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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
March 30, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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PREVENTING SNOW DAMAGE . 
This is the way, as shown in Fig. 151, 
I saved about six little trees last Winter 
from being broken down by the snow. I 
have planted trees in these places three 
different years, but always found some 
PROTECTING AGAINST SNOW. Fig. 151. 
of the limbs broken down when the snow 
went away in Spring. I think it is worth 
knowing. I simply tied the limbs to¬ 
gether with a string. o. w. 
Erie Co., N. Y. 
Currant Canes Dying. 
W. E. H., Arlington, Mass .—Can you tell 
the cause of currant bushes dying back? 
I find the ends of most of my bushes die, 
and by breaking them, I find the inside pith 
is black, and it seems almost impossible 
to get any growth on the bushes. What 
can I spray with to prevent this? 
Ans. —Such dying of currant canes 
may be due to borers working in the 
canes, or more probably, to a fungus 
disease known as wilt or cane blight. 
For both of these troubles the best 
method of treatment is to cut out and 
burn every one of the affected canes 
soon after the leaves come out in May 
and again in June. In order to be effec¬ 
tive the work must be done thoroughly. 
Probably it is useless to spray for either 
borers or wilt disease. F. c. stewart. 
GRAFTING A GRAPE VINE 
J. F. D., Scappoosc, Ore.—I have a grape 
vine, a good grower but fruit of poor qual¬ 
ity. It is trained as shown in diagram 
and I would like to graft it where the 
marks X ai’e. Can I do so successfully? 
I remember seeing in The R. N.-Y. perhaps 
a year or more ago a correspondent who 
made quite light of grafting grape vines, 
lie treated the matter as of no more diffi¬ 
culty than we have with other fruit, but 
others here who ought to knew tell me it 
cannot be done with success unless you graft 
below the ground. 
Ans.— I should say from your dia¬ 
gram that the vine in question is 
trained to the horizontal arm spur sys¬ 
tem and that you desire to graft the 
numerous spurs along the arms. It is 
very doubtful that you can be success¬ 
ful, as there is too much opportunity 
for the parts to dry out before a union 
takes place. I should much prefer to 
cleft-graft a little above or at the level 
of the ground or even below. This can 
be done as in top-working apples, cut¬ 
ting the scions a little thicker on the 
outside. It is best to start the taper 
opposite a bud, placing the scion in the 
cleft so that the bud forces out and is 
at or just above the level of the cut 
stock. If the stock be large enough, 
insert two scions. After they are 
placed so that the sapwood of scion 
and stock are in contact, mound up 
dirt firmly till the top bud of the scion 
is just exposed. If it is impossible to 
do the grafting before sap flow be¬ 
gins, delay it till the vigorous flow is 
over and then do it. There is a de¬ 
cided interruption after the first flow. 
Some even prefer the latter period for 
grafting. It will then be a simple mat¬ 
ter to train the growth as before, and 
you will have a better vine than could 
possibly be obtained in the way you 
suggest. F. E. GLADWIN. 
Geneva, N. Y., Exp. Station. 
^Making Over a Baldwin Orchard. 
J. P. O., Salem-, Mass .—I would like to 
know the opinions of my brother farmers 
and fruit growers on a neglected orchard. 
This orchard can be had for the renovation 
of it for three years and then the owner 
takes it back again. It is situated on good 
strong rolling farm land and has been 
neglected for years, starved and eaten down 
with caterpillars. The trees are sound, 
however, and quite free from scale. The 
trees are about 90 per cent Baldwins. I 
expect a lot of work in a deal like this 
one. Can an orchard in this condition be 
made a paying venture in three years? 
This is the question which somebody no 
doubt will be able to answer. 
Ans. —We should hardly care to take 
an old orchard of Baldwins for only 
three years. The time is too short in 
which to get the trees back into shape. 
This variety bears every other year and 
during these three years you might get 
only one crop, and that not on the 
third year. We would not take such 
a proposition for less than five years 
anyway. 
Fruit prospects here in southern Ohio are 
good. It was supposed that all the peach 
buds were killed, as we had such cold 
weather, but on examination it is found 
that on many varieties there are plenty of 
good buds and some on almost all kinds, 
but not enough on the tender varieties to 
make a crop. Some kinds have as many as 
90 per cent alive, and some kinds as few 
as 10 per cent, but on the higher land 
where the trees are strong there seem to be 
plenty of Elberta left, some having 80 to 
90 per cent living. Cherries seem to be 
hurt hs badly as peaches, or maybe worse, 
but it is more difficult to tell about them 
till later in the season. It was only 10 
days later than this last year when the 
fruit buds were nearly out, and we had 
the coldest day of the Winter on the hills 
and most of all fruits were killed here. All 
is dormant yet and it seems as though we 
may have a late Spring. u. T. cox. 
Lawrence Co., Ohio. 
Peach Buds. 
I find my percentage of live buds as fol¬ 
lows on peaches: Carman, 33 per cent; 
Champion, 40; Elberta, 20; Crosby, 70; 
Waddell, 70 ; Late Crawford, 10, old trees; 
Early Crawford, 25, old trees; 10 degrees 
below zero, coldest that I have noticed this 
Winter. a. l. l. 
Salem Depot, N. II. 
The consensus of opinion of peach grow¬ 
ers along the lake is no Elberta ; Early and 
Late Crawford about 45 per cent buds alive; 
St. John looks fair; Dewey shows up well 
around Lockport. No Carman or Chair’s 
Choice. A few growers say they have fair 
show of Niagara. e. e. l. 
Lockport, N. Y. 
Peach buds are believed to be all killed 
here, also a large number of the old trees. 
The young and more vigorous are not 
thought to be very badly injured. 
Olinda, Ont. ‘ m. g. b. 
Peach buds are all killed here. Red rasp¬ 
berry canes killed or badly injured, too. 
Rockland Co., N. Y. l. b. 
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