. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1884. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 41. »r#'n.{^^-< Fig. 1. TAKE CARE OF YOUR ORCHARD TREES. When the owner visits his young orchard after the fnows have melted away in spring, he often makes the dis- heartening discovery that many of his trees have been girdled by mice or rabbits. Judging from our own cor- respondence, the damage by these animals must in the aggregate be very hea\-y. The first thing to be done is to examine the ext-ent of the injury. Fre- quently it is not so bad as it looks, and the inner Inii'k is n
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1884. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 41. »r#'n.{^^-< Fig. 1. TAKE CARE OF YOUR ORCHARD TREES. When the owner visits his young orchard after the fnows have melted away in spring, he often makes the dis- heartening discovery that many of his trees have been girdled by mice or rabbits. Judging from our own cor- respondence, the damage by these animals must in the aggregate be very hea\-y. The first thing to be done is to examine the ext-ent of the injury. Fre- quently it is not so bad as it looks, and the inner Inii'k is not entirely removed. If this covers even a fourth of the wounded portion, and connects the bark above the wound with that below it, the chances are that the wound will heal if diying can be prevented. The ordinary grafting Fig. 2. wax, applied on old, worn cotton cloth, or on papei-, as used in grafting, should be applied over the injured portion. This, especially on quite small trees, will prevent all evapoi'ation. Another application is the old grafting clay, made by thorovighly mixing and beating together stiff clay with half as much cow manure. Apply I this over the wound quite thickly, and ' fasten it in place by i Fig. 'A. wrapping with an old cloth and tying wdth strings. If the { inner bark is completely gone, nothing I 2 '. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. Catharines, E. S. Leavenworth
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