American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12
From the Neao FORK Commercial

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From The Neao Fork Commercial .Rdreytiscr.
We recommend to the attention Of the public the
following Essay on The cultivation of The Peach tree
1t is written BY practical HorticuluraIis! who has
an extensive and ourishing nursery, Of the choices.
kinds Of this delicious fruit.
PEACH TREES.
Several considerations seem to render any c.rree,
information respecting the successful cultivation of
the Peach Tree, subject OF considerable impor-
lance. II is fruit universally admired and its cuI.
uSa'ion here Tor many years past has generally bern
very unsuccessful. Various opinions have been
entertained as 10 the deeteiious causes which have
$50 universally obstructed the successful culture OF
TINS delightful iruit end it would be no difficult
task to exhibit the erroneous doctrines SO long and
SO Wldey propagated. respecting The sadly detero-
rated state OF our peach trees. That melancholy
term, !" the yeliows," and the still more irighful
Iougbear OF the maggo" with all the evils arising
thsreirom' have been multiplied into insurnipun,a.
Die obstacles; and the misguided cuItiyators. direct
ing their sole attention to The discovery of some par.
tlcular application Tor the counteracting of these
evils, appear to have altogether overlooked the Il ne
land radca. cause oil the failure of the peach tree
This, like every other vegetable is liable to disease
from the lnclemencY of seasons, from the attacks
insects, and other external violence, from the wang
jof proper nurIment; atd lastly by that natural ten.
Idency to decay by which the unalterabe laws of
nature have Wisely limited the ordinary perloc Of
duration OF eve'y thing that lives. The peach tree
IS OF comparatively short Duration TO The pear or
|appe and altho' by budding, or grating any par.
|ticuiar sort may be Increased to any amount vet,
as Doth these operations only extend continuation
OF part OF the original plant, its time Of duration
must terminate; and We have no hesitation il civ.
ing it as our opinion, that the late failure in our
peach orchards has been more owing to causes ars-
Ing from the natural termination of the du, alton of
the sorts SO long propagated, than from ATTY extra
ordinary malignancy of disease If this opinion
be correct, there is little wonder to see the long
langulshing state of peach orchards, where, in
stead OF adopting that careful and improved mode
OF culture Calculated to introduce renovation of
the plants, the chief attention has been directed 10
the cure of evils from which no permanent adyan.
tage can ever arise. That our opinion respecting
the efficacy Of an improved mode of cultivation is
correct Will appear from the facts, that where this
has been attended to properly, no material injury
mas been experienced from these diseases, otherwise
so widely complained of. 1t is more than twenty
years since planted out an orchard OF peach trees
in Greenfield, in Connecticut, for gentleman in
whose employ then was, and which has never fail
ed in single year since, of producing an abundant
supply of the finest and most delicious fruit. This
gentleman rs most accurate observer, and well
skilled in horticultural subjects His young trees
have been reared from seed Of the finest OF his fruit
and innoculated from trees in healthy f1ourishnp
state; his orchard is regularly manured. and con-
stantly retained in high state of cultivation In
the spring OF the year 1907, planted out a peach
orchard OF about one acre upon This island, within
three miles oil the City Hall, and during the nine
years. viz. till the year 1916 not more
han six trees died out of the whole-two or three
ot which were not thrifty when set them out but
owing to the quality of their fruit, wished to try
hem; the others were injured by heavy storm,
when loaded with fruit; and in fact, had more
rouble In proping up limbs to support fruit, than
n guarding against infected farna, or pursuing
naggcts In the year 1916, commenced the cul-
ivaon Of about ten acres of land on Greenwich
ane, where have continued the cultivation OF the
beach with great success and have at this present
moment upon the ground several thousand peach
rees, perhaps in respect inferior 10 any rais
ID here at any former period would not be I'm.
erstood to aver that the cultivation Of the peach
a matter OF as little indifference at present, as it
vas thirty years ago. The successful cultivator
ow 10 under the necessity of pursuing mode of
uure calculated to renovate the Species by select
lg new and improved race Of plants. This can
OF be achieved by chemical paisters, or-scientGc
the terrifying name of worm,
hitch the experience OF twenty years. intellectual
populations on these subjects, have sufficiently
roved. Many line new varieties raised from the
sed OF this fruit are at present. and have for many
ears been under successful cultivation, in this Wis
nifty. Yet, buds taken from these, and insert
on stocks raised from seed of old defective trees.
lay be very liable to fail; for, amongst the fruit of
lcl trees, many of the stones have defective kerr
els. and although such will often grow, yet they