Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-10-18
SILK CULTURE.

SILK CULTURE.
From the Journal ofthe American Silk Society.
KEEPING OF uULTlcAULIs OVER WINTER.
AS prea, numbers Of mullicaulis trees
will be taken up this fall and kept out of the
ground all winter. for purposes ofsale, and
by many, under anapprehension, that they
will be injured by the inclemencies OF the
season, it is deemed proper 10 devote por.
ZION of the present numbar, to the best mode
Of preserving them. Let Us be understood,
however if the trees are growing IN high
Jry situations. (the more stoney and grav.
civ the bertcr,) and the trees are not want
ed for any purpose ill the opening offspring,
the hest and most certain method of pre-
serving ,hem, is 10 leave them where they
are. 10 such situaii ms We have never
known tree, or limb, or even bud, to
be injured by winter. This is our own
prac,ice invariably. We never ever even
take off the cuttings we intend TO plant in
the sDring ill we have got the ground ready
for them, IN March or April But where
esrly (ross, and late spells Of warm wea-
ther between them. la:e planting, &c. have
caused considerable quantity Of funrii i'cned
wood a. the extren,ities to remain at the fall
of The leaf, all this unripened wood should
be cat off before the s.vere cold approaches
say Immediately after the leaves have
faIlen.--and buried ia the ground as follows:
select the highest and the dricst situation in
field or garden if possible on the north
side Of house, barn, or high board fence,
flu, not under trees.) whore the sun never
shines in winter. Lay the cuttings on the
ton of The ground, side by side, near to.
ge,her but not touching, cover the first lay
er with loose fine earth one inch. Then
law ON another layer of cuttings. side by
side, as before, and then another layer OF
earth, and SO on It'd you have laid all the
cuttings down. taking care 10 press the earlh
firmly. Then throw on earth, covering
The Who'll about one foot deep, and packing
the surface firmly, and forming the top OF
The ple into the shape Of the roof OF a
house. that ID may throw off the water. IT
Won have one thousand branches you wish
TO meserve, lay down one handred IN each
iayer, and thus yon viii have ten layers.
The earth which you use should DC taken
from ditch which you vii dig around the
nile and this ditch will serve as drain to
draw off the water from The pile ofcu tlngs.
Care must be taken that no intersltces oe
left among the cuttings, as the confincd ar
in them wall cause mildew. and OF course the
loss of the cuttings. The situation should
be protected from the sun as much as pos.
sib!e, that the pile may remain frozrn al.
winter, as it is the occasional freezing nnd
faawing that Injuries unripened wood. 1t
should not bo exposed 10 the dripping from
the ewes ofthe house, or from trees, as that
saurates tho pile with water. This unr'
pened wood, thus preserved. If taken from
the pile in the spring and Immediately
planted, without unnecessary exposure 10
the ar, will grow and make as fine trees as
the bes, matured wood.
Where trees must necessarily be taken
up and kept out Of the ground during W H.
ter, the best mode ofpreserving them' IS 10
bury their roots in the ground IN an erect
position, in some situation perfectly pro'ec-
ted from the sun. Where large numbar
are 70 be protected, long shed that will
shelter them from the sun, should be erec-
led. open at the sides and ends, that tree
massage may be afforded for the air: The
situation should be the highest and oresi
u, command, and the more open to north
crn exposure the better.
Once for all, let be said, that the morus
mul,caulis is never injured by cold. however
intense it may be that they are on'y M
iur~d in winter by the sudden application
of hent while in frozen stcte and that the
only protection they require during winter
is to be protected from HEAT, at all times.
Surprising that she'd, as.above men'
toned, has been erected for the purpose
tie trees may be set as close as possible
merely throwing a little earth between the
roo:s, and when all are set, the trees leil
standing as if they had grown there. II
any part ofthe roots appear above ground,
they should be covered by the application of
a shoelfnll of earth. II the soil be Of a
sandy quality, it is the BEST Clay soil
sFurther South it shonld be earlier, say when
the buds begin to swell, which in this ne'ghaoi'
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