The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-21
Carolina Farm Comment
BY F. H. JETER

the Topsail, a new white variety,
and the Creswell, a new black
one, that are superior to anything
which we now have.
Progress in new. fruit and vege-
table varities is showing up IN
other fields than blueberries and
scuppernongs. Another test with
the new Logan snapbean has been
reported by Dudley Robbins, field
man with horticultural crops in
Mitchell, Yancy and Avery coun-
ties. Mr.. Robbins says that Conrad
Weatherman of ingalls,, Avery
county, planted a row of the new
Logans through a field of Tender
greens, fertilizing, cultivating and
harve sting both kinds in the same
manner. Mr.. Weatherman checked
his yield of Logans with the ad-
joining row of Tendergreens and Sc
cured 267 pounds of Logans from
the forst picking, followed by 1O5
pounds at the second picking, or
a total for the row of 372 pounds.
Compared with this, he gathered
Ill pounds of Tendergreens at the
first picking and 81 pounds at the
second, or, a total of only 2O2
pounds. The Logans outyielded the
Tendergreens by ITO pounds on
that one short row and Mr.. Wea-
therman said the new bean far
excelled the Te~ndergreens in quail
ty. The percentage of U. S. No.
Is was higher, the bans were long
er and straighter, and the bushes
were taller and much more bushy.
1t appears, therefore, that this
new Logan is going to be one of
our best beans for future plant
ing, especially for the late crop
grown in the mountain area
Eastern Carolina peach orchard
owner have begun to treat their
trees for the borer. 1t this treat
ment is administered in October,
the peach tree borers are killed
before they can do much damage
to the trees. Growers are using
both Pdbenzene or Ethlene dichlo-
ride and both of these materials
can be secured at the local drug
stores. The material should be used
according to directions given OF
the package and is applied on
the ground near the trunk of the
tree. Then two or three shovels
of dirt should be mounded over the
chemical so that the fumes will
spread through the ground and
kill the borers.
DR.. Clyde F. Smith, associate
entomologist OF the Experiment
Station, has prepared an interest
ing little publication telling exact
ly how to control these peach tree
borers. The booklet is we'll illustrat-
ed and those peach tree grow
ers who may desire a copy can
get one free of charge on applica-
ton to the Agriculture Editor at
State College. Ask for the bulletin,
Peach Tree Borer."
General farm apple growers re-
port good crops. ]. P. Cox of Stan
field, route 2, in Cabarrus county,
has harvested about 1000 bushels
this season from his home orchard.
He suffered heavy damage from
scab but made good yields despite
this trouble. Mr.. Cox is developing
a reputation around Concord and
throughout Cabarrus county for the
quality of his fruit. People now
demand Cox's apple because they
say it means the best in quality.
That's a fine reputation for any
grower to have about anything he
produces. 1t means money for the
work done.
Roy D. Goodman, Cabarrus
Farm agent, says that some of
those who grew tomatoes as a
truck crop in Cabarrus this past
season lost heavily from a late
blight. Paul B. C. Smith of Mt.
Pleasant, route l, had his late
crop just about wiped out; and he
depended on it for a cash income
during the late summer. This is
the first report of this plant disease
in the county.
Cabarrus is noted for its les