Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-16
ON FORCING. FRUIT TREES TO
BEAR FRUIT.


Thirty years ago, when | was a boy, I
practised this operation, in imitation Of
my father, and thereby obtained larger
pears aud plun,bs. In. repeating this ops
Grafton o, ringing the branches, which
did merely for the purpose Of obtaining
anger lruit,.l observed that the branches
so ope rated upon always bore fruit the
next year. By this reiterated experience,
[ was led to the idea that perhaps this
mode Of ringing the bark might be a
means OF compelling every upproduc;ive
branch 10 yield fruit. With. this view. I
cut rings upon n considerable numb-r Of
branches, which as yet showed no blos>
SONS, aud found by repeating the cxper.
iment, the truth oil my supposiiion indis
putab'y Confirmed my experience. The
application Of this experiment., by which
upon every branch, lrul may be ar,ifi>
CHILLY produced, is very SIMPLE and easy,
and the mode Oh proceeding.ns follow-:
With a sharp knife make a Gu, in the
bark OF. the branch. which you mean to
!orce to bsar, and not Far from the place
where II IL connected with the stem; or If
il be a small branch or shoot, near to
where il is joined 10 the large bough; the
cut is to 60 round the branch, or 10 cncir
Gle il, and to penetrate TO the wood. A
quarter Of an inch from this cu'. you
make a second cut like the first. round the
bran,h, so that, by both encircling the
branch, you have marked q ring upon The
branch, n quarter Of an inch broad, be
tween The Two cuts. The bark between
these two cuts you can take clean away
with n knife down to the wood, removing
the fine inner bark, which Immediately
i. lies upon the wood, 80 that no connection
. whatever remains between The two parts
/ OF the bark, but the bare naked wood ap
c pears white and smooth. But this ba rk
: ring must be made at the right time, thai
Q is, when in all nature the buds are strong.
v ly swell ing or are breaking out into bios
d SONS. In the slme year. a callous i.
formed at the edges Of the ring, on bott
sides. and the connection Of the bark, tina
had been interrupted. is restored agar
without any detriment 10 The tree, or the
r branch operated upon, in which the woune
soon grows over.
BY this simple, though artificial mean:
OF forcing every fruit tree, with certainty
TO bear. you obtain the following import
ant advantages:
J. You may compel every young tree
n Of which you do no, know the sort. Il
show lis fruit, and decide sooner, wheih
er, being Of good quality, il may remair
y in its first state, or required 10 be grated
2. You may thereby with certainty
! get fruit Of EVERY good sort, of which yol
wish TO produce the next year.
3. This method may probably serve &c
increase the quantity Of fruit
e The branches 20 operated upon art
& hung with fruit, while the others tina
are not ringed, often have nothing or We
c ~ Lutte on them. This effect is easy tC
e he explained from tie theory Of the mo
d lion Of the sap. For when the sop
slow in the tree, it produces fruit BUDS
T. which is the case in old trees; when
moves vigorously, the tree forms wood
trecs.-REv. g. heMrEL.
g AMLLERIrE MEETING BRokEs
10 or.-"o orc informed that on ouluroa
IS night las. in the North part OF BucksPor
a company CT some iSriisgo q house whey'
'ti-fecelver of the advent theories of NJ ,
Miller were assembled. and proceeded tt
administer an oath 10 those present in ef
lect. that they would not attend any NOR,
;, such meetings nor aid m propagntinp tn,
= doctrine. After the oath was adrin,s
iered 10 the company, one after the othel
. they were hustled out Of the house. A
;, search was then made and u large QUAINT,
ty OF provisions found, and on an omen
inc exposed shelf, forty dollars IN money
u unbeiief or misbeiief is 10 be Greg.
= nlated'" let it be done by The law, and no
oy n mob, whether gentcel and quiet
> or ragged and brutal. The mob spirit,
:, end not tie Mil er spirit is what we have
to dread in this country Bangor (Me.)
> Wing, april 9.