The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13

Des Moines REGISTER and Leader W.
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were usually and properly pruned back
severely to renew this years growth
of wood lower down.
AS a result of this heading back
The present season is too advanced
making an unusually vigorous dense
growth of new branches. In order to
secure the best form of tree accord
ing to the experience Of the Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station this
dense growth of new limbs should now
be thinned. If all these branches are
left crowding each other, they will fill
the center of the tree which Will re-
suit n their being shaded and weak
ened. This will prevent the proper
fruit bud formation IN the body Of the
tree.
Enough thinning Of the dense
branches in cut back peach trees
should be done to oper up Tie center
OF the trees TO admit suniig'.. and air
Space the branches so ear, one will
have room to make fuii development
and mature its fruit buds for tne COM
ing season. Pruning should De most
abundant in the center Of the tree in
order to form rather an open center
and to encourage the formation Of
low, wide, spreading head. Tnc ten
dency of much Of this Ecw growth J..
directly upwards. In many cases
strong inner branches growing
straight up may be tipped back to out
ward growing side branches TO secure
lateral spreading form Of the tree.
Give this strong new growth plenty
Of room ana light and a fine crop of
fruit buds will result Tc:;.. year, but
if they are too denseIy shaded, the
fruit buds cannot develop and mature
to best condition.
The fungOus disease, Anthracnose.
is very prevalent in Missouri this year,
If the letters and infected raspberry
stems received at the Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station are any
indication. Officers Of the Depart
rent of Horticulture doing work over
the state also find that in some local
tiles AnthTacnose is causing much
more damage than usual.
The presetn season is too advanced
to give any very essential treatment
for this disease at the present time. Il
is, however, highly desirable that the
growers become acquainted with it if
it is appearing in their fields. They
will then be prepared to treat plants
next spring so as to prevent further
injury from the disease the following
season.
Anthracnosc occurs on the fruiting
canes of the current season, and also
on the new shoots which viii be the
fFuiting canes for next year It usual /
" appears in the form Of spots or
blctches on the canes, varying from |
one-siXteenth to one-fourth of an inch !
in diameter. These blotchos are
hrownish or reddish toward the cen !
ter and usually have a pUrplish ring /
around the outer border. Where the |
fruiting canes are badly affected. a
weak growth IS likely 20 result. The /
berries are understood ard some of !
them may even dry up and fail to ma
ture fully. In severe cases fruiting /
shoots may more Or less die back.
Treatment for Anthracnose Of the /
raspberry consists of two things: a /,
pruning back the fruiting canes more
severely than usual in late winter NJ
early spring, and (2}) spraying the
,anes thoroughly with Bordeaux mix /
.ure Just before the buds begin grow.t
n the spring. Spray before the canes
eaf out as the leaves are very sus-
,eptible to burning from spray.
Anthracnose-spotted canes cannot
AIRY as much fr1iting wood as
healthy cnes. For that reason, the