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THE R U RAI- NEW-VOKKER 
741 
A FROSTY JUNE. 
Accounts in The R. N.-Y. of the need 
for a heater in the orchards to keep 
away frost induces me to tell our experi¬ 
ence. Living in the Province of Quebec 
only 15 miles from the city of Montreal, 
it has been the rule of a long lifetime 
of gardening to plant out tender seed¬ 
lings of vegetables or flowers on the 24th 
of May, known to all loyal Canadians 
as the "Queen’s birthday.” After this it 
was supposed to be safe to set out one’s 
choicest treasures. But the night of the 
third of June this year there was a frost 
tempered by a breeze, and the evening 
of the fourth was looked forward to 
with some anxiety, as the wind died 
away, stars came out, and a thermometer 
placed on the grass registered 28°, then 
dropped to 24° for a while after sunset. 
A field of tomatoes raised in hotbeds till 
they were in flower, and cherished with 
much care during frosty weather, had 
been set out two days before, and were 
in full bloom. The two owners of the 
field decided to start bonfires, which 
was practicable, being away from any 
building, and cartloads of straw with 
damp grass on top sent warm smoke 
over the plants, and kept away the frost. 
Midnight passed, but as fate would have 
it, at half-past two (it was Sunday by 
that time) the wind veered round from 
north to west, and began to blow in the 
opposite direction, which necessitated 
changing the tires, rapidly, to the op¬ 
posite side of the field, and all the work- 
had to be done over again. It was dreary 
work but not hopeless, and perseverance 
conquers many obstacles, so with the 
first streak of dawn the frost disap¬ 
peared and the tomatoes were saved, it 
was a satisfaction to the frost-fighters 
to have neighbors come to purchase new 
plants the next day, who had slept peace¬ 
ably through the frosty night, unmindful 
of results. annie l. jack. 
Canada. 
Killing Brush. 
If. Ii. C., Middleport, O .—I have quite a 
lot of brush on my farm, and I would like 
(some one to tell me when the best time is to 
peel It to kill both top and root. The brush 
consists of elm, papnw, locust and sugar. 
I want to sot out to orchard next Spring. 
Sprouts are a constant source of annoyance 
and expense. 
Ans. —The writer has had consider¬ 
able experience in trying to eradicate 
wild growths from fields and fence-rows 
in the hilly part of our State, and can 
vouch for the fact that this a problem 
of no small concern. Our best success 
has come from cutting or grubbing in 
August. At this season the strong im¬ 
pulse of growth characteristic of Spring 
is ebbing, yet the plant is in the high 
tide of foliage, and not yet nearing ma¬ 
turity of wood growth. In short, at 
this season one can bring about the 
greatest possible shock to the growth 
of the plant by cutting or up-rooting. 
Even the best one can do the more the 
persistent sprouting species will give 
trouble. The only course is clip off the 
young growth time after time just as 
soon after it appears as can be done. 
If the ground can be made sufficiently 
smooth and clear that a mowing ma¬ 
chine will readily run over it the work 
will not be so slow as where hand work 
only can he done. f. h. bali.ou. 
“Buffalo Clover” in New York. 
Reader, Rem York .—Can you toll me 
what to do to got rid of Buffalo clover? 
It is destroying our fields. 
Ans. —I have found out that the 
orange hawkweed, commonly known as 
paint brush, is sometimes known as 
Buffalo clover. The method of control¬ 
ling this is to plow the land and to culti¬ 
vate crops for two or three years, after 
which the land may be seeded. It may 
be controlled in rough unplowable land 
by the application of 10 tons of stable 
manure per acre. This does not kill the 
weed, as some say, but encourages grass 
and other useful plants to grow in its 
place. This weed has come to stay. Our 
only hope is in growing something else 
to take its place. paul, j. white. 
Blight or Sunscald. 
M. IJ.. WaterrHet , Mich .—I have two 
young apple orchards, 1800 trees, seven 
years old, Duchess, Wealthy, Alexander and 
Gideon. Some of the trees have been at¬ 
tacked with bark blight during the last of 
July and August. The bark became dead in 
spots on the body in different sizes and 
places, from the ground to *the main limbs, 
all the way around on some, killing them. 
