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The  Wormless  Apple 
The  seedless  and  coreless  rpple  nia.v  he 
the  idle  dream  of  the  plant  wizard,  or  the 
basis  of  some  promotion  scheme,  but  the 
wormless  apple,  at  least,  is  not  only  a 
possibility,  hut  has  become  extremely 
popular  with  all  apple  lovers.  It  is  no 
longer  an  experiment  to  control  the  Cod¬ 
ling  moth.  Kvery  Spring,  just  after  the 
blossoms  fall,  an  army  of  apple  growers 
starts  out.  each  one  with  his  own  peculiar 
arrangement  for  combating  the  unwel¬ 
come  little  apple  worm.  There  are  differ¬ 
ent  materials,  and  different  methods  of 
application,  but  if  the  grower’s  efforts  re¬ 
sult  in  wormless  apples,  he  at  least  feels 
his  plan  is  the  “best”  one. 
Titf,  Material. — Of  course,  the  most 
satisfactory  worm  poison  now  in  use  is 
arsenate  of  lead.  Few  would  think  of 
using  Paris  green  or  London  purple  any 
more.  The  lead  stays  in  suspension  bet¬ 
ter,  and  is  not  nearly  so  likely  to  injure 
the  foliage  or  fruit.  From  two  to  three 
pounds  of  lead  paste  (or  half  that  much 
lead  powder)  is  recommended  to  50  gal¬ 
lons  of  water.  Either  powder  or  paste 
should  be  reduced  to  a  thin  milk  before 
adding  full  quantity  of  water,  I  would 
use  the  stronger  solution  for  the  apple. 
This  is  all  the  material  necessary  to  kill 
apple  worms,  just  plain  arsenate  of  lead 
and  clean  water  applied  to  the  apple  blos¬ 
som  just  at  the  right  time.  However  it 
is  always  advisable  to  add  a  fungicide  to 
the  poison.  The  cost  of  application  being 
the  same  a  double  purpose  can  be  served 
with  a  little  extra  cost  for  material.  The 
fungicide  will  help  to  control  various  dis¬ 
eases  of  the  leaves  and  fruit,  such  as 
apple  scab  and  rot.  and  the  various  blights 
and  rusts  of  the  foliage.  It  will  not  con¬ 
trol  fire  blight  of  the  twigs  and  limbs. 
Many  recommend  using  Concentrated  lime- 
snlpbur  as  a  fungicide  with  the  lead. 
From  one  to  two  gallons  of  the  liquid  is 
added  to  50  gallons  of  lead  spray.  For 
i,iv  part  I  do  not  like  the  combination  of 
lead  and  lime-sulphur.  It  forms-  a  black¬ 
ish  liquid,  and  it  seems  to  be  almost  im¬ 
possible  to  keep  the  material  suspended 
in  water  even  with  agitation.  I  nearly 
ruined  a  section  of  my  peach  orchard  last 
season  with  this  lime-sulphur-arsenate 
mixture  put  on  at  peach  strength.  We 
used  several  thousands  gallons  on  apples, 
and  while  I  do  not  think  any  injury  was 
caused  on  the  apples,  yet  I  feel  sure  bet¬ 
ter  results  can  be  attained  with  material 
that  stays  more  properly  mixed.  My 
neighbor  had  a  like  experience  in  his 
peach  orchard.  Wo  never  had  this  trouble 
with  Bordeaux  mixture  in  combination 
with  arsenate.  It  is  certainly  safer  on 
peaches,  and  gives  splendid  satisfaction 
on  apples.  I  use  a  commercial  prepara¬ 
tion  of  Bordeaux-arseuate.  Berlin ps  I  pay 
a  little  dear  for  the  mixing,  but  I  feel  the 
manufacturer  with  his  equipment  eau 
beat  me  at  making  a  well-mixed  and  uni¬ 
form  product.  Of  course  it  is  very  noees- 
sarj  to  purchase  your  material  from  a  re¬ 
liable  maker,  a  brand  that  lias  been  tested 
and  found  satisfactory. 
Time  of  Application. — From  the  time 
when  three-fourths  of  the  petals  are  off 
till  the  .calyx  closes:  this  period  is  rarely 
longer  than  10  days,  and  in  warm  grow¬ 
ing  weather  not  so  long.  Experience  lias 
proven  that  the  sooner  the  poison  is  ap¬ 
plied  after  three-fourths  of  the  petals  are 
off.  the  better.  No  trees  should  ever  he 
sjirayed  while  in  full  bloom.  There  is 
danger  of  injuring  the  delicate  flowers  as 
well  as  of  poisoning  the  loaves.  It  has 
also  been  demonstrated  that  the  little 
worm  is  not  yet  hatched  at  this  time, 
hence  such  an  early  application  would  be 
unnecessary.  In  Pennsylvania  we  have  a 
law  against  spraying  trees  in  bloom  until 
three-fourths  of  the  petals  are  off.  There 
is  surely  no  good  reason  for  such  spray¬ 
ing. 
