Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-06

lit
eral TONS of well-rotted yard manure
over the soil and disk it in, it viii
he an advantage. If this materla
is not available, compost can often
he used to advantage. a complete
fertilizer containing 2 per cent nj
troeen, 10 per cent phosphorlc aclC
and from 4 to 5 per cent of potash
viii he found desirable to use or
land of the type described IN your
letter and in association with tins
crop. Apply five hundred pounoS
per acre.
Budding Peach Tree Sprouts
N A. H., BatesVille, Ark,
writes: I have quite a lot OF
neach tree sprouts which came
I'm from the seed last spring
that I had planted. wish lntor-
nation in regard to ouoolhS
them and when should the wofk
he done. l also have lot OIL
necans 1 want to plant so as to
oct SPROUTS to graft into. When
should they be planted anu now
deep, and how OLD shouIu NY
be before budded? How is the
belt budding of pecans done'
There is no reason why you should
NOT he able to bud the peach trees
sprouts about which you lhQulle,
and which have been headed IN al
winter and so kept in vigorous
condition. Set these sprouts out JUST
as early in the spring as practlcaole
where YOU wish them to stand anu
hud them in June. The objection
10 setting out trees and budding them
a fterward lies in the fact that II
will take them year or two longer
to come into bearing than If they
were hudded and developed IN a
row before transplantlng'
Thev thus occupy your land for d
longer time while non-productlVe'
They are also so small that they
must be carefully protected TO pre-
vent injury when cult1Vatlng the
land on which they are set.
Pecans should be put out IN
nursery rows, say about three Ieet
apart. Cover the nuts to a depth OF
several inches. Do not plant in the
nursery rows closer than eighteen
inches apart. The first year after
thew are planted, keep them free
of weeds and trash. They will not
likely attain a. height of more than
:, foot, or eighteen inches the hrst
year. The second year, you should
bud them, and then three or four
wears later, they will be ready for
into the orchard
Small trees are easiest to transplant
and a larger percentage of hVlng
trees is as a rule obtained from TINS
practice.
We prefer the method of budding
whereby a bud is left with a cam
blum layer attached. When you get
ready to transfer the bud, make a
cross in the bark of the tree to be
budded close to the ground. The
bark should be lifted sufficiently to
allow you to insert the bud. Oh
course a, piece of bark and a cam
blum layer must be attached to the
bud. When the bud is set under the
loosened bark, you bind 1t IN place
with raffia. II the work is properly
done, a very large percentage OF the
buds will grow. We consider this a
much simpler method of budding
than belt budding. An exert can do
belt budding, but for the novice, we
recommend the plan described above
Peaches may be budded in exactly
the same way as pecans.
Pruning Peaches and Grapes
c.. w. H, West Point, Ca,
writes: l have about twenty
five large peach trees five years
old. They are getting very tall.
Would you advise me ia prune
them? [ also have some grape
vines that need pruning. How
should this be done. 1 also wish
information in regard to spray
ing fruit trees.
The size of peach trees should be
kept under control by means of
Pruning during winter
tends to increase the growth Of wood.
Pruning during summer tends to
increase the production of fruit. We
would prune the trees back severely
at once They should be pruned so
as to let plenty of light and air into
the top, and should be headed back
so that most Of the fruit can be
picked from the ground.
Liberal fertilization of peach trees
is desirable if they are to yield free
~. A formula containing per cent
nitrogen, 8 to 10 per cent phosphoric
acid and from to per cent potash
should be used. Apply at the rate
Of ten pounds and upward per tree,
on the size. Young trees
Of course require only relatively
small amounts of plant food.
In spraying peach trees, you should
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ton. For one situated like yourself,
we believe it most practicable to buy
a small quantity of the prepared for
mula, and use according to direc-
ions. Where one is growing peaches
on a commercial scale, it is best to
buy the ingredients and mix the
spraying material. Under such cir
it is necessary to have
a. complete and large outfit, plenty
Of barrels, thermometers and other
equipment, which you are not likely
to have conveniently at hand.
The schedule for spraying peaches
is as follows: During the dormant
season, which is now, use line-sUl-
phur solution diluted to test Is dc
grees Baume. When trees are badly
infested with scale, make two appli-
cations, one in the fall and another
as late in the spring as possible be-
fore growth begins. The second APP
plication should be made not later
than February. The earlier treat
ment is desirable. After the shucts
fall, that is the petals drop, use the
self boiled lime solution, $3.50
To each fifty gallons of
this material, add two pounds arse
nate of lead paste or one pound Of
powder. After three weeks, use TIE
above formula again. Four weeks
before the fruit is ripe, the self
boiled lime sulphur solution alone is
used. This application is made to
prevent the rotting of the fruit. If
lice appear on peach trees, spray
with soap solution. One pound of
any good, hard soap dissolved in
from six to eight gallons of water
soap solution.
Grape vines may be pruned any
time from now on. The nature and
degree of the pruning undertaken
depends a good deal on the treatment
the vines have been accorded previ-