The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-12-09
AGRICULTURAL.

APrLE ORcHARDs.--We are glad to notice at
length, that we are getting a right class Of men
hold Of our apple orchards. The subject Is be-
coming reduced to science; and man who
does not make his trees grow rapidly and pro-
duce abundantly, may possibly pass for
worthy, honest man, il not otherwise disquali-
ned for the title, but he must be put down as a
great ignoramus, and a most negligent, sloyenly
manager, so far at least. as the subject of fruit
is concerned.
People who pay attention to their fruit trees
are sure to make them bear. We have glori-
Gus fruit soil and climate, the best on the faes of
the globe, and We ought 10 produce in IL such
quantities, that every household should be pro-
fusely supplied with the choicest varieties
throughout the year. chest may be as easily
raised as the worst, as the trees Of SUCH are noe
unfrequently the greatest bearers.
Shrewd men, who raise fruit for sale, now
generally select one, two, or at most three or
four kinds, which are of standard demand in
market, good yielders, and proved to grow In
perfection where cultivated, and conine them
selves entirely TO these. They see that they ars
properly set out, properly MANFRED. the land
properly cultivated among them, properly trim
med. and properly managed in every particular,
and they are sure to find an abundant supply Of
choice fruit on their trees in the autumn
A gentleman within our knowledge, has a
small orchard the Hudson river, of less than
seven acres, which produces from $500 to $3.50
worth Of apples annually. This is not one
year Of plenty and another or two Of famine,
but is a steady, regular average yield. This man
does not have, what We hear often called by hap
hazard farmers bearing years, or rather he has
no other. And all this Is secured by the simp-
lest process, viz: coed management. He scraPes
She trunks Of his trees every year, and immedi-
ately and before the insects and their larve can
find hiding place when thls exposed. He gives
them thorough drenching Of wood ashes and
hot water, as thick as can be made to run freely
from a whitewash brush This practice, nth
lime occasionally added about the roots at the
trunk, with the management We have before in
dicated, gives the satisfactory results We have
mentioned. After carefully nd-pcking his
apples, he heads them up in barrels, with few
anger holes in each end, which are then thrown
upon their bilge, or sides, and allowed to remain
exposed to the weather under the trees, till thers
is danger Of Pressing. when they are housed If
not previously sold.-Am<r. Agrieulfurisf.
The VEsErAsLs Soar or Mruco.-Among
the products Of New Mexico, is species Of palm.
called by the natives leeizguiIIa, which has been
denominated soap sosed, from the fact that the
Mexicans use its root q a substitute for soap,
for which n answers very well. Indeed, IL Is
considered superior to il for the washing Of
woollens. This singular shrub, which Is to be
met with on the prsiries, but where II never
grows 10 any considerable size, consists Of a
trunk very pithy, surmounted by fine head Of
stiff leaves, each of which Is about two feet and
a half in length, and armed with long thorn
The leaves project from this stalk on all sides.
and sit a. close m possible, and are Of dark
green color. The flower 10 white and very pret-
ty. As each years foliage decays, il drops
down against the trunk, and is Of light
brown color. These dry leaves, when IRE 10 ap-
Piled. fash mp like gunPowdsr, and burn with
brightli light.
The plant is applied to many uses by the IA
tives; Of its leaves they make their hats; also,
when dressed like hemp, II Is formed into ropes
and sacks, looking like the material known ~
the Manila hemp, though eo&rser.
The author Of "a Campaign in New Mexiee.'
observes: "These plants have singulariy pro-
vokine quality-being from two to eight feet in
height, they will assume to the eye in twilight
the most deceptive forms. To the sentinel. they
will appear a. forms Of men; and many an I'M
conscious weed has run the chance Of sentry's
shot from not answering the challenge, "Who
goes theref' III your mule or horse has stnyed
from camp, and you start to hunt for him in the
gray Of the morning, you are sure TO DO led nrst
in one direction, and then in another, by one Of
those shrubs, which, from short distance, has
taken the form of your animal Time AFTER
time Won may have been thus deceived, yes nsv-
| er seeming 70 learn experience from soeP
weed.-HsRt's AUehsnfs AAgessse go