The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-05
Cultivation of Fruit.
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| In our last we omitted one fact in connection
with the cultivation of the Peach, which we
deem of too much Importance to be lost sight Of.
It frequently happens that peach trees do little
or good, from various causes, such as the raw
ages of the worm in the root and stock &c
But upon experiment it will be found that, from
some cause or other, the the tree becomes Ian
guild in growth, defective, or, altogether barren
in fruition, and ultimately manfests symptoms
Of decline all Of which are attributed by the So
lictous husbandman to the decaying effects of
the worm in the root In the majority OF in
stances this will be found to be an erroneous i'm
preston, and that the real cause may be traced
to disrelsh, it were, The part of the roots,
fer the soil with which they are su~rounded.-
When the roots thus form distase for the coil,
nature ceases It's functions and the tree no lon
ger imbbes that nuriment which is necessary
for lis support, and consequently deterorates IN
health When your trees show symptoms OF
/ this kind wait until the latter part of the fall
when the sap is at its full repose, then strip the
roots entirely bare, cl. away all the old mou d
out destroying their hold. This done, take fresh
mould, cover up the roots again, and in the
spring your tree viii push forth new and fresh
shoots. and exhibit healthy and vigorous
growth BY this simple process, you will pre-
serve trees that arc already far advanced, and
thus secure for yourselves an early abundance
of fruit; whereas by neglecting to do so, your
trees must die, and your tables and farms be
without that most delicious of all fruits until
You procure another set of trees, and await
their maturity These few practical ideas hav-
ing occurred to after the publication of our
last article, we deemed their character of suffi
| oient Importance to warrant US III submitting
them for the benefit and consideration Of our
many readers, who may feel interested in the
subject of fruit growing.
| The acclimation of the Peach, composed the
chief feature in last, and is our present head
| In continuation of this subject, we would call
the attention of our agricultural readers to a
few historical facts, in support of the theory of
vegetable acclimation. For example, let us en-
quire how many of the plants and trees, &c,
that are cultivated by are by no means indig-
nous to our cline, but are natives ofclimates as
different from ours, our days are from our
nights. Thus, hemp, the cherry, the onion,
rhubarb, or, pie-plant, the citron, the orange,
the pine of Siberia, the pine of jerusalem the
plane tree of the east, the aloe, the rose o.
province, the mellow rose, &c, are all imports
1c orl NV
from theSevant, and the olive from Africa. All
these grow and flourish with us, though our
climate to them, is entirely foreign. Europe,
likewise cultvates many plants, that arc the pc
culiar offspring of the American cline. A
mongst the number are the tomato, or love-ap-
pie, the BANANA the strawberry, the mcdlar tree,
MORE, or Indian corn, the potato, tobacco, and
hundred others that might be enumerated if
necessary.