Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-20

From the ". Z. Farmer.
RINGING FRUIT TREES


Having lately seen in the garden of Nathan
BRIDGE. Esq. of Charlestown, the effeels of ring
.no fruu trees, with a view 10 the early pro
dncton Of fruit, il occurred tina, somrth ny on
.be subject might be seasonabie The follow.
ing are the directions for this process, given in
DIR. TEACHERS Orchardist.
Method of forcing fruit trees to blossom aud be4'
fruit
With sharp knife cut ring round ths
limb or small branch " hch you wish would
bear, near the stem Or large bough where ii is
loined lei this ring or cut penetrate 10 the
wood. A quarter ofan inch from this cut
make second like the first, encircing the
branch like ring quarter OF an inch broad
between the two cuts. The bark betweea these
Two cuts must he removed clean down to the
wood even the fine inner bark, which lies
immediaie civ upon the wood, must be scraped
away until the bare naked wood appears, white
and smooth, so thai no connection whatever
remains betW cen the two parts of The bark
TINS barking, or girldiug, must be made a, the
precise time, when in all nature, the buds are
strongly swelling, or about breaking out INTO
blossoms. In the same year a callus is formed
at the edge Of the ring, on both sides and the
conner zion Of the bark is again restored. with
oul any detrimpnt to the tree or the branch Cd
following advantages will be Obtained: |.
Every young Tree Of which YOU do not know
the sort, is compelled 10 show IFS fruit, aud de-
eide sooner whether il may remain IN its pres
eat state, or requires 10 he grated. 2. foH
may thereby, with certainty get hult Of god
sort, and re- eCt The more ordinary. The
branches SO operated upon, are hung full ol
.rui while others that are not rInged, often
nave none or very little on them, THIS eff CT
8 explained from the theory Of the motion of
the sap. As This ascends in the wood and des.
cends in the bark, the above operation viii not
prevent the sap rising into the up er pant OF
his branch; bat it will prevent its descending
below this, by which means it will be retained
III aud distributed through the upper part OF IN,
branch III a e eater pnTton than II co..,d other
wise be, aud the branch and mutt will both
Increase in SIZE much more an those that
are net thus treated. The twisting OF a wire
OF tying a strong thread round a branch has
been often recommended as a means of making
II bear fruit. In this case, as IN ringing the
bark, the descent of HE sap in the baIk must
be lmpeded above the Isatuie, and more nn
'riilye matter is consequently retained. aud
applied TO the expanding parts. Toe wire or
llsature may remain m the bank. Mr.. knights
heory on the motion Of sap in trees, is that
The sap Is absorbed from the soil by the bark
ol the roofs, and carried upward by the albnr.
nlm of the root, trunk and branches that il
passes through the central vessels into the sue
culent Uatter of the annual shoots, the leaf
stalk and leaf aud that tits returned TO the
bark through cert aih vessels of the leaEstaik
and descending through the bark, contributes
70 the process of forming the wood. A wri
ter IN the American Farmer, says, he tried the
experiment OF ringing some apple, peach. pear,
ana ounce trees on small limbs, say from an
inch to an inch and a quarter in diameter. The
ieSull was, the apples, peaches and pears were
aonole the size on those branches than on any
9ther part oil the trees in the ounces there was
10 adherence One peach. the Heath, inca
sated on hinged limb, in circumference, IL
"A inches round. and IL 3 4 inches round the
tnds' and weighed 10 ounces. The limbs a.
9ose the ring have grown much larger than be.
-" H. u tue ring be made SO vida that the
"atH cannot unite the same season, the branch
will perish.