. Eastern fruit . By Henr>- A. Fitzgerald It docs not pay to water the ever- greens frequently during the summer. When dry they should be given a thorough soaking, and then no more for about ten or fifteen days. It is better to try to conserve the natural supply of watef by making a dust mulch Or by mulching the plants with manure or leaves. We have found that leaves and leaf-mulch are far better than manure. In the fall cover your beds about six inches deep, with good, clean leaves, and then cover these with a little earth to prevent their blowing off. The next spring these can be dug in,
. Eastern fruit . By Henr>- A. Fitzgerald It docs not pay to water the ever- greens frequently during the summer. When dry they should be given a thorough soaking, and then no more for about ten or fifteen days. It is better to try to conserve the natural supply of watef by making a dust mulch Or by mulching the plants with manure or leaves. We have found that leaves and leaf-mulch are far better than manure. In the fall cover your beds about six inches deep, with good, clean leaves, and then cover these with a little earth to prevent their blowing off. The next spring these can be dug in, and in this way you will easily get a mulch which will be very similar to what nature pro- vides in the woods, that will hold the water and protect the fibrous roots of the evergreen from the sudden and pr«ce infesting the plants, out a little care, a thorough application of a properly mixed plienolated whale oil soap compound generally keeps them clean. We have found that a mixture of whale oil soap and ijheiiol makes a very adhesive and effective spraying material for the evergreen. For the white pine aphis, which are generally visible on the branches and trunks of the trees in wdiitc. furry , apply a plienolated emulsion with a paint brush, being careful not to get too much on the needles or foliage of the trees, but at the same time soaking these furry masses very thoroughly. This phenolated emul- sion will penetrate and destroy tlic eggs, and in a little while the rain will wash off the white, furry masses. This may seem to be a rather slow and expensive method of fighting the insects, but when you consider its efTectivcness and the fact that you are almost sure to completely exter- minate the pests, you will under- stand that after all it is the best method of doing it. Evergreens can be utilized in re- foresting the waste grounds on many of your estates to a very good ad- vantage. Seedlings can be secured in the West at a very reasonable rhese should be transplan
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