The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-05-02

AMo yeAIs from me Seed Which If pruney
W grown On vigorous stocks and buide,
low, viii be about Q feet high.
The distance between annie nee,
should not be les lhsn two rods esel
wayi some say notices. han 10 feet. III
common practice, and very good one
70 81 out intermediate rows Of peach q
plum trees. which By ne lime he apple.
need the room. win be out &c the wy
Trees should be planted as near The sur
face - possible, and no manure shoul,
come 10 contact with The roots. Its M
siderednecessary % stake trees, as The,
frequently receive more injury from this
By Chatting. however well secured, ina.
benefit; and most experienced persons
have abandoned tIe practice.
In my experience, and from obserya,
tion. ! have come 10 The conclusion thai IN
oschard should be kept under perpetua
cultivation. as BY pursuing this course
the trees win make more rapid progress
zone into bearing quicker, and produce
inner fruit. This practice is pursued by
some Of our most thrifty market garden.
ers. There are some varieties OF apples
which never succeed WI in grass ground.
IL The ground is very rich, and the grass
kept down - far about The Tree as The
branches extend. and well manured every
year, grass may be grown in the intervals
between the trees; but this 10 diiFesen,
from The practice Of permitting The grass
70 take fun possession, with scanly sup
ply ofmsnurc.
The enemies of the apple Tree are The
borer, curculio, canker worm. and calter-
pillar; and they are grea, obstacles 10 the
successful cultivation Of this fruit.
The Pear tree is next in importance to
the apple, and require rich soil, inclinng
TO moisture. On dry. lean soil;good and
perfect frli. cannot be expected. Pears
are budded on pear and ounce stocks. Ii
i well 10 have some OF each description
Some varieties OF pears succeed best on
ounce stocks; they come into being
much quicker, and the fruit in some cases
j. more perfect and higher color,d. Trees
on ounce stocks may be planted very
thick, and. where there is but little ground
and many varieties desired, are most 10
be preferred. We have In cultivation
many fine foreign varieties, which are
hardly known among our farmers general
ly. Our Horticultural Society has done
much in Introducing and proving many va
lusble varieties, and they have gathered
together many fine naive sorts, brsides
those generally known. During the last
season, they have brought 70 notice four
or five new varieties of native pears,
which arc worthy Of . place in every col
lection.
Our native seedlings are generally bet
Ter adapted to our climate ,I,any many TO-
reign SORTS. and better bearers and more
hardy. The new varieties alluded TO,
are the Hull, Wilbur, Mclaughlin and
Lawrence.
he Hull and the Wilbur was recei-
we'd from ID. Wilbur r., Somerset, Mass,
on the 2Sd Of September, then in eating.
A beautiful Seeding was exhibited al the
Horticultural Rooms by c. w. Oliver, OF
l., mn, in perfection 2lst Of October, the
Seckel, but size larger and more beau
tiful. On the 18th Of November, the
Lawrence Pear was examined and tested:
II was from Wilcomb & King, nursery
men, Long Island. N. Y; pronounced
very fine. On Dec. I'd, S. l.. Goodsle.
of Saco. Nd, exhibited Pear known
BY the name Of the Mclaughlin, of fine
quality, which was originated in the Vi
entity Of Portland. l
The iire-blight Is a disease which is
often destructive to The Pear tree.
The ounce requires a moist, rich soil,
has no enemy except the borer. There
can hardly be said 10 be more Than two
varieties-t the Orange and Portugal.
In the cultivation OF The Plum tree, we
find much TO contend with. l, is sub
icct 10 the ravages Of the Curcnlio. which
In some districts has discouraged the hor-
ticullurist, in attempting to raise this fine
fruit. In the city OF Boston, and some
places in the vicinity, il is raised 10 rer-
fiction; while in other locations The crop
is invariably destroyed, or SO little is per-
iected as hardly TO make it an object 10
cucumber the ground with the trees. The
black warty excrescence is another dis
ease fatal T. the tree, If not timely check
ed by ampu'ating or cutting of The dis
eased part. Salt has been recommended
as destructive TO the Curculio, and has in
some cases been applied with success.
The cherry Is delicious and healthy
fruit, easily cultivated, and no, so COM
mon among farmers as il should be.
Some persons complain of the depreda-
ton Of birds upon this fruit. and speak
of them as very annoying; bu. in Rrigh-
ton, we have enough for birds, boys. and
all, and many rot on the trees. II any
farmer would set out dozen trees. there
would be no complaint on this score.
As to the Peach, i, is most delicious
fruit. but the greatest obstacle in its cult
walton is the severity Of the climate. In