Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-10
UORTICU L 7 l RAJ L.
nm PLANTING ORCHARDS.
From the "Western Telegraph

From the "Westcrn Telegraph
TE first thing to be determined in the planting Of
an Orchard the proper distance of the trees There
dive rsty of opinion among the writers the planting
and cultivation of orchards to the proper distance
some recommend 80 to 80 feet 49, and others 50
feet At 80 feet will hold 40 trecs-at 40 feet,
Is trees and 80 feet Is trees In Western States,
trees grow much thrifty than what they generally
do in the Eastern and Northern; for that reason re-
commend 40 feet to those who have ground spare.
And to such wish to have plenty Of fine fruit in few
years from the production of their young orchard, it
would be good plan to plant 20 feet each way and
when the size of the require, then them
leave hom 40 feet apart. At 20 feet, will
hold 100 trees high dry situation is the best for
sscardthey thrive and live better the fruit generally
larger and better favored than from planted
low ground inclined to
1t is very material and of much consequence in obta-
ming for orchard that they be udciousy selec
ted in order to have apples in perfection throughout the
year for family rpening before wheat
harvest, and then succession through the summer
fall and winter and all of the first class of apples rPen
ing in their There ought to be at least % differ
emf in orchard of hundred trees that they may
have fruit ripe ming succession, and for different
and various fances as o the flavor o the fruit
In planting dig hole feet square and feet deep,
then fill in off the top SOIL tread it moderately, leaving
hdcep enough to admit the upper roots inches below
the level Of the soil; after the hole is filled soil
around the and pour enough make
tho dirt together ike thin mortar, then throw
loose soil press every side with foot-tlrow
enough soil when it trodden, is left nearly SOL
id. II the large when planted. there will
many of them need TO be saked. If dry spring
summer, water the trees frequently If the trees
large and the roots dug proportion, and planted
bove directed, there will be but very few die in
planting Pow and cultivate the ground in pota-
toes or pumpkins, from the time the trees planted till
they in good bearing; it improves the growth of
young trees to spread around them every year,
at least four five shovels full to rcefour five
times that quantity will be better, chip manure any
coarse litter is good 1t very much improves the growth
and health of young trees, white bodies
lime every springt good prevent the destruction
or damage that is liable to be made by working
between the wood and the bark If the trees are large
when planted, and have been well cultivated and kept
thrifty the they will commence bearing pref
~ well in three four years from the time they plan
ted Never get trees for orchard from a nursery
where they have been kept well cultivated f good,
thrifty be obtained within any reasonable dis
lance elsewhere, for they generally become bark bound
and unhry-many of them apt TO die by trans
thrifty for several years after
William Coke, celebrated Anne rican writer on fruit
and the cultivation of fruit trees, and the planting
management of young orchards recommends transplant
ting trees when taken from the nursery the garden
some suitable place. and there and cultivate them
two or three before they planted orchard
II the trees small when taken from the nursery
believe it would be good plan; if large, would be
trouble and expense without any benefit.
ANDREW HAMPTON /
Richmond, Ia, LIST 18th, 1916