528 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
paratus would be required in winter, to prevent the blossom 
buds from being destroyed by frost, and some protection would 
be needed for the glass in case of ice storms in summer. 
But if this cannot be done by all, I do not see why every 
farmer should not grow two or three trees successfully, if 
he only knows how, and will take the trouble. Is it not possi¬ 
ble to make available the sides of barns and granaries for this 
purpose ? Some of the hardier pears, and the Catawba and 
other superior yet somewhat tender grapes, would probably suc¬ 
ceed well, if trained to the sides of barns, and properly cared 
for. An old molasses barrel, or some such cask would not cost 
much. This would make two tubs in which two budded peach¬ 
es might be grown and trained against the granary. The tree 
thus situated would be under the control of the grower; by ap¬ 
plying suitable food they might be induced to make their chief 
growth early in summer; by rubbing off early shoots, which, 
pushed where they are not w T anted, by properly training those 
which are to remain; finally pinching off the ends when it is 
too late in the season for dormant buds to start, and by limit¬ 
ing the supply of w T ater as the season advances. The great de¬ 
sideratum for a crop of fruit in the succeeding year, viz: per¬ 
fectly ripe and mature wood, would be obtained. Then, when 
growth was over, and danger from frost apprehended, it would 
be no great trouble to unloose these trees from the granary and 
carry them in their tubs into the cellar, there to sleep safely 
till spring. 
I have observed, and especially during the the last summer, 
that many leaves on the young shoots of my apple trees were 
curled as though they were infested with aphides. The mar¬ 
gin was generally dead and brown; next came an irregular pale 
green band, while a small space, each side the middle, re¬ 
tained its proper dark green color. This can hardly be other¬ 
wise than injurious. The efficiency of these leaves as sap 
elaboratory organs must be greatly impaired. The young 
wood on which these leaves grow, can hardly be so solid, or 
the tree so well prepared to set and mature fruit in the follow- 
