Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-06
From the Trenton Federalist
PEACH TREES.

| The most successful method of cyltiyatino
peach trees has been subject OF deep specnln.
lion and much inquiry for several Years and
vet most persons have very erroneous sopinions
relative TO them, as think | will be able 10
/ prove by the following
COMMUNICATION
! In 1920, being perfectly at leisure, and hav.
| ing an ardent desire to see the peach become a
more common fruit, set out an orchard of a
hundred trees, resolved TO devote the srictes
! attention 10 its prosperity as usua! ii throve
! admirably for five or six years. aud in the nte
rim had borne two beautiful crops OF fInit-ihe
last seeming 70 have completely exhausted it
| IL was then that the idea of the neo ssity of
, renovating the vigor OF the trees first occurred
/ TO me but by what means was to attain tina
end was the important question. knew, from
experience, that il was quite useless, as many
people are in The practice OF doing, 10 put barn
yard manure round the roots yes, far worse
! than useless, as il has decided tendency. IN
STE ad OF invigorating the main roots, to cause h
| thousand smaller ones TO shoot from them,
which pats the larger CUES, and from which the
| tree receives its nourshmeni, IL complete
state Of exhaustion. knew, in fact, it was de.
| leterious, and thei eiore applied it 10 much
better purpose in putting II on my cornfeld.
now applied atieniveiy 10 chemistry and agri-
cultural dispositions, but in all NV researches
could not meet with any thing relative thereto.
that accorded with my own views :-another
year passed round, and my trees looked much
worse than they did the previous year. The
roots were replete with WORMS, and in man,
instances they had completely glrdled the Prin-
cipal ones. will now mrke few observations
concerning that harmless little creature 10
hich has been so unj0sdy imputed the deva'-
tation Of thousands Of peach trees mean the
worm, so commonly found in unhealthy peach
orchards Now do most unequi' otally believe
that they never caused the decline of a single
tree what causes the decline. | think, VIII
presently satisfactorily explain II now be-
hooves me 10 avert the sneers Of those who are
settled in contrary belief: AN aware OF the
opinions existing on this head aud II Is my de-
sire 10 supersede them by others that viii be
subservient to combining luxury with real ut'iI'
".
For the irs three years, could not IN my
whole orchard hnda single worm alter tha''
and when il began 10 bear, and consequently
to diminish in vigor, found few, and even
these we're languid and and scarcely ahie 10
stir, owing TO the yet too strong gallic acio Oh
the roots but after il had borne the second
wear, they increased beyond all proportion -
Now think, that sufficiently proves thai the
decline is owing in great measure, TO lack OF
nourislment aud not, as many believe. TO me
encroachment of the worm-they merely eat as
il were, the deceased carcass ofthe tree
| will now state. what |. believe 10 be the
best plan yet adopted, what answers an eAceeu
ugly good purpose to sustain that nouri'hmen'
and give the trees power 10 repel the VAIN e''
forts Of the fruit 10 check them. had almost
despaired of my orchard after The two crops,
thinking it too far gone TO derive any oehen'
from all could do when by an accioeh' WV"
which will moi trouble the reader, had my
whole orchard the next year in perfect s'a'r
of the most vigorous foliage; il was produced
by composition ofoyster she'll lime and IAN
equally proportioned add about half oushel 10
a tree, put Immediately round the trunk, 'e~
inches under ground II has been four years
since began to serve mine in This manner, aho
had each ofthose years fine crop, and ,hey
look as thrifty now as they did when only 'hfee
years old.