Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-03-26
BRIEF HINTS FOR THE SEASON.

their neighbors in the success " hich attends
'heir labonrs. Everything they Sc. ou.
grows and everything that grows advances
with vIgor and health There seems to be
sort of good luck attending all tha. their
hands touch. Now, it happens that their
good luck is the fruit Of diligence-,her
success is the result of labor-reaI. hard
handed, well-spplied labor. When tree
is transplaned, every part of the work is
done well, nothing is sighted the soil into
which it is set we'll and deeply enriched :;
and, most Of all, their trees are not neglected
afterwards, but constant, clean, and enrich
ing cultivation keeps up what is we'll begun.
Now we have noticed that one great
reason why all this essential labor is slight
ly and badly performed by the unsuccessful
culllva,or is that, he crowds too much into
a small portion Of time. He undertakes to
do in day that which would require a
week to perform properly; and he omi,s
| some essential preparations ill the moment
arrives when it is too late TO perform them.
, During the present period there are num-
ber of important particulars, which if now
attended 10 would lessen The pressure Of bu-
siness when spring opens, and contribute
greatly TO success.
| II trees are to be set out, good quantity
Of the necessary enriching materials are to
be procured, and deposited where wanted :;
the place for each tree may be marked, and
! old manure, or still better, good compost,
deposited in heaps in sufficient quantity
We have known apple-uees 10 thrive admira-
bly, by frs. digging large holes, say seven
feet across, and then mixing well by means
of an iron rake quarter part of old rich
manure with the soil as it was returned to
the hoIe-leaving enough space at the CEN
ire TO place the roots without bring ing them
into actual contact with the manure. Trees
so treated, with good subsequen. care, have
borne bushel each the fifth year.
A most excellent manure for fruit-trees,
whether newly transplan,ed or otherwise,
consists of about two-thirds swamp muck,
and one-,hird of stable manure, with small
portion Of ashes, leached or otherwise. As
This requires some time for working over,
the ma,erils should be timely collected !;
and in some instances it may be done now
TO advantage.
Trees which are Of feeble growth have
been Immediately restored to vigor by
spreading thick coating of old manure Cor
new, if old could no. be had in broad cir
cu'ar space round the tree, during winter,
with a portion Of old ashes, and then spsd-
ing in early IN spring. The spading should
be as deep as practicable, without injnrlng
The roots. Three or four inches of manure,
for apples, pears, and peaches, where the soil
was poor, have been of great use. The
quantity of ashes should be just enough to
cover the surface, say the tenth Of an inch
thick, which will be about a bushef57or two
fnr large tree, and half peck 10 peck
for small Tree.
In top-dressing and spading in manure,
roots spread out from the tree far and wide
generally much further than the length of
The trunk and branches put together, and
,he manure should be spread as far as the
roots extend it will do but lille good to
confne The application to a small circle just
round the foo. Of the trunk, as to" many
do, where tenth part of the roots cannot
procure supply.
Very extensive experience within few
wears has proved the eminent advantages Of
mu7c1iing young fruit-trees, which is COM
monty done during the early part or middle
of summer, as the droulh Of the season may
require. But il is often egecled or if not
neglected, is very sparlngly executed, smp-
ly for the reason that the material is not to
be had at the time wanted. Every cul,iva-
tor, therefore, who intends to set out or al
ready has small trees, should, if possible,
reserve or procure in time coplous supply
of course liter, sufficient to form dress
ing around every tree al least foot thick.
Much is often thrown aside Or wasted in
winter, which would be exactly suited for
this purpose.
a constant improvement Of his selection
is an important obj ect with every cu!Iivator
Of the best fruit. Some new varieties prove
worthy of adoption, and greater number
Of old ones are found by trial to be particu-
larIy suited to certain localities and untitled
for others. Hence, some change of his
trees by re-graiting must be going on In
every good cultivat"rs orchard and garden.
The kinds must be sought and gratis pro-
cured in winter, and not left ill spring. when
the work would be more likely to be omit
ted altogether.
There are a number Of operations either
necessarily to be performed now, or which
may be done TO great advantage in order to
lessen The pressure of spring labors, among
which NAV be enumerated the following ::
Pruning orchards; shor,ening-ln peach trees;
pruning hardy grapes clearing of caterpillar
eggs from the small shoots Of apple and 9th
er trees making trees, and thus preventing
mistakes in names and making the various
fixtures for gardening purposes, as figured
and described in the first number of last
wears Cullvator.-C Culttuator.