The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-04-16
FRUIT oULTURr.
~ J. !. THOMAS, ,mAcEDor, \. I.
I(Confinaed)
sRLEcTfoN AND rARrIcUhAR rREArMaur
oP B pIFFERENT FRCIrs.

sRLEcTf0N AND FARTICUhAR TREATMENT
or piFFEaEvT FRrIrs.
Ia planting every orchard d fruit gar
den, the intended ohjscs must be kept
strictly in view For supplying a family
the selection willof course be quite diff
ferent from ,ha, Of market orchard.
The former may be nearly the same in
whatever locality; the latter will vary ex-
ceedingiy Miih the nature and distance
Of The market and The resources Of The
planter,
| ]. will be most convenient 10 speak ia
the frs, place Of the former.
To.supply a family Of moderate size,
100 well MANAGED and fuIl-grown trees
will afford an abundance with The best
cultivation. AT least, this number may
be taken as a fair and full average, to be-
diminished or increased according to
varying circumstances. They may be
distributed among the different kinds in
about the following proportion: 80 apple
trees, 20 pear trees, ~ prech trees, 10
cherry trees, 10 Opium trees, 9 apricot
trees, A necterine trees, 8 grape trees.
As the apple aud pear trees are TO fur
nisl, large portion oftbe year when
other fruits are out Of season, they COM
pose one ;halfof the whole number. The
cost Of this hundred, a, present nursery
prices, would not exceed 80 dollars. To
make the supply still more complete, a
few additional rods ofground should bo
| planted with strawberries, aud currants,
the cost of which would increase the
above sum 10 40 dollars, the annual inter-
est Of which would no, amour, to the
usual cost OF ofreplenishiBg tobacco box
fol year. This number Of each kind,
if well chosen, would furnish strawberries
for month,cherries rive mouths, rasp-
berries for nearly Two months, apricols for
one month, plums for three months,
peeches for two months, grapes for four
month, pears for eight months and apples
for the whole yearly circle.
| These might all be planted on an acre
aud a half Of land; but ifiwo acres could
be Appropriated j, would be better, as new
!. trees must be occasionally sci out TO keep
up a succession Of good thrifty bearers.
Plams, apricots, and nec,arines are to be
so iaraneed that they may be easily
Fenced off by themselves FOR The con6ne-
menl Of pigs and pouliyio destroy and
Ircpel the curculio, as will be noticed on
future page. 3. 5ei
| To pro,ectsuch an orchard from thar
pecnliar and most serious evil, which
prevails TO disgraceful extent in this
country, namely, frni, stealing. a good
secure ,hotn hedge should encircle the
whole. In .the extreme northern portion
6fthe Uaioh The English hawthorn has
succeeded wen, aud some of the Ameri-
can specieshnve done well further south.
But neither Of them is 10 be relied on
when there is danger Of the ravages of
the bnref, which has wholly destroyed
some beautiful thorn hedges in the nortli-
! ern and middle StaIes. There ale, how.
i ever two hedge plants, moi liable 10 any
!. known disea-e or destroyer, emineniIy
: fitted TO protect fruit trees from The spoil
: Iter. These are the bdckthorn and Usage
i orange. The former is extremely hardy
and poisononsly bitter to any animal that
attempts 10 feed upon il; the latler, al
. though somewblt sensitive ofsevere win
tier frosts, will succeed well as d hedge
as far north as the peach and Isabella
grape wiilmature their fruits, and il is
so profnsely set with sharp thorns as to
J form most terrific barrier.
\ 4, me3 THE APPLE.
Il This fruit, first in value for its easy
culture, hardness, general adaptedness TO
all places, and the long supply it affords,
!. will gruw on any land ,ha. will ralss
good crops Of corn, wheat, and potatoes 8.
. No tree. is more benefited by deep and
we'll manured soil. II well managed,
:. the yoene trees ought to bear half a
!, 5,,shel each by the fifth year after setting,
and several bushels annually by ihe 6.h Or
10Th year.
The varieties should be so proporiioned
las 10 afford a constant supply Of fresh
:. fruit for the twelve months. Early sorts
Hast only two or three weeks, and should.
therefore, be fewer in quantity than such
!, as keep through the several months Of
! winter aud spring If the earliest sorts
;, commence ripening al midsummer,
!. scarcely four months will elapse before
! the time arrives for securing the remain
!, der within doors; therefore, the remaining
!, ,wo.,hirds OF the year are 10 be furnished
!, with win,er and spring varieties. h bow
ever happens that during the whole Of
autumn there is great profusion ofolher
I fruits, as peaches, grapes, plums, &c,
which reduces The number Of apples for
q this season, aud renders sill larger por-
i portion OF long-keepers desirable. The
d following numbers, in . list of 80 sorts,
d nav therefore be thus distributed through