Show SCRAPING TRUNKS OF treed fooce rough bark Is intended for against sun scald and severe winter storms scraping off the rough bark from fruit trees specially the apple la of doubtful expediency saya the fruit grower we see on the trunks of for eat trees old bark clinging there which has been present tor perhaps a hundred years doing the trees no injury especially Is this the case with th hickory tree some kinds of which are called shag bark hickory owing to the long strips of partly loose bark which clings to the trunks the oak has thick and horny bark but no one thinks of removing it the loosa rough bark of trees Is intended by nature as a protection from the scalding sun of summer and possibly from the severe storms or frost of winter but when the sees loose bark accumulating on bis apple pear or cherry trees he feels like attacking it at once with a boe or other implement and scraping it all off ther Is one advantage in having the appl and other fruit trees treed of th rough loosa bark tor it removes harbors for injurious insects where bark Is removed it should be carefully scraped up and the scrapings burned for there are sure to be in this refuse some eggs or bodies of injurious insects should you scrape the trunks of your trees to remove the rough bark be careful not to scrape deep enough to touch upon the inner soft whitish bark |