THE CARE OF THE TRUNKS OF APPLE TREES. 249 



THE CARE OF THE TRUNKS OF APPLE TREES. 



A. D. LEACH, EXCELSIOR. 



The subject chosen for this paper is one I have seldom heard dis- 

 cussed in this society, and yet it is a subject of great importance to 

 every orchardist. 



An apple tree that has had the bark gnawed off by rabbits or 

 mice, or allowed to be sun-scalded until dead on one side, or had 



A. D. Leach, Excelsior, Minn. 



the bark knocked off by the end of a whiffletree in cultivation, can 

 never fully recover from the neglect or abuse of the man in charge. 

 I find in visiting the different orchards near my home that about 

 every third tree is more or less defective from carelessness, neglect 

 or abuse. Then the trunks of many trees are covered with rough, 

 dead bark and moss, which furnishes an excellent place for insects to 

 winter, that destroy the fruit and foliage the coming summer. 



