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BETTER FRUIT 



SejJtember, 1921 



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Filbert Trees 

 TZ'INDLY reply to query relative to filbert trees: 

 Is there any particular season when they 

 should be set out? Would slips from two year 

 old trees answer? Kindly give Instructions as to 

 care of young plants, soil, etc. — F. J., Washington. 

 (1) The best time to plant filbert trees is In 

 the fall or early winter. (2) Slips or shoots 

 from twi year old trees will do if they have suf- 

 ficiently developed roots. Before planting the 

 land should be thoroughly plowed and harrowed 

 and put In good condition. In setting, the best 

 practice is to place the trees about 20 feet apart. 

 The holes should be dug sufficiently large to give 

 the roots plenty of room and filled in at the 

 bottom with some good top soil and some stable 

 manure added. Unless the soil Is rich it should 

 receive for several years a dressing of barnyard 

 manure or other fertilizer. In caring for the 

 young trees, clean cultivation should be practiced 

 during the growing season, with a cover crop 

 planted In the fall and plowed under in the 

 spring. To have the young trees develop properly, 

 ail suckers and shoots should be removed from 

 them as quickly as they develop. The soil for a 

 filbert orchard should be of good quality, well 

 drained and yet have the ability to hold moisture 

 throughout the summer. Where the soil Is defi- 

 cient in lime this material should be supplied. 



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Woolly Apple Aphis 



I have been Informed by several orchardlsts 

 who have examined trees in my orchard that are 

 In a bad condition that they are attacked by woolly 

 aphis. What can I do to control this pest. — M. H. 

 G., Washington. 



So far no hard and fast remedy has been de- 

 veloped for the control of this Insect. The Ore- 

 gon Agricultural College Experiment Station 

 gives the following as the best treatment: For 

 infested bark and branches spray with kerosene 

 emulsion 11 gallons stock solution to 100 gallons; 

 miscible oil, 3 to lOOi or nicotine sulphate, I 

 pint to 100 gallons with 5 pounds of soap for a 

 spreader. A driving spray should be used to pene- 

 trate the wooly coating of the insect. It also says 

 that root forms on young trees have been con- 

 trolled by burying tobacco scraps or dust in 

 trenches over the roots and that miscible oil 5 

 to 100 or kerosene emulsion 14 gallons stock 

 solution to 100 gallons poured in the hollow 

 about the base of the tree has given some degree 

 of control. 



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Fair Dates 



rj^AIRS that «ill be held in the Nt)rtliwest this 

 year nt which fruit will form an important 

 part of the exhibits will be held on the following 

 dates: 



Oregon State Fair, S.ilcm, September 26 to 

 October I. 



Washington State Fair, Vakima, September 19 

 to 24. 



Idaho State Fair, Boise, September 26 to Oc- 

 tober 1 . 



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