Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-04-30
From the N England Farmer.
GRAZ TING CHERRY TRIES.


Mr.. FEssKspEs--
do not ieeolleci that any person has desert
he'd n your paper the best mode OF grating
cherry trees. have node, but do not know
whether II Is the hest, and wish TO know ifany
one has better
Cherry and plum trees are alike difficult 10
gtatt on, as the bark dors not split freely, but
tears like cloth In the spIing oT 1895, | proci,-
red many s'ions Of Capt Hyde. OF Newton.
which set he March. Scarcely one has fail
ed; and al kinds have horne Except the Cana.
da plum. also grailed many cherry trees,
which took aud lived wei. Last rpr,ng had
n oni nIne trees, headed aud grated. The sci.
ons all lived nnd did well, except Two trees,
the se'ons Tor which were cut four or ii.. days
hriore using. Of these none lived. TIE scious
III ehe'ries, lihe t"igs IL budding ongh, To
lie cut the day they are used, have he TAI.
iateanS oHt"a1s,ac' growing on Mid cherries
both HE back mud red sincks.
My method al grating is this. Take clay,
prepa'eG asf't all other kinds Of grahins then
proceed in the same manner ~ in other cleft
gtaiilng gu The head nr stocks Of cherry uens
using IA wide thin shoe kniie which drive dawn
a. ihr II Is Intended thai the scion shnl 20
This cuts the bank smooth The clay mnsi be
honnd on with rags or 'ow, nr Il will become
wet, freeze, ciack. aud crunble oil, BUD hcn
q ath IN the portion OF the scion. The knife
musi he vide, thu, aud sharp for grating
plum or cherrk aerS and the clay kept bound
on light aud snug THIS being done and done
in season, sciuns nre rs sure On cherry trees As
on the apple irre.
Lat spring grated my cherry trees the 1871
nj March Then Il was so cooll had TO warn,
the ella, in a keitie ovri the f,e. aud use fun
mace TO VAIN w,ler over, related the above
nannr of eraling 10 Capt. Frau els A. Pick.
ing Tie sent for scions and followed my di-
.eciions in grating tn smal. low, wild, sour,
red chrrrieS.--lle tpld m- afterwards thai they
'ived well AS apple scons. Wild cherry he,
Sio. his should he gated NJ The ground
have reaches, Hprieois and mnl5crrios.
era It'd on plum stocks had peas growing
n the haz c, ar hop hotobne tr g. hul II ms
fortune they WIRE destroyed, / intend hringin.
omr scOns have never sem advertised, viz :
Tn Warren apple is large, juicy. g6,,d MP.
pie. mud trust but iilte known to any distance
II Is the must prolific Hppr here, bears W II ou
POI sal : aud b, az Nfaily II IS n large,
ere-n Rat, JUICY apple. and keeps iii .bnnaiy
Ii has adclN top, aud nesi not he grated
| al The ground. The Mactay Swrciing is"f MI
the largest we'tapplr toi winter, nearly Ia ics
as large a, the b OWN. aud OF sn'otange color
The Mammoth spirr i, larger than the Rpbus
GrerninG, GOOD brar.r, Of N heautiini dn Il
striped red, alall apple The Star SweelIne il
Of an ornng" cocr, about the size ofthe Bal
win. ripe som allrr the Sopsas ines, aud oil
bearer Iiobers Well nppc is larger laan the
Baldwin, surpasses II ia br,Dliy, ~ keeps mucI
longer.
Much can be done Identifying thn color
| 81 lruil by CO nbiniog nature and arr. TO mak,
brilIiadi rel Baldwin. TIM seiors shouid h,
set in frees thu, bear red npplrs a green ~
yellow apple tree stock diminshes its brauiy
bn red tends 10 beaulity the colors of III
| Baldwin. have seen scisns taken from on,
tree, and sci III pale green and re tree stock.
The aprlrs they produced bore no resembianc,
10 each other, tn 4rronS taken al Capt. Hyde
! II of the Robust Greetings; one was grated il
a green, grabbed, late pple, nhIrh hears re
ktbIy larg apple, keeps I'LL February !; III,
other grated into = small yellow sweet apple
! very eal y. This pro uefs }elIo~ ish green a,i
J IL. ab ,ut the IL th' Baldwin, ripe in Oct
aud gone in Sosemher-fbls proves that ~ in
Ter apples viii not do we'll on early suInme
stocks,
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