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BETTER FRUIT 



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ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS IN FRUIT GROWING 



BY T. F. SMITH, ASHLAND, OREGON 



Question 1 — What small fruit does 

 best among trees? Answer — Strawber- 

 ries is the best small fruit one can plant 

 among trees, but should not be grown 

 among the trees longer than four or five 

 years. There are no contagious diseases 

 or insects on the berry plants to be car- 

 ried to the trees. 



Question 2 — Does it do to put straw- 

 berries among cherry trees? Answer — 

 Strawberries may be planted among 

 cherry trees, and will do as well as they 

 would under any other kind of trees. 

 But if the land has poor drainage the 

 cherry trees will not do so well. (This, 

 however, applies to irrigated land.) 

 Otherwise it is a safe proposition. 



Question 3 — In caring for strawberries 

 how long should they be watered after 

 the crop is gathered? Answer — The 

 proper way to care for strawberries after 

 fruiting is to cut the tops off close to 

 the crown, let the cutting dry, add 

 enough straw or other litter to the cut- 

 tings to cover the row, then set fire to 

 bed. This will destroy rust, fungus and 



insects. If your berries are among trees, 

 where you cannot burn the patch over, 

 cut off and remove tops and burn else- 

 where, then spray with bordeaux 5-5-50. 

 Immediately after burning the bed should 

 be well irrigated and a thorough deep 

 cultivation given before the new growth 

 starts. The patch should then be kept 

 wet and cultivated enough to keep the 

 weeds down until the fall rains set in. 

 This growing condition will help to 

 keep out the worst enemy the straw- 

 berry has — the crown borer. 



Question 4 — What can I do to keep 

 the worms out of my currants? An- 

 swer — Use arsenite, one pound to fifty 

 gallons water; spray after bloom falls. 

 Ten days later use white hellebore, one 

 ounce to three gallons water. If worms 

 persist give them more hellebore. 



Question 5 — Is it necessary to spray 

 gooseberries and currants? If so, what 

 must I use? Answer — Besides spraying 

 the currant and gooseberry for worms 

 they should be sprayed every spring with 

 lime-sulphur for scale. The gooseberry 



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should be dusted with dry sulphur just 

 after the bloom falls to prevent mildew. 

 A second application will be necessary if 

 they have been badly mildewed the pre- 

 ivous year. 



Question 6 — In caring for the red rasp- 

 berry how long should they be headed, 

 and when should this be done? Answer — 

 Three and one-half to four feet is about 

 the right height for heading either red 

 or black raspberries; the time to head 

 the canes is when they grow to that 

 height by pinching off the terminal bud. 



Question 7 — How green should the 

 raspberry be picked for market? An- 

 swer — The berry should be well devel- 

 oped and fully ripe (not over-ripe). It 

 should never be picked when it crumbles 

 in picking, and never picked when hot. 



Qusetion 8 — What fruit pays best here? 

 Answer — The cherry, peach, apple and 

 pear are each a paying proposition if 

 planted on soil best adapted to the differ- 

 ent kinds. 



Question 9 — What crop should follow 

 a strawberry bed? Answer — Any good 

 hoe crop that will bring the life back 

 to it, that the pickers tramped out in 

 gathering the berries. 



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