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* FRUIT. TRUCK ^5 VEGETABLES *
HOW TO DEAL WITH PEACH
TREE BORERS.
How Prof. Surface Has Kept HH Per
Cent of Bis Trees Free From
Borers.
The easiest way to deal with
peach tree borers is to remove them
from the tree with a pointed knife
blade, cutting up and down the tree
where necessary, but not cutting
across any more than must be done.
Wherever gum Is seen oozing from
the tree and containing line grains,
like sawdust, you may bo sure this
is due to borers; moreover, gum
without such grains does not come
from the holes of borers. Remove
all the pests; then wash or spray the
trunk of the tree with a thick or
heavy solution of the boiled lime
sulphur wash, made as you would
make it for San Jose scale, only us
ing twice us much lime. This means
17 nounds of sulnhur and 4 4 nounris
of lime boiled one hour, with enough
water to boll It, and then add water
to make r>u gallons. Stir It up and
strain it; paint the sediment that
remains around the trunks of some
trees, and spray the others with the
sirained liquid containing all sedi
ment that will go through the nozzle.
You thus have enough substance to
make a body that will stick to the
trees almost like paint. By applying
It w ith a coarse nozzle and a spray
pump, you can throw It well Into the
crevices and cracks where eggs may
be deposited, or w here there may be
young borers that have not yet en
tered beneath the bark.
This treatment will also prevent
mollis from laying their eggs there
In the summer season, and may even
be continued during the summer or
winter. The more of the bark that
Is covered, the bolter. Apply from
a pint to a quart to the trunk of each
tree, according to the size of the tree,
spraying it-to a distance of two feet
above the ground ami down to below
tho level of the ground, where, of
course, the soli was removed for the
purpose of letting you get down low
to examine the borers' holes.
\ft<*r the trees have been treated,
(ill In the ground, not only to the
level of the •oil, but to a height of
three or four Inches, mounding the
earth around the trunk of each tree.
If this method Is repeated about the
last of June, you will find there will
be but few borers, Indeed, to remove,
and almost no cutting to bo done to
the trees, and the application will
prevent the borers attacking the trees
during the summer. Mound the trees
immediately after applying the lime
sulphur wash and keep them thus
mounded Prof II. A. Surface.
Summer spraying of I'each au«! Apple
Tms.
I have some peach and apple
trees that I w ish to spray. The
peaches, or a part of them, be
gin to rot and fall off about the
time they get grown, and con
tinue until all fall, and some
others are troubled with worms
considerably. Would like to have
a formula to spray with for this
ho as not to Injure the young
fruit. Apples seem to be af
flicted with worms also.
(' A. M.
(\usw«r by l*rof. VV. K. Massey.)
I b«* peaches should have been
sprayed before the buds swelled.
',U| ''ini spray them now by mixing
I r. pounds of sulphur and IfO pounds
"r fresh lime, slaking them together.
Ilnn add water enough to make CO
gallons. Strain this and spray the
trees. Thoroughly boiled lime and
sulphur sprayed when the trees are
dormant will kill the scale that may
be on them and will have some effect
in checking the rot. But if you let
the rotten peaches remain and lay
on the ground you will always have
rut. Worms in peaches are caus
ed by the curculio stinging the fruit.
The only way to prevent this is to
jar the trees frequently, and gather
up the insects and bitten fruit and
burn them. In the large orchards
they use a machine like a big um
brella, with a slit in one side so that
it can be pushed around the stem of
the tree, and then Jar the tree, and
gather up the insects and put them
in a vessel with kerosene.
Apples should be sprayed early
with Bordeaux mixture, and as soon
as the blossoms fall, add 6 ounces of
Paris green to a barrel of the Bor
deaux and SDrav to kill thn rnrilinr
moth that lays the eggs for the
worms in the apples. You cannot
use the Bordeaux on peach trees in
leaf, for it will take all the leaves
off, but the lime and sulphur slaked
together will not injure them.
liig Stem Jersey Potato.
Will you kindly let me know
something of the variety of
sweet potato known as Big Stem
Jersey? Also let me know where
I can get seed and slips of this
variety. A. A. D.
(Answer by Prof. H. C. Thompson.)
The variety of sweet potato known
as Big Stem Jersey is considered the
standard commercial variety for
Northern and Eastern markets, and
Is grown more than any other variety
In Maryland, Delaware and New Jer
sey. It is a form of the Yellow Jer
sey. and was selected for its larger
size and productiveness. The vines
are long and slender and the potatoes
are Bpindle-shaped, and grow quite
large. The color is a rich yellow,
the flesh light yellow or deep cream,
and, while the variety yields well, it
is not a good keeper. The potato
cooks dry, and is not considered of
good quality in the South, where a
moist-tleshed potato 1b demanded.
I would not advise the growing of
this variety commercially in the
southern tier of States, as it seems
to be better adapted to the north
ern sweet potato growing region.
$1IM) on Letts Than an Acre.
Messrs. Editors: I am u reader of
your paper, and thought I would
tell of my success with watermelons
last year. I had in 7-8 of an acre,
and sold $190 worth and hauled theih
five miles. Now, if any of your sub
scribers can beat this let them write.
The land was ordinary red land. In
getting a stand I planted three times.
The bugs would kill them as fast as
they came up.
WILLIS JACKSON.
Jackson, Miss.
I had been trying to raise late
potatoes for several years. Last year
1 had my land fixed, and as I plowed
up the first crop, 1 planted the sec
ond crop. 1 never had a better stand,
j. i Copeland.
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BEE KEEPING FOR FARMERS.
VIII.—More Queries Answered.
A correspondent writing from
Unicoi County, Tenn., says he is very
much interested in bee culture, and
desires to know who manufactures
the best all-round hive. This would
be about as hard to tell as who man
ufactures the best all-round plow.
Farmers have different opinions
about plows, and so have bee-keep
ers about hives. For comb honey,
in sections, many keepers prefer
the Dauzenbaker hive, made by the
A. I. Root Company, of Medina,
Ohio. They claim that its shallow
depth causes the bees to work in the
super sooner. Others do not like it
Because or difficulty in handling its
frames. They would use the dove
tail hive, which is not now patented,
and is made by several factories.
Our correspondent has himself
been using the Danzenbaker hive for
comb honey, and last ye*.r produced
956 one-pound sections from fifteen
hives, and sold the same for 8108.68.
Most of it brought 20 cents per sec
tion, and he did sell 100 sections for
825.00. He has honey on his table at
every meal. His location near the
Great Smoky Mountains ought to
make modern bee-keeping very pro
fitable to him.
Our correspondent further states
that his Danzenbaker hives require
close attention, and he thinks of
using the Langstroth or the Dovetail
hive. Which would be the better
hive? We recommend the Dovetail.
Get the 10-frame hive. He has only
hybrid bees, if they were pure
blacks it might be as well or better.
i ne Italians are gentler, out perhaps
no better honey gatherers. They
are all right, but black bees seem
to compare up better with them than
formerly in the estimation of th«
general bee keeper.
Information about a bee keeper’i
manual or guide has been desired
For the general bee keeper, we should
recommend “The A. B. C. and X. Y
Z. of Bee Culture,” published by the
A. I. Root Company of Medina, Ohio.
They also publish “Gleanings in Bee
Culture.” This and “The American
Bee Journal,” of Chicago, are the
two most important periodicals for
bee keepers in this country.
T. C. KARN8.
Powell Station, Tenn.
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Spot cotton has sold for more
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