| Show GOOD TILLING BY EXPLOSION experiments have proved that young trees grow more rapidly and vigorously by this method it begins to look as it cultivation of the boll by explosion Is to be one of the recognized methods of arming in the future just as locomotion by ex Is already one ot the principal means ot getting carried about in other words the explosive plow will become as familiar as the ex plosive engine an english authority on high explosives plo W macnab points out that this new method of cultivation Is especially ally beneficial to orchards instead ot digging a hole with the spade in which to plant a young tree an excavation Is made in an instant by exploding a cartridge tho size 0 tho cartridge and the depth at which it Is placed depend upon the circum stances of the case but whether a large or a email hole Is blown tho beneficial effects of the explosion are in the complete shaking up and ing of the SOIL tats extends far beyond the edges of the excavation and below its hot torn so that fresh supplies of chemical food are brought within reach of the roots of the tree experiments have proved that young trees planted in ground prepared by explosion grew much more rapidly and vigorously than others planted in the usual way and begin to bear fruit sooner old exhausted orchards may be re invigorated by the use of explosives in some cases small cartridges are ex plodded under the roots of the trees and in other cases larger cartridges buried three or more feet deep are exploded midway between trees stand ing 15 feet apart the result is to loosen the soil without injuring the trees HARM BY APPLE TREE BORER thick whitewasher whitewashes White washes on trunk and limbs act as repellent against female the flat head borer Is a very destructive tive pest it Is a conservative estimate that 60 per cent ot healthy and properly planted trees which die soon atter setting out are killed by the larvae of these small active copper colored beetles young trees of al most every variety are attacked es pec lally it set out near woodlands con oak which seems to be the host and from which the borers breed out in large numbers after these larvae have gained en trance to the tree no external sprays or applications are satisfactory and the only course of treatment Is per bonal attention to each infested tree preventive methods are more successful if a thick coating of some harmless substance Is applied to tha injury caused by flat headed apple tree borer trunks and larger limbs of young trees it will act as a repellent against the female desiring to deposit her eggs thick whitewash painted or sprayed on the trees acts as good repellent it the appearance of whitewashed trees is objectionable the addition ot a little lampblack will tone down the brilliant white to a gray still leaving the caustic lime unaltered thick soap washes are also recommended for this treatment gooseberry pruning every spring strong roots are thrown up from the gooseberry bosn and these bear fruit the following season the old wood must be re moved to make room for the new or else you will soon have a mass 01 shoots BO crowded that they can bear no fruit it la not meant that the old wood should be cut every year rather select two or three good shoots and let them brand and be the fruit bear ers tor some years meanwhile re move tho most of the new crowth cost of production how much has it cost you to produce a box of apples unless you know the cost of producing a bot 0 fruit you should not find fault with the market price common peach disease leaf curl is a more or less common disease in all peach growing regions of the world and in some places hat proved the most destructive of all diseases d 1 |
