The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-10-17

suitable Ger planting The M0ras Mullieau
Is 10 the line which 10 Usually deemed
les. loE sowing The seeds Of The Malber.
~, and also Of most small seeds Of gar.
len vegetables, and Of Indian corn; thai
time IL 10 Massachusetts and near Boston.
about The Isl Of May. Or lilile later. &C.
roFdlag % The season. and Alter Ihe earth
l4s become in = measure warmed b. The
sun, and The dagger Of sudden changes
frum heat 10 cold Is passed. II planted
earlier they are liable 10 vegeIaie prema-
Inrely, AMI 10 be suddenly arrested in The
bud, sHd 10 perish during long cold
storms,
The shisf sauss ai the very exiraordi-
nary failure in cuttings during The present
yea in the states Of The East and through.
out Lang Island. in Pennsylssnia. and
Virginia. and many other plscss. was
caused BY 100 sarlg pkhatag. followed
=. IL was b long cold storms Of ex,raor-
,.issEy Duration. And this is not the on
b year III which great failures have orr.
ginsled from This szme cause. u was
the same last year at Long Island. a. il
had been also in some former years both
Al Long Island and in other places where
Eses, failures had arisen froE TAO ssrly
Planting.
May failures, without doubt. occur.
red ia CHER places. and from Ear different
causes. THIS was particularly the case
with many Who bought French imported
trees, as a very considerable portion Of
these trees had lost their vitality on the
passage. In many case, The trees WHICH
were sold had been ruined BY of chang.
ing hanls. AID removals hilher aud ihih-
tr. and long continued exposure during
winter or spring. In other cases. from
imperfect and bad packing and drying. or
the alternate freezing and IhaH Ing Of their
rnc::, AM 81 Careless Enlargement.
an aware that several esiimable mer.
writers and cultiVaiors Of considerable
experience. in North Carolina and Yirgi
MIA. judging from their own successful
cultivation in former years. have highly
and most impressively recommended ear
ly planting az indispensable 10 the most
perfect tuecess. and for the climate Of
NIiginia even February vas deemed by
them IS preferable 10 March. Their
writings on this subject being circulated
from publication 10 publication. through.
out Che country. seem 10 have had pow
eriul effect. AMI 10 hare induced general
" TO rery early planting. The usual
i,me 70; planting Indian corn a, Ports.
ihOOih. near Norfolk, III Virginia. as 4
vas there iniorneI, 10 generally sbou,
The lob Of April. Az that plare, and in
,fe spt1ng Of the present year. ! planted
largely OF the Morus MuiIiesGiis. A part
| planted wilh cuttings, all which | Gu,
9Th but . single eye. and a pst with
roots. All cuttings which ] planted We
~ esfly Succeeded bsdlj; but all those
eullinss which | planted very Isle. sue
ceedsd admirably, as did an The roots,
whether planted early or la,s.
That rsa Of The land where I CON.
menced planting was in highly euiiivsI.
cd and sqOd sO'l, rather sliff and :saa |
ciGEs.
lteg,n planting ny cuttings The 18Th
u March. These were planted in drills,
on ridge . little elevated above the sur.
face; they were covered about an inch |
and half above The eye, and ss soon a.
lhe ground was sufficiently DRY j. was
rolled viii . wooden hand roller; this
Ieft the compact earth about IN inch above
The eye. Ny reasons for covering 2, thi. !
depth anil Tor rolling were 20 guard |
sgalns, the drOuth. should drouth come, /
fOr such extraordinary cold and long con.
linueJ storms a. sf:erwsrls came On had
been seldom before known. aud we're not
anticipated By me in lha, climate. Ny
early planting vas finished about the 18th |
ol April. From the 18th Of March to the |
lass daie there we're oceasionaI long aud
cold storms. OF this. my drst planting,
very great proportion Of the cuttings e. |
pally persisted in The earth. and Sers
lost.
About the l0lh Of April | returned
north. aud sent on from thence a large
quantity Of cuttings sufficient To finish The
whole 6,ld, these were set out between !,
the 2elh Of April sHd the Isl Of May, in |
sOIl rather less consistent and rather |
mors sandy ihsn The first part Of the field, |
~h,eh was planted. They were covered
~"h earth abou. an inch above the eye. !!
she earth eompfessed lightly but no. soIl-
60 hard, showers followed. and This l4Ie
planning, e.: lhal climate. succeeded sd- |
.aIra'ly, not one. PsThap,. in twenty cut.
Al ."lI later period. sent on a few
Thousand trees IRON The north. 90 replanl
? Rart Of my ground which had failed Of
my hfs' planting. A part Of these trees
were cut pp into cuttings. aud part were
ia,a horizontally, the bodies being cover
cd an inch deep: all these were planted
% June: This last mode 10 an adnirs-
Die and sale one. An Of this very late
planting succeeded veil. Cuttings which
were planted very early in this part Of
Virginia seemed H. have fired wors, Of