Show INSURE NEXT CROP BY CLEAN ORCHARD cleanup clean up measures with the help of sunlight will greatly aid in prolonging the life of the tree and will act as insurance for the next crop says george P hoffmann noff mann associate horticulturist at clemson college who warns arns fruit growers that no chain Is stronger than its weakest weak est link and that disease and insects attack trees and any form ot ol life in the weakest individuals or parts of the individual applying this truth troth to fruit trees orchard owners should go over their trees and remove from both bearing and nonbearing trees all weak diseased lying dying and dead twigs and branches and all decayed fruits I 1 all bearing trees especially the peach and the plum should be gone over and all undesirable material removed carried from the orchard and destroyed as soon as possible after the harvest season the careful livestock grower would not think of allowing diseased animals to remain in his herd why should the fruit grower not follow this rule of safety i when diseased insect infected e acted broken branches and decayed fruits are allowed to remain in the orchard conditions are ideal for the development of brown rot at the opening of the next season and for shot or pinhole pin hole borer during the late summer very weak trees ma may be fertl fertilized 1 iced as soon as the crop Is off with either 8 4 4 commercial fertilizer or well rot ted barnyard manure judgment must be used in applying commercial fertilizer to avoid burning three to ste sir pounds scattered under the tree as far out as the branches bran chea extend and not closer than two feet from the trunk of the arte and incorporated in the first two inches of soil will give excellent results barnyard manure may be applied in the same manner one to two bushels per tree but cannot be worked into the soil as easily young trees of nonbearing age must be carefully watched for the foregoing reasons and kept in thrifty growing condition or weak growth will result and the orchard will be likely to prove disappointing |