Planting trees and care for orchards in spring
In a North Carolina note,Wes advises transplanting trees after a backward spring, prefers November or February planting, and details staking, stock choice, and pruning. He warns against deep planting, examines woolly aphid control, and discusses wind damage, sun scald, and top trimming. He urges soil care, removing dead limbs, and selective pruning for pear, apple, and peach trees. The piece shifts to timber shortages, noting gales, decay, and the need to cultivate new timber lands with pine growth and walnut and hickory potential.
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John Turrentine
North Carolina
San Jose Scale Destroys North Carolina Orchards Warned
The Experiment Station reports San Jose Scale has reached North Carolina. Bulletin No 138 outlines the pest, its damage to fruit, and control methods including whale oil soap sprays and scrubbing. Trials show 95–98 percent kill with spraying, 70–80 percent with brushing, with full control requiring repeat treatment and careful application.
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Raueiex
N. C
San Jose
North Carolina
Horticultural Society
Theo. Pergande
California
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Schoelkopf, Maclagan & Hartford
Cedar Street
New York
James Good
Hurst Street
Philadelphia
That Bad Legislature
Letter criticizes the recent legislature of North Carolina as favoring the few and wasting public funds, praises the Republican record, and attacks Populists and “Pie h u n t ers” aligned with Mark Hanna, urging contempt and retaliation by honest liberty lovers.
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Nce
Progressive Farmer
Terr
N. OC
Republican Party
North Carolina
People’s Party
Mark Hanna
N. R. Wasrt
The Plowholders Call For Unity And Organized Action
The sons of the soil reawaken to a need for unity of purpose to escape subserviency to other workers. They urge collective action for mutual protection and educational and economic advancement.
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