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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 19 
NEW TOP ON OLD PEACH TREES. 
One of the best bulletins on pruning 
the peach is No. 62 of the Delaware Ex¬ 
periment Station at Newark, Delaware. 
There is so much interest just now in 
cutting back frozen peach trees that we 
print three pictures taken from this bul¬ 
letin. Fig. 96 shows a tree that has 
grown all out of shape. To rehead it the 
limbs were cut back about as shown at 
Fig. 97. Fig. 98 shows the growth made 
from stubs of old limbs. Prof. Close in 
his bulletin thus refers to the trees: 
There are hundreds of trees In the State 
which are in poor condition to give satis¬ 
factory results. Some are fairly pro¬ 
ductive, but the fruit is borne high above 
the ground, thus making extra expense 
and labor in picking it; others are weak, 
unproductive and covered with moss; and 
still others are injured by San Jos6 scale. 
If the trunks are reasonably sound, new 
tops may be grown on these trees in a 
short time as follows: In the Spring, cut 
off the entire top leaving the stub limbs 
from one foot to four feet long, depending 
upon their position and the age of the 
tree; the younger the tree the shorter may 
be the stubs. A most luxuriant growth 
will be forced from the stub limbs and 
no doubt some Summer thinning will be 
necessary. J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, has 
renewed the tops on hundreds of old 
trees in this way. In the Fall of 1902 the 
writer visited Mr. Hale’s orchards and 
saw the practical working out of this prac¬ 
tice. Large trees like that shown at Fig. 
96, page 230, with fruit 20 feet from the 
ground, can be changed into low trees from 
which the fruit can be picked for years 
without the use of a ladder. A test made 
in the orchard of William M. Dickson, at 
Woodside, to determine the best time to 
remove the old top, resulted in favor of 
Spring operations. The trees cut in the 
Fall did not make as good growth as did 
the Spring-cut ones. The enormous growth 
made before June 10 from bare stubs is 
shown at Fig. 97. The trunks are five 
years old and the tops are two months 
old. An average stub tree from which this 
growth came may be seen at Fig. 98. 
Pruning Shrubs and Shade Trees. 
E. B., Long Island.— Should shrubs and 
shade trees be pruned in Winter? 
Ans. —Pruning of ornamentals is best 
left until possible harm from cold is 
past. All injured wood may then be cut 
out, and such thinning and shortening 
as may seem desirable effected. Many 
shrubs, such as lilacs, Azaleas, Spiraeas, 
Viburnums and Syringas bloom on the 
old wood, and are best trimmed just af¬ 
ter blooming, as Spring pruning takes 
away too many flower buds. Most roses, 
the Hydrangea and the Althaea or Rose 
of Sharon are best headed back when 
dormant. 
Dipping Small Trees Before Planting. 
When fruit trees are severely pruned, 
top and root, one advantage is that if not 
too far advanced, they can be dipped in 
some solution to destroy insects and pos¬ 
sibly diseases before being planted. What 
mixture will be best for this purpose? 
It is possible that one could get Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture and either whale-oil soap 
or kerosene emulsion together into a 
mixture in which small trees could be 
dipped and most of the insects or dis¬ 
ease germs destroyed. To kill scale in¬ 
sects the whale-oil soap should be as 
strong as two pounds in a gallon of wa¬ 
ter; kerosene emulsion would have to be 
used very strong also. I doubt whether 
such dips would have much effect on 
the crown gall, but possibly if an exist¬ 
ing gall were thoroughly cut out first, 
the dip might check its further develop¬ 
ment. But I would not set a tree show¬ 
ing any signs of this disease. I suspect 
that a lime, salt and sulphur dip might 
prove as effectual as any, but I should 
not expect too much from such a pro¬ 
cess. Insect eggs and fungus germs die 
hard sometimes. I would have as much 
faith in the lime, salt and sulphur as 
anything I can think of, and there would 
be no danger of its injuring the trees. 
M. V. SLINGEKLAND. 
and sulphur mixture would be even bet¬ 
ter than the whale-oil soap, though 1 
have not tried it. The liver of sulphur 
and lime would probably be as good, 
though no better than a boiled lime and 
sulphur mixture. I do not believe this 
would hurt small dormant trees unless 
too hot. I do not know what effect it 
would have upon the roots if they were 
dipped, into it, and I do not know wheth- 
er it would have any effect on the crown 
gall or not. I believe it would be bene¬ 
ficial to the health of the tree, but I 
should go slow about dipping all the 
roots into it until after I had experi¬ 
mented with it upon a few trees. 
Conn. Entomologist, w. e. biutton. 
Apples for Missouri. 
T. A. P., Mt. Orove, Mo .—In setting out an 
apple orchard this Spring in this section, 
for commercial purposes, say 1,000 trees, 
what varieties would you recommend? In 
what proportion should I plant Missouri? 
Would you recommend Stayman and 
Payne? Would you recommend Olden¬ 
burg and Wealthy as fillers to be taken out 
in time? Would it pay to top-work Wine- 
sap on small Spy trees, and in what way 
should I do it? 
Ans. —A commercial apple orchard in 
the Ozark country should have a con¬ 
siderable proportion of the Ben Davis 
type. Some may prefer the common 
Ben Davis and others the Gano, while 
still others think Black Ben Davis dif¬ 
ferent from Gano and better in color if 
not in other respects. At least half the 
number to be planted, which is 600, 
should be of one or more of these varie¬ 
ties. I would suggest planting 200 Jona¬ 
than, 200 Stayman and 100 Payne. The 
latter is as yet not well established in 
the markets, but it may be one of the 
best varieties when better known. Mis¬ 
souri is good as a filler, and I would use 
it very largely in that way, having at 
least half of the temporary trees of it. 
Stayman also makes a good filler. Ol¬ 
denburg will bear well and sell well, but 
it is too early to risk a large proportion 
of it, and the same is true of Wealthy. 
It would be better to top-graft Stay- 
man on Northern Spy than Winesap, 
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I like the idea of cutting back trees 
and dipping them in some insecticide be¬ 
fore setting. I have used whale-oil soap 
for this purpose and have seen others 
use it. I believe, however, that the lime 
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