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CARPATHIAN ENS#S! TREE CARE 
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If, during the summer time, an enemy should secretly nip one’s 
hand, foot, head, so that when spring came those members would 
drop off, and one believed the cold weather had been the cause of 
his misfortune, to thwart the enemy one would need to learn that 
it was the enemy, and not the cold weather, that had caused his loss. 
So it is with the English walnut trees. An insect called the walnut 
curculio sometimes lays its eggs in the young growing shoots, dur- 
ing the summer. The larvae burrow in the pith and kill or weaken 
the shoot. Next spring the owner may think the twigs have been 
winter killed, when close observation will show they have been in- 
jured by these insects. The adult insect feeds on the walnut leaves, 
so its presence can be easily detected and it can be killed with poison 
spray. If, during the summer one sees leaves partly eaten, spray 
with a poison spray, so the insect will be killed by eating poison with 
the leaf. 
Grass and weeds should be kept from around the trees, with 
shallow cultivation, or a mulch of paper, leaves, straw or trash. If 
mice bother, the mulch should be kept back a little from the tree. 
Nature would mulch with leaves, and a sprinkling of dirt on top of 
the leaves could keep them from blowing away. It the season turns 
dry, water could be poured through the mulch, and the ground will 
not bake under the mulch, or dry out so quickly. A mulch around 
the trees is good both summer and winter. In winter the mulch 
keeps the ground from freezing so much, allowing the tree roots to 
make a better growth. Yes, tree roots grow in the winter time, and 
if the roots make a good growth during the winter, the tree is ready 
for a good top growth the following summer. — 
While fertilizing might cause fruit trees to bear less, it works in 
reverse with nut trees, causing them to grow better and bear better, 
but it should be applied only in late fall, winter or very early spring. 
Manure scattered on top of the ground, will soak down to the tree 
roots. English walnut trees like well limed soil. 
The trees should not be cultivated or watered after about the 
middle of August, thus allowing them to get ready for winter. Late 
cultivation, fertilizing or watering could stimulate the growth of any 
tree, causing its tender growth to winter kill 
Young trees should be protected from rabbits during the winter. 
A band of tin around the base of large trees can keep squirrels down. 
CARPATHIAN NURSERY 
DALLAS CITY, ILLINOIS : 
