The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-27
Yhe PRACTICAL EafnAer.
FRUIT TREES.

The best means which. | have devised OF
bringing an Orchard to an hasty and proauc-
tive state Of Improvement, is first to sclece
the ground where you intend your Orcharu.
For this purpose almost any soil will answer
from the plains of the southern to the heatns
Of the northern parts of Massachusetts; Or
indeed, OF any Of the -England states
Plant YOUR seed where you intend your OF
chard, in rows, at suitable distance iro'i
each otber.-If your land be so rocky as NOT
TO admit the plough, the slcbc may DC sui
fciently pulverized by the hoe. III new
lands would RECOMMEND never to use the
I,lourh. or to remove the rocks and stones.
/ have found by observation and experience,
that rocks are not only conducive to the
growth and fertility of trees, but are great
security against the destructive influence of
winds. Select your seed from iWgraf<ea
fruit, that your trees be not alternate Dear
ers. or in other words bear but little or none
at ALL This know from experience. ou
may graft your trees the third year, but
would recommend its delay until the seventh
or eighth year, at which time your trees
will have commenced bearing, atfordng an
opportunitv to know the value. of the fruit.
Grating think preferable to budding. Be
careful to graft early fruit to early fruit,
ately subdued about your trees, and sods
procured from the sides of the highway or
road. is preferable to animal manure to ia
cilitate their growth-and what is still bet
ter, almost every farmer has wild lands COW
cred with shrubbery, or bushes of every
descriptions instead of the strange practice Of
burning them upon the ground III heaps
immediately after having cut them, OF which
the present is the best season; r,ske them
before whiting, Immediately to slough, OF
some other conveniently situated place where
they NAV have the advantage of the wash OF
the street. where even the largest 6ar6eryy
bushes, will decomposc in the course ot two
or three years, form, rich allapidl, or
soil, the best manure which Can be procured
for the growth and fertility of trees. This
manure has many advantages over that o.
animals:-First it regenerates old soils, ane
fertilizes the trees; secondly it keeps the
ground meiio7u and light, and prevents the
sward from binding the roots; lastly, 1t pre-
vents worms and insects, those unwelcome
visitants, from making their destructive
depredations. Where / have put anima
manure about my trees, have found innu
merahle tribes OF ants, or pismires, travel
ling up and down, and dcposting green eggs
or lice under the leaves of the extreme
twigs and branches. Soon the leaves curl
drop off, and the trees are checked in theil
growth. Wherever this yermin have be-
come numerous, my fruit has been knurly
and grabbed. 1t is my opinion that these
arc the only insect, (or worm if you please,
which work at the roots, and i'll the end pro-
duce the death of an orchard.
Now, wherever have used manure made
from leaves, bushes, briars, weeds, &c. when
sufficiently pulverized, ] have been but lit
tie troubled with lasects. Sometimes, how.
ever, they make their appearance in ole
lands, and where this is the case, | have fount
sand, or fine gravel, good remedy, together
with the above manure.
You may be assured that from the above
experiments, have found trees more pro
ductve of fruit, more durable, and likewise
in the end 20 grow larger.