The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-05-26
THE NATION NEEDS
FRUIT PRODUCTS
Orchard Work in May and June Is
Very mportant-Cultlvate Or
chards Until August.
BY J. S. Knox, horticultural, Exten-
sion Division University OF
Arkansas

list in the state should take precaution
not only to have a large crop, but the
best crop obtainabke. Good fruit can
be secured only by proper care and
by continuing the orchard work in
May and June. Possibly there is no
other season of the year when the
work in the orchard is of greater i'm
portance than it is during these
| months
This being the case, it is all In
portant that we should cling to
our orchard work and see that the
fruit trees have the attention which
they merit Just as long as our or
chard work is made a sideline and
neglected when the real farming sea-
son comes on just so long will we be
| harvesting crop Of diseased CT
wormy fruit that will scarcely bring
returns sufficient to pay for the hap
vesting and packing. There is only
one way to grow first class fruit and
| that is to take the best Of care OF the
orchard. II we fail to continue the
! spraying and cultivation through the
growing season we have very poor
chance of gathering crop Of good
sized and perfect fruits. The qucs-
ton is often asked, Can | afford to
spray my orchard three or four times
each season." AS an answer to this
question would simply say, ASK
your neighbor who has tried it,
Spray ThorouohIy.
Continue the spraying Of the stone
fruits, such as peaches, plums and
| cherries with the $3.50 or self-boiled
! lime sulphur solution adding l IL
pounds Of arsenate of lead paste to
each so gallons Of the solution. The
fruits have grown considerably since
! the last application and, consequently,
it is not so well protected as it was.
/ In doing the spraying. remember that
only the portion of the fruits covered
by the solution will be protected
asainst the ravages of the insects or
diseases. This being the case it can
be seen that thoroughness is one of
! the great factors in spraying. You
cannot do the work thoroughly With
out some of the solution dripping
from the trees so don't worry about
| that. II is usually during this season
of the year that brown rot and scab
are raging on the peach crop and the
farmer who discontinues his spraying
! operations now ia the one most likely
to suffer. If some of the trees are
dying. better dig them up and burn
! them since they make ideal breeding
! places for bark beetles
Don't Let Bitter Rot Destroy
Your Apples.
The work in the apple orchards will
! consist in the spraying for control
Of codling moth, scab, blotch, and
canker worms Fortunately, we can
combat all of these with the same So
luton. Use about 2 IL gallons OF the
commercial lime sulphur solution and
four pounds of arsenate of lead paste
| to each 100 gallons Of diluted spray
| This work also must be done thor
! oughly and for best results additional
| sprayings must be made at intervals
| Of two to three weeks. About the
| middle Of June the bitter rot of the
apple is likely to show up in many or
! chards and for this reason 1t proba-
| bly, will be advisable to make one or
two applications of the 4-450 Bor-
deauX mixture solution. There seems
to be quite a lot Of this disease in a
| great many orchards over the sta,e
! and when an orchard is once infested
there is nothing that can control it
except thorough and systematic
! spraying.
In practically all of the vineyards
over the state there can be seen num-
bers OF mummed fruits still hanging
! on the vines. These were destroyed
in many instances by the black rot
| fungous and could have been saved
by spraying with Bordeaux mixture Of
| a strength of 4-4-50. The first appliea-
tion should have been made lust after
the berries set and others follow at
about three weeks interval Two
pounds OF lead arsenate paste should
he added to each so gallons of the
above solution for the control of the
grape curcuso.
Cultivate Orchards Until August.
Keep your orchard cultivated dur
ing the summer or at least until Au-
gust, when crop of peas may be
soWn for cover crop and for the pur-
| pose of adding more organic matter
to the soil. If you have cowpeas, pea
nuts, soy beans or potatoes planted
In rows between the rows OF trees it
may help to defray the expenses Of
! cultivatfng the orchard. These, how
ever, should be fortified so that they
will not draw too heavily on the soil.
! Keep after your orchard work. 1t will
surely pay you.
A number of excellent bulletins
treating of the different phases of
orchard work may be had by applying
| to the Extension Division, University
Of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark
All Of these bulletins contain infor-
nation which every orchaYdist
should have and as they are absolutely
free there is no reason why YOU
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