The ground is high gravel loam, rolling, 
good orchard land. All varieties are af¬ 
fected about the same. Two or three years 
ago I noticed the ragweed blighted sudden¬ 
ly. killing every plant for 20 or 30 feet 
along the road by the orchard, but last 
year it crossed six rows of nursery stock 
(cherries i, sweeping a path about eight feet 
wide and into the first row of apple trees, 
f have dewberries on wires in this orchard. 
It killed almost every tree (Hi) and most 
of the dewberries in the row. Now I find 
half a row badly affected in the same way 
in the other orchard (Gideon). It seems to 
run in lino of cultivation which is with the 
flow of surface water. Would it be safe to 
cover the affected bodies with a coat of 
lime sulphur put on with a brush and 
wrapped with burlap to keep it from 
spreading? Some of them are healing nice¬ 
ly under the dead places, but I am afraid 
of consequences later. I showed it to our 
State nursery inspector last Fall, but he 
could not give me any Information. lie 
said he did not know what it was. I have 
dug out the dead trees. 
Ans. —Of course it is impossible to 
give an authoritative decision at so long 
a range in the absence of specimens. In 
my judgment, however, the primary 
trouble with Mr. Daly’s trees is either 
sun-scorch or the so-called scald. Sun- 
scorch may come from extreme heat in 
midsummer. The typical scald, which 
is much more common in the Missis¬ 
sippi Valley, is the result of the warm¬ 
ing up of the bark on the south side of 
the trees in late Winter or early Spring, 
so that the sap starts unusually early 
and subsequent freezes kill the soft tis¬ 
sues. This occurs especially on the 
south side of the trees. Fire blight or 
other parasitic organisms may then en¬ 
large the dead areas even to the extent 
of girdling the trunks. From what 
your correspondent says, I imagine this 
has occurred in his orchard. The rem¬ 
edy lies in first taking measures for 
shading the trunks or (in starting an 
orchard) by low-heading the trees so 
as to lessen the injuries from scald, and 
in the second place keeping the fire 
blight out of the orchard. 
Wisconsin. b. R. Jones. 
Frost Protection. —In reply to R. S. 
B., West Virginia, page 660, some years 
ago we had a heavy frost, killing early 
garden truck. One man had potatoes 
up eight inches high. The frost was 
expected, and people were out early next 
morning viewing the damage. The man 
who had the potatoes was out cutting 
those potato tops back to the ground, 
while others were lamenting, and laugh¬ 
ing at the man busy cutting off those 
tops. Soon the laugh was on the other 
side, as those potatoes sprouted and 
grew, and made a good top, apparently 
none the worse for the frost or cutting. 
The man claimed the tops would have to 
be cut before they blackened and dropped 
to the ground. 1 certainly will try the 
above if ever I have an occasion to. 
Shohola, Pa. j. m. 
Frozen Potato Plants.- a reader, page 
•Rio. wishes to know about frozen potato 
plants. Some years ago I planted nearly 
two acres in April, several varieties, and all 
go> seed except some Early Rose, which 
had been sprouted once before planting. 
About a half acre was not planted until in 
May, the seed not being received until that 
time. When the April planted bit wen; 
about six or eight inches high a heavy frost 
killed them all to the ground, the later 
pla ted ones not yet being up. Three or 
four weeks later no difference could be no¬ 
ticed in early and late plantings, except 
in the Early Rose, which were a poor 
stand, being the third set of sprouts from 
the same seed, and at digging time the early 
planted yielded as well as those that had 
not been frozen. On another occasion I 
planted a small area with a very choice and 
expensive new variety, in rows running east 
and west, with a high, tight board fence at 
east end of rows. One morning when po¬ 
tatoes were 10 or more inches high I found 
them covered with frost. I pumped water 
from the well and sprinkled them before tin- 
sun touched them, the drops of water turn¬ 
ing to ice on the vines, but they were unin¬ 
jured. except the top of one tali'vine at west 
end of row that the sun touched before I 
gave him his bath. This tip was killed just 
as far down as sun had hit it. I have fre¬ 
quently saved tender plants from frost in 
this way. k. i*. kobinson. 
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