Method  of  Application. — The  spray 
pump  should  be  put  in  repair  before  the 
time  for  spraying  arrives.  See  that  suck¬ 
ers  and  washers  are  all  right.  Better 
have  a  new  set  along,  examine  your 
strainer.  A  poor  strainer  will  give  no 
end  of  trouble.  The  material  should  be 
applied  at  bigb  pressure  with  rather 
coarse  nozzle.  If  barrel  pump  is  used  do 
not  crowd  it.  with  too  many  nozzles.  One 
lead  of  hose,  with  two  nozzles  attached,  is 
about  all  one  man  cares  to  supply  power 
for  properly.  Try  to  drive  the  spray  into 
the  flowers.  I)o  not  drench  the  trees,  op¬ 
erate  rapidly.  A  second  application  may 
be  made  several  weeks  later,  but  the  first 
application  is  by  far  the  more  important 
as  far  as  wormless  apples  arc  concerned. 
However,  where  there  is  apple  scab  or 
leaf  blight  later  applications  will  be  nec- 
cossary.  I  never  spray  my  young  apple 
trees  more  than  once.  A  wormy  apple  is 
almost  a  relic  the  last  four  or  live  years. 
The  first  two  years  they  were  in  bearing 
I  did  nbt  spray.  The  apples  were  so 
knotty  as  to  lie  almost  worthless.  The 
worm  less  apple  is  the  only  apple  worth 
while.  DAVID  PLANK. 
Pennsylvania. 
Spraying  for  Tomato  Blight 
On  page  514  I  am  surprised  to  note  a 
tone  of  doubt  as  to  efficacy  of  spray  in 
tomato  ldiglit.  I  am  an  amateur  tomato 
grower — 100  to  500  vines  on  stakes  and 
pruned  for  family  use.  and  have  been 
spraying  Bordeaux  mixture  for  over  15 
years.  At  first  two  sprayings  were 
enough,  but  each  year  I  have  found  if 
necessary  to  spray  oftener  and  more 
thoroughly,  till  now  it  requires  spraying 
every  10  nr  12  days,  and  oftener  if  rains 
are  heavy.  I  always  leave  control  vines  v 
and  for  several  years,  un sprayed  vines, 
simply  die  before  any  tomatoes  are  de¬ 
veloped  and  matured.  By  thorough 
spraying  I  grow  tomatoes  the  wonder  of 
the  community,  size,  quality  and  ever- 
bearing  special  features.  Blight  is  now 
destroying  all  tomatoes  here,  if  grown  on 
same  ground  more  than  two  or  three 
years.  Last  year,  with  much  rain,  worst 
ever.  m.  s.  r. 
Winchester.  Ky. 
A  Kentucky  Market  Garden 
I  have  only  a  few  acres  of  ground,  all 
inside  the  corporate  limits  of  a  city  of 
10,000  inhabitants.  I  enjoy  gardening, 
but  the  high  price  of  the  land  makes  it 
necessary  to  raise  the  maximum  amount 
of  produce,  hence  the  necessity  for  crop 
rotation  and  intensive  cultivation.  For 
several  years  I  have  been  very  successful 
in  getting  profitable  returns  from  ray 
land,  and  the  labor  employed  in  its  culti¬ 
vation.  One  of  my  favorite  schemes, 
which  has  been  uniformly  successful,  is 
to  select  my  cantaloupe  and  melon  patch, 
located,  of  course,  as  far  as  possible  from 
the  former  melon  plot,  manure  and  plow 
the  ground  deep  in  the  late  Fall.  In  Feb¬ 
ruary  or  March  prepare  the  ground  t.hor-  I 
ougbly.  lay  off  in  rows  three  feet  apart 
and  plant  to  early  potatoes,  omitting  I 
ever}  third  row.  which  will  lie  prepared 
later  for  melons.  Or,  lay  off  the  rows 
nine  feet  apart  and  plant  peas,  beets, 
radishes,  onions  and  other  small  early 
vegetables  in  drills  between  them,  leav¬ 
ing  about  three  feet  space  mi  each  side  of 
the  rows  for  planting  and  cultivating  the 
melons  later. 
<  Irdinarily.  the  potatoes  and  small  veg¬ 
etables  will  be  harvested  and  used  or  sold 
by  the  time  the  melon  vines  are  running. 
Cultivating  and  harvesting  the  small  veg¬ 
etables  keep  the  ground  clean  and  well 
prepared  for  the  melons  that  are  now 
coming  on.  As  soon  as  the  small  vege¬ 
tables  are  out  of  the  way  and  before  tlu: 
melon  vines  are  long,  drill  a  row  of  corn 
or  sorghum  between  each  melon  row. 
The  corn  and  melon  rows  should  now  be 
about  4%  feet  apart.  There  will  be  time 
enough  before  Hie  melon  vines  cover  the 
ground  to  cultivate  the  corn  one  time, 
but  the  ground  by  this  time  will  be  in 
such  good  condition  as  to  insure  au  excel¬ 
lent  corn  crop. 
I  have  found  the  growing  corn  between, 
the  rows  shades  the  melons,  takes  up  the 
excess  of  moisture  that  is  injurious  to 
melons  and  assures  a  belter  crop  of  the 
fruit.  This  plan  and  similar  ones  in¬ 
sure  me  two  crops  annually  on  most  of 
my  land  at  a  cost  of  but  little  more  per 
acre  for  seed  and  cultivation.  T.  c.  c. 
Kentucky. 
All.  sir.  we  do  enjoy  your  sermons,  ’ 
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“They  are  so  instructive.  We  never 
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