The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-05
AGRICULTURAL.
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Messrs. Eiitors:-Perhrps first, |
slay as well las our statesmen say define
MY position, by saying do not make he
raising of frrii trees TO sell. my principal
business. Although have for The last 5
OF Q years prqpagated aud ianied out,
oimy own gr,uuds and with my own
hands, from three 10 four hundred trees
every year. besides supplying my neigh
bors with trees for their orchards. If |
live, ! intend 10 plant Out as many yearly
for several years to come, not having any
apprehensions Of getting too many, pto-
viied they are Of the right kind.
II you cultivate your farm with a view
to sell, there is no Improvement you can
put on to i, iha, will make it So saleabc
as an orchard Of well selected trees. i,
for your home, there is nothing more
profitable. or tina, will add so much to
the pleasures and comfort If your family
and make il loik so much like home
as good orchasd.
The value of an apple orchard in our
climate depends great deal upon lis
trees being Of lie rigtt kind. A very
large proportion should be Of the latest
keeping winter apples. Many kinds Of
the best and most celebrated winter ap-
pies in The eastern and middle States,
prove 10 be no better than FL apples IN
our climate, ana viii seldom keep ill col!
weather. Even the old Rhcde Island
Greening, the last season, proved to he
nothing but (all apple. However, tie
last season wos an exception to the gen.
Z eral rule. ills usually here good win
ter fruit. Especially f,r market, and al
so for making cider. Winter apples are
decidedly more valuable for making ci
der. Every one knows Chat knows any
thing about making cider that good cider
canno, be made ill cool weather comes.
There is now no need Of sending to
the east or on, Of The State for fruit urees.
There are many nurseries established in
this Stale, from which think YOU will
be quite as likely 10 get good kinds, or
the kind the label represents, as any
where. My own experience in procur
ing trees from eastern nurseries, eas well
as that of some Of my ueighbors, has
convinced me ihal there is but little de-
pendence to be placed upon the lengthy
catalogues of those who claim To have the
largest assortment and 10 he the most ac.
curate of any in The Uuion. You may
get trees labeled with twenty different
names, and they may all prove TO be OF
one kind, and that moi either of the kinds
the labels represent. | have one kind OF
fruit now brearlng, which | received UNI
der eighteen different names, and from as
many different sources. They all proved
to be precisely the same frqi. in every re-
spect.
Iransptaattng.- notice, from articles
in ihe Prairie Farmer, that there are DIFF
ferent opinions with regard to the time
and mode of transplanIing trees. Nj,
practice has been TO plant out any time.
from the time the leaves fall ill the buds
+ star, in the spring, whenever the ground
is in proper state TO work, and with
equal success. have removed trees in
all the winter months, and never had any
difficulty in making them live. Often
they have doubled their wood the follow.
ing year. Ii will not do to remove trees
in time Of drought, nor when the ground
is flooded with water.
Success depends as much on the man.
ner or way of taking up trees, as in plant
ing them opt. 1t is very necessary that
they should retain large proportion OF
their roots. Another essential is TO cul.
,ivale the ground thoroughly where they
are planted for the FIRST few years.
suppose every farmer can estimate the
difference in the growth of two hills oil
corn-one planted by cutting hole thro
the green sod and lief, to take care of it.
self, the other planted on plowed ground
and properly cultivated. Well, i, make,
quite as much difference with young frui
.ees as it does with hill of corn.
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