The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-17
Rv the Faruaer,a Farmer. )

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 (By the Farmers Farmsr9 I Out of the garden and the orchard
 will be found many apple. plum and pear trees current bushes and rasp- berry and blackberry canes which have an array of dead-wood which must be eliminated in order to bear most pro- ductively next year. It will well re- pay the enthusiastic gardener to take advantage of clear and sunny days in the winter time to study each individ- ual tree and with trimmer and saw to prunne these down. Deadswood l.should be eliminated to prevent fur l ther extension Of the decay When ever such tree surgery is attempted. however, care should be taken not l to tear the bark below the outs and l all cutting operations should be made close to the next limb or trunk that protecting stenps may not be left to rot and carry the infection further in- ] to the tree. An application of rough paint will be found desirable to pre- vent the accunu1ation of insect eggs l in the spring.
 Such trimming of trees to give the remaining fruit bearing area better opportunities of developing their fruit, may be carried on judicv1ously as far as removal of suckers which serve no useful purpose and drain from the vital sap of the tree. Many methods l of pruning or trimming are prac- 1 fticed by arhor3sts today. but one gen.
 
 l is to give the largest possible area
 to the sun and rain- It will be found I that where an-excess ofSbfanches seek | to fofce themselves to the light, the 1 fruit borne beneath the shade seldom mahures with strength, Trees, should I therefore be pruned with reference to 1 this principle.
 Beginners in the art of tree trim ming should proceed with the utmost care, as in the human body, when 1 se4F- f7cC1 vitality is required to overcome the
 shock. A good rule to pursue is to
 trim yearly but with enonomy.
 In many instances where trees have not borne satisfactorily during the previous year, the fault will not be
 found to lie with rotten branches or
 excessive woody growth In many instances the tree will have been
 found to have lowered and properly
 pollenized but to have later drop ped from the branches when young I This will have been particularly mo- I ticeable in young plum and peach l trees. There are several causes, prin- cipal among which will he found the variouse insect pests which through l their eating or sucking propensity cause rot in the unmatured fruit and consequent dropping from the bran ches.
 At this time of the year the larvae of the yet unbred insects will be found in the young and tender tWfglets of the tree, under the bark of rough derous webs ror cocoons about the bare limbs of the tree. These should be I destroyed as far possible and
 burned up to prevent their being tspread to other plants. The hidden insects and blight spores must be
 fought later in the winter and early spring by sprays, to be governed by the nature of the pest. While lime sulphur solution which may be ob- I tained from local dealers will be effec- tive in some cases, bordeaux mixture and in some eases arsenic must be re- isorted to. For the amateur garden Ter when he suspects that his plants Tor trees have become effected he should at once carry samples of the Insect or blight to some experienced farmer or agricu1turist and determine just what fcourse he should pursue. Tn the case of strange insects or un- known blights samples sent to the State Experimental college at Storrs
 will be appreciated by the state de- pertinent and result in careful inves- litigation by the authorities.
 Woody stalks should be removed from all blackberry and Raspberry Icanes while the new shoots be left for the coming seasons crop. Later the Il tipping process may be judiciousIy lpracticed that all the possible sap may be thrown into the berry.
 I In the case of grapevine the trim Rnaing process may be deferred until spring but should be accomplished before the sap runs freely or bleed ing'' will result. In order to trim tgrape-vines successfully the instruc- ton of a practical raiser should be so- IEcited. as it Is easy to trim a vine back too far and thereby lose the sea- sons crop Yet this practice Is car rfed back too far and thereby lose the Iseasons crop Yet this practice Is carried so far by expert raisers that they even remove the young shoots during the summer season and leave only sufficient leaves to keep the grape clusters from sun-burning.
 I Currant bushes and gooseberry bushes should be well cleased of dead wood, and if properly supplied with } fertilizer in the early spring will re- spond willingly to the treatment and bear much more plentifulIy and larg-
 CT sized berries than before.
 I In' the case of peach trees, these will often be found to be infested with the "yellows.'' Such disease is fa- Il tai to the tree and fruit and when found should result in the cutting and burning of the tree to prevent spread gt ef infection to other gardens This
 disease is usually indicated by an early
 turning of the leaves from green to | -o9 1e14f+ S71p mir ar