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■Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 2, 1918 
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of four or more tons of ground limestone 
per .acre, wtll worked into the soil, 
wliioh has had a liberal application of 
a phospliosus fertilizer, itreferably 
Tliomas slag, which has been well inocn- 
lattnl with Alfalfa nitrogen bacteria, and 
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The Past Year in a Reclaimed Orchard 
In rejdy to a lasnK'st for a repoi-t on 
the season’s work in the orc-bard whose 
reclamation was described in an article 
in The Tt. N.-A'. last year, the results 
show tlu' work to have been an nnqnali- 
fi(*d sncc(‘ss. 
Although an “ofl"’ y<>ar. the crop was 
2.20() bushels. This was about lialf the 
yield of the ])r('vions yrai’ and seemed 
very satisfactory after the hnm])er croj) 
of TOKi. 'riie trees nia<le a most remark¬ 
able growth and tlie number of buds for 
the coming year is’ very promising. 
!More time than ev< r was spent on 
S])raying. with not quite such good re¬ 
sults as previous year. This was partly 
dm; to the fact that I did not realize that 
the trees would make so mncii growth and 
so failed to prune enough. Then, too, all 
oi'cliardists h<‘re exi)erienc(‘d great diffi¬ 
culty last year in controlling scab, cur- 
tower to spray downward on the trees, j 
as I find it hard to believe the gun will 
thoroughly spray the tops of the upper | 
branches "of my 22-foot trees, although 
that is the claim of many gf)od growers. 
No chemical fertilizer will he applied 
to the roots of the trees this coming year. 
A cover crop of clover will be plowed 
under, together with potato vines carted 
from the potato fields and all kinds of 
refuse from around the barns. Nothing 
from the house oj barns that will make 
humus is huimed tliese days, but all is 
carted to the orchard. 
Although labor was scarce, two opera¬ 
tions in picking again proved to he one of 
the things that helped make the orchard 
yield a maximum income. It lias always 
proved a surprise to me to see how the 
small green apple.s left after the first j 
jiicking, wlien only the mature, colored 
fruit is harvested, will grow and color 
up during the two or three weeks which j 
elaiise between the two ojierations. This ! 
year the tree's were thick, which pre¬ 
vented the apple.s from ripening properly, 
and from five to 15 bushels were left on 
a tree after the first jiicking, most of 
which grew enough to be jmt in witli the 
No. 1 apples when finally pickc'd. 
I expect to jirnne (juite extensively this 
late AVinter and Sjiring if the weather 
jK'nnits. When the work is coinjileted 
this year the trees will have been jiut in 
the right shajie, the jinining ojieration 
culio and almost all fruit diseasi's, due. 
mostly, to unusual wi'ather conditions. 
We again tric'd more spraying experi- 
im;nts. An uniutcrcstc'd pc'i-soii selc'ctcnl 
one of the' linc'st trc'c's in a block of Ar¬ 
kansas Dlacks a:i.l this was left entirc'ly 
witlioiit sju'a.v. The aiqiles and foliage 
I of this trc'c' became badly allVcted with 
[ s<-al) and otlier diseases. No ajijiles wc'rc' 
sold fi'om it. as they Avere not evc'ii good 
enemgh for cider, while the other trc'es 
surrounding this tree in the block, Avhich 
were' five time's thoi'oughly and care'fnlly 
sjiraye'd. avc'ragc'd 22 bushels of remark- 
j ably jierfe'ct ajijde's and netted per 
tre'o. A re'jiresentative from tin; exteu- 
j slou de'jiartme'iit of the' agricultural col¬ 
lege at Ne'w Brunswick dee-lare-d the' un- 
sjirayed trc'e to have the worst case of 
scab he' ('ver saw. A curious fact in 
couiie'ction with this fre'e was that la.st 
year llie' ajijde's it he ire', as a result of 
care'ful sjiraying, hreuight me jirizes at 
thre'e loe-,:l shows and at the State horti¬ 
cultural show. 
