Show PEACH LOUSE IS INJURIOUS all trees should be carefully fumigated by nurseryman nurserymen Nursery men as mere matter of precaution y E V this insect derives its name from its intense black color and smooth shining ape A great deal of the injury done by this insect Is not recognized by the grower who may charge it to bellows iel lows to applications made during the winter for other purposes or to climatic causes where the insects are numerous on the roots the tree simply looks sick the foliage Is thin imperfectly developed and light in color the lice are es pec lally destructive to nursery trees and to orchards just planted or in the second year nursery trees especially on light land are often infested it such trees are set out without treatment the in ejects may multiply without causing much or any perceptible injury the first season confining themselves to the trunk and larger roots close to it at the beginning of the second season the insects spread outward to the smaller rootless rootlets root lets increase in number so as to form a drain on the vitality of the tree and then the check to growth becomes apparent if the tree sustains itself during the second sum mer it will probably continue to live and may outgrow injury especially it well fed but a tree checked and weakened in early life rarely does what it should and is apt to be at black peach louse as it appears on roots of young peach trees tacked by disease and insects like the bark beetles which heed some deball bated trees tor their best development all peach trees should be carefully fumigated by the nurseryman as a matter ot precaution and it properly done this is entirely sate chere the trees have not been so treated they should be very carefully inspected before setting and if any signs of plant lice are noted the roots should be washed so as to free them of most of the dirt and then dipped in a strong tobacco decoction the dipping should be thorough and should be done just before setting instead of dipping in a decoction the washed roots may be thoroughly dusted with finely ground tobacco when setting and a handful of ground tobacco should be thrown around the trunk before filling the hole and firm ing it a young orchard Is found to be infested after it has been set remove the soil for a toot around the trunk is to form a shallow basin put in a pound of ground tobacco and cover see that the trees are kept well culta bated and supplied with sufficient plant food to stimulate rapid and vig orous growth OF ORCHARD SOILS combination of clean cultivation with Cover Crops Is best scheme say ohio expert by enof ohio college of agriculture probably the best scheme ever devised for handling the majority of or chard soils where the lay of the land will permit is a combination of clean cultivation with cover crops this method includes the plowing of the land as early in the season as the weather will permit the plow Is tol lowed at intervals by the harrow in order that the surface of the soil may be kept mellow throughout the grow ing season usually in the latter part of july or the first of august at the close of the growing season for trees a crop of some kind is planted and this is allowed to occupy the land until the next spring the land is plowed again aa early as possible and this Is followed by clean cultivation and a cover crop as before plums are hardy plums are hardy they thrive with little care A rotten rock or a deep sandy loam will grow this fruit 10 lo perfection |