Protection of Fruit Trees. 



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THE SHORT, WIRE CYLINDER. 



When trees have attained the age of six or seven years they are 

 usually beyond the period of injury by rabbits. We then have to pro- 

 tect only against mice. The short galvanized wire cloth cylinder alone, 

 well imbedded in the soil about the 

 base of the tree, is quite sufficient 

 even in badly infested orchards, ex- 

 cept when unusually deep snows 

 come and lie a considerable time on 

 the ground. It may then be well to 

 tread down the snow immediately 

 about the tree, to prevent mice bur- 

 rowing about and feeding upon the 

 stems above the protectors. 



THE SIMPLE PAPER CYLINDER. 



In combination with the soil or 

 cinder moimd, paper wrappers of 

 different kinds are temporarily ef- 

 fective in protecting from rabbits ; 

 but these protectors should be re- 

 moved during the summer season be- 

 cause of the fact that they afford 

 excellent places for concealment of 

 the laiwae of certain insects and for 

 the woolly-aphis. 



A simple paper cylinder formed 

 of ordinary printing, wrapping or 

 even newspaper, will serve well for a 

 single winter. The picture above shows clearly the manner of applying 

 and tying in place. All paper wrappers should extend a little below the 

 surface of the soil at the base. 



Fig. 16. The simple paper cylinder. 



BUILDING PAPER. 



A good grade of building or "sheathing" paper is, of course, pre- 

 ferable to wrapping or newspaper for tree protection. According to 

 grade, these heavier wrappers should cost but from one-tenth to one- 

 fifth of a cent each or 10 to 20 cents per 100, if the paper be purchased 

 by the roll of 500 square feet. These may be put on the trees in the 