Expe'rime'iits using one, two. three,, 
four and five sjjrays ju-ovenl coiiclusive'ly 
that five sjjrays l>ay. Twice tlie amount 
of ‘‘Black Leaf 40” formerly used was 
ajijdie'd the last ye'ar Avith almost i>erf<'e-t 
control of ajiliis until late in the season, 
The Winter spray, which lierctofore 
Avas ajqilie'd eaidy in the Sjiring, Ava.9 not 
j.'ut on the trees until the uc'av leaves 
we’■(. the size of squirrel’s ears and 
“Black Leaf 40” was added to this mix¬ 
ture. This prove'd to be' a dee-ided ini- 
jirove'im'nt over the old me'tliod Avhich, 
not using “Black Leaf 40” until the .sjeray 
Avhe'ii tlie bnd.s shoAve'd jiink. alloAved the 
ajiliis to ge't such a good start that the'y 
were A’ery hard to control. 
I’eojile still laugli at me' for spraying 
against the Avind as Avell as Avith it and 
tlieu Avhen the Avind shifts or calms down 
sjiraying all the Avay around the trees 
again. It maybe this is a Avaste of ma¬ 
terials, hut Ave at least have tlie satisfac- 
tifin of having done a tliorough job. 
’J’his year I have a spray gun Avhich I 
will give a thorough trial. I plan to use' 
this gun myself, Avorking from the ground. 
I Avill, howeA'c'r. still use' tlm man nu the^ 
having exte'iide'd ove'r thre'c' ye'ars in orde-r 
to succes.sfiil]y jint my overgrown tre'e-s 
in the jirojier .shajic. It is possible that 
labor Conditions may curtail the prun¬ 
ing, cultivating or some of the general 
Avork, but more time than ever will be' 
jiiit on spraying, as jirojic'r and thorough 
sjiraying Avill ahvays he coiitiiiue'd. 
New .Te'ise'v. E.AKI.E DILATESII. 
Cherry Trees from Suckers 
About four years ago I jilanted a num¬ 
ber of sucke'i-s, or sjireuits, taken from 
under and around a ne>igiilior‘s <-herry 
trees, and. while* the'y have grown to 
jiretty like'ly trees, flie'v liemB no fruit, 
although they hlossoiii fre'ely. Seve'ral of 
them are at least si.x and eight years old. 
Should I hold on to my faith, or should 
I cut the'in out and buy and jdant cherry 
trees freiiii a iiur.seryV j. I.. R. 
Wisconsin. 
Varieties of cultivate'd cherries are cemi- 
monly jirojiagated ujieui either the Ma- 
liah'li or Mazzard stexdc. In fact, the 
Mahaleb steiok is the one gen<*rally used. 
If the greiwth of the tre'e is checked some- 
Avhat, sm-kers may develoji from the i-oots. 
The IMahaleb cherry has small leaves, the 
flowei.s are coinjiaratively small and the 
fruit not desirable. If the suckers which 
you transplant'd ai-e fi-om the Mahaleb 
stock it will he neci'ssai-y to graft them' 
in order to get good fruit. 
The Mazzard cherry has large leaves 
like the common sweet cherry and is 
readily di.stinguished fi-om the small 
leaves of the Mahaleb. Seedling sweet 
cherry or ^lazzard stock varies greatly in 
ju-oductiveness, and in the quantity of 
fruit j)roduo<'d. Occasionally a trc'e is 
found Avith Jiowers largely staniinate or 
sterile, and theicfore fails' to set fruit, so 
that in any cas<; it Avill be bt'st to graft 
transjdanted suckers to some good, hardy 
variety suiti'd. to your locality. The 
cherry can be <juite easily cleft-grafted in 
early Sj)ring before any growth starts. 
It is difficult to tell just why these early 
suckers have failed to produce fruit, but, 
since they have only been planted four 
years, it is quite possible that they are 
not yet large enough to hear fruit. 
M. A. B. 
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