The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-07-19
CULTIYATING npcuAnnn

ror lew years past, about eighty tbousaod !,
lars worth OF fruit trees have been apnnaI uOi-
INTO orchards IN the single State of Ne,, SCI cut
these were all treated in the best manner :; OiN'
ing the ground, in carefully transplantina pepaf-
gooo care and cultivation afterwards. each @'u n
planning would probably be worth to the or,o ca
ten years, not less than three millions Of DOH III
lar as their value may be measured bv sns' 81
niohey' Inc question arises, what pronortion "
'lis gfeat NUMBER OF trees are actually adyanc;n
with full promise of what they might ot;, a,a'InClng
portion will really become in ten wears h.. Il Wnat
treatment, tu-szed, healthy and producyyo 'D' OeS
Several intelligent individuals have o;yoa;
opinion that not one-haf of the trees that 'eu
out ever survive the third year. very Iarr ae SET
Der are certainly lost by careless renoysI ha
transplantlng into hard ground, and total srt nasty
neglect. But of those which survive tbo~o
doubleday not one-tenth, that make half tbo
they would attain under good infringement wv
nave seen whole orchards of young peach ,ro "e
sihothefed to death the first summer Inv tho -,
growth OF meadow grass which nearly enve or,J
'hel, lar larger number, however, are bosa
winch are not killed outright but which Iro. .O1o
after year with slow and feeble growth NJ year
hardness Is altogether unnecessary Peach ,roa, -"
tar north as iortythree degrees, have been maa TO
yield the third summer from transplonting 49,
pecks OF peaches, and apple trees the fifth Summer
one bushei each. An eminent pomoloqist noy lr'
ing IN western New York, set out large frut g.r5-
en-, after long years had silvered his head with tsb;to
ness yet for the past twenty years he has annnai
enjoyed profusion of fruit from this identical fn,
garden. The secret consisted simply in treating his
trees well as every good farmer treats his corn and
cabbages. ''''
"But we cannot afford to give so much attention
to our trees-the rich man only can do this. ), saws
tle laoorlng farmer What not afford to be econo-
mcaE The man of small means Is the verv nersor
to his trees after he has paid for them. he i tbn
very man who should not spend his com 10 have
feeble and fruitless orchards Let him buy half the
number and apply the other half Of the purchase
money IN taking care of what he has, and he will
soon become the gamer by the operation 1t is how
ever, great mistake TO suppose that much expense
is needed. Enriching the land is largely paid for by
the heavy crops of potatoes carrots and rutabagas
which grow between the rows where trees are small
and by the equally heavy and more valuable loads
OF ripe fruit profusely yielded afterwards The ex-
pense OF ploughlng once year, and narrowing four
times, Is perhaps not half the first cost of the orchard
to say nothing of the annual crops afforded while
soon renders 1t quadrupe the value of the neglected
plantation. Why do not farmers apply the same wit
and wisdomto the management of their orchards that
they do to their corn and clover cropsi Why should
they not, when many, who, fortunately have already
full grown orchards, get more in moned value from
them than from all their farms besides?
/ wide error is committed in cultivating orchards
by those who forget that roots extend far beyond the
circle measured by the branches The whole sur
face OF the ground is covered by the network of the
roots, where full grown trees stand twenty thirty
feet apart. The larger and more obvious ROOTS it is
true, are near the base of the trunk but all the fin
er ones, which so largely contribute nourishmenare
spread at great distances. Hence all orchards which
have made some years of growth, should have the
whole surface cultivated and kept mellow, and not
narrow strips or small circles just at the foot of the
trees. Cultirator, for July.