,
 ,o.vas upward, being, displacea ss Ih5 ai 'ao ao'5 air Under such condiiti'o E ,9h1 Sois 3ti.;sa frost may .e ccur in t Y lIf ,;lrand destroy the 'h'osso' h llNhich have been lured out ,ps es+s [ |hracedins genial spr'ns wea,i, a,l1 j. mbi1e on the hills, and slopes ape k Iihs valley fruit ttibuds remain ''s 5 Hjured. , f,oez s w sather, accompanied wlth 'hoas as. E Eiess wind, conditions are reNe,' a
 l,Mhe valley is protected ana IS Wa
 while blossoms on the ms
 Easnosed to the moving air anu Y: IT .na ll,.p1 tan,nerature are injured or kf
 ine ,..,aruv however, plantings up a kpe ,,f ts sun and ,wind tends toward ' z-. I growth, and such plan'lnss lAE oalxe are ' slower in startlns '5M a[oNfh in the' spring partly oa a, sEt alcount and tpartly because t. ", x varm sunny days the temperae"' pc, ar tIas hiahland is not as warm or " uiafing as that in the ,atjs ;yalleg' h, ssIi efei, as Il Ibegaa to eApla.n .,h, n' zA sbrhg frosts are not re fespony1, .snsf v s--b s5oft fruit crops, or the ol. ;.s, y @A a| |ooften as Some of our grove row. :, gssgaA stt,ed Actual records 'naica.I s, - idtsiigently cared for apple orc r,,
 anl lintelhgently located m enen sn i ttfs.h,e sections of Arkansas pear eaa4 .a.oat < ean, saaa to five crops in siX.e lmper1ee' nslsa, ,lssssa, ,hation and wholly or paf.ia,, 'eetion sTeJi,e varieties are reSponslo .. a'ssa ,,bfl years" or light igghts crops 1.' m Ill, 7 table np lppass. but most of the time ap .pl he us- }chards which indulge in irequs "a hert .i,ars are those ins which sp
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