The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-04-16


tons may not be unacceptable.
In the outset, perfect folly to buy even the best
frees unless one is determined set them out faithfully
The first steps prepare site for the tree to occu
nv iust as it is in building house, prepare ioun-
dation For tree, this preparation consists IN dig
pnO hole four or more feet in diameter, and about
eighteen to twenty-four inches deep. Fill this hole
nearly fall with good rich soil, ntermixing with 1t
little of the subsol and weotted compost, and
ashes charcoal dust, bone Dust if you have these
materials; the idea being to have under and immedi
ately around the newly planted tree generous depth Of
rich SOIL but generally land that will produce one hun
dred bushels mot ess) of In1ian to the acre. is
good land for fruit.
Upon very dry, gravely soils, trees should be set
rather deeper than they grow in the nursery But
where the land is dead fiat with imperfect drainage.
set the nearly upon the top of the ground, and
cover the roots that when the work is completed, the
tree shall appear stand upon the top of very fiat
concal mound like turtles back 1t is equally de
strucve to most trees to suffer their roots to be shrv
eed with drought through the summer to be soaked
with water through the winter. The first of these
evils may be prevented by matching Covering the
ground with straw, SC. ) the other, by draining
The apple, plum ounce and grape enjoy strong,
deep loamy SOIL and apH bear considerable moisture
in the sub-so Other fruit trees mostly prefer deep
rich sand loan with good drainage underneath.
In planting tree let person hold it upright, and
another carefully arrange the roots in natural position,
and then fill all the.ntersces among them with good
rich soil Beware of buryng deep, and also of
leaving hollow places among them. ~
Fruit and ornamental trees generally succeed better
when their branches shrteaed-in so that the mutt
lated and diminished of the ransplanted shall
always be adequate to supplying the demands made
upon it by the parts above ground.
Ornamental evergreen trees, in shortenng-in, ought
not to have their top leading shoots off, unless it is
desirable to stop their growth permanently in Of
and hedge plants. This class of trees if short
ensdin should be cut in concal form. By cutting
shortening back the twigs all over the top tree
say about one half of its last years. growth, it may be
tsilsplied with far less risk than usually attends the
operation. We mean to appy these remarks particu
lary the peach, pear, APPLE plum and cherry among
fruit trees, and nearly all hardy ornamental trees
cept perhaps the horse ohestout.
Fru without much root should be heavily shortened
in and tied stake which should always be put int
the ground before the roots are covered to avoid bruis
ing them.
But we must not dwell upon this part of our subjec
longer.
What trees is it best to plant? We venture to fur
nish list of fruit trees numbered in the order in whc
their fruits rpen wishing be expressly understood
that many excellent varieties left Of the list
account of the limited number to which we have confr
ed ourselves.
AppI Earl . For
Bough, g. Williams Early Red.
(Autumn and Early Winer.) A. Porter, s. Leland
Spice, g. Grayenstein, T. Mother, s. IIubbardsto
Nonesuch.
(Winter) 9. Il. /. Greening, 10. Baldwin, II
Esopus Spitzenburg.
(Sprng.) IL. Danvers Winter Sweeting, 13. L.
dies sweeting, IA. Roxbury Russell.
For select list of six varieties, take numbers 3,
SO, 10, IA.
For three trees, perhaps A, s, and g. would be tn
preferable varieties For single tree, none is NOR
valuable than the r. l. Greening
PEARS. Among some thirty or forty most exceller
kinds we would name,-
(Summer) l. Madeleine, 2. Bartlett, g. Rostiezer
(Autumn.) A. St. Ghsain s. Louise Bonnie de Jer
sey, 6. Seckel, Z. Flemish Beauty, 8. Urbanise, 9
Dix.
QLate Autumn and Winter.) 10. Vicar Of Wink
field, ii. Beurre d. Aremberg II. Winter Nelis.
For a select list Of six take numbers 2, 5, Z, 8
10, II.
For three, take numbers 2, Z, TO- For single tree
we prefer No.7.
Best Dwarf (quncc-rooted) pears arc, /. L. d. d.
Jersey, 2. ST. Michael g. GIout Moroccan. There arc
however, several other dwarf pears of great value bu
Of them groW well upon ounce roots, as those
we have just named.
BEST A PEACHES. l. Coodges Favoritc, 2
George w., g. Crawford Early, !. Crawford's Late
There also many other fine varieties. Best single
Peach, No. 2.
BEST 3 CHERRIES. l. May Duke, 2. Black Ea.
gle, 3. Downer's Late Red. Best No. 2, (pehaps.)
BEST PLUMs. /. Washington, 2. Jefferson g.
Goes Golden Drop. We give this list of pluns with
some hesancy, not being unmindful Of such fruits a,
BIeecker's Gage, Orue) Green Eagle, Princes Impe-
rial Gage, SC. &c. Best single plum (perhaps) No O.
BEsT OUNCE. Orange variety.
BEST (hardy) GRAPES. Isabella (for sheltered
situation) and Blackstone (for exposed locality
BEST CpRRANTs. Dutch Red, and Dutch White
BEST 2 SrRAwBERRiEs. Early Virginia and
Hovey's Seeding. Set row Of each alternately and
always throw away plants atte they three years.
old for at that age, their day is over.