The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-04-09
WHOLE No. SIS.

site OF success end vigorous growth 10 ap
deep fertile soil. This may bs ssscu.ed :
for the tree, while young, by diegingo
large holes and filling them (excspt insi
immediate contact with the roois) viiIlsq
very rich soil, or with short manure, ) weIl
mixed by raking vita common earth
Young appleirees, NOT larger than caro-
riagewhip, with holes seven fee, in disms-
ter, thus filled, have borne a bushsI Of
fruit each the fifth summer. I By tho
time the roots have run beyond the holes.
tho rest iofthe ground may have been
enriched with manure, and deepened sbyio
ploughing An admirable mode OF fdeep-t,
ening 10 first to loosen the soil as far b
down as practicable with subsoil plough
and then 10 irench-plough this deeplyai
loosened bed for the iniermixtuse Of
manure. Trench plonghing is effected
by running large common ploughinR in q
the bottom of the previous funow. aTbeoq
subsoiling admits this 10 a much greater
depth than could possibly be a,iainedloi
without IT,. This preparation Of tho si
ground may be accomplished before orlp
after planting the trees. ,a@ab 400
When the surface canno, we'll be pre-
pared this manner, a stiip OF ground,r
eight feet wide, where the row OF tlees,N
is to stand, may be p repsred at less ex- II
penditure oflabor. This method would 90
indeed be always found Of grea, use in y
clayey soils, which, otherwise holding si
water like tub in the holes, would ad- u
nit Of drainage by means Of the beep fur
row through the centre. A small guam %
tiiy Of brush laid in the bottom Of tho az
furow, before being filed, would allow av
the water to soak away for years aher- "
wards. l11 t1f.llyl 4sY.i 65 Ialsbg
Cultivation and mslehing.-Afiet q NJ
tree is iransplanied in the best manner. h
the first step has only been taken. Much II
will depend on the treatment il receives a,j
the first summer. Neither tree nor od
domestic animal can thrive and grow. icod
not we'll fed in, its early years. The d,
ground must be kept mellow aud Greesa,
from weeds for distance Of at least sew aa
eral fee. round, because the new roots 10
begin rapidly TO extend themselves, and 81
the roots Of weeds and grass, il permitted,
will also approach towards the tree, 10 q 1
rob i. ofits support. As soon as the dry sq
GUNNER season arrives. or sooner, the .
trees mus, be we'll mulched- that is, coy-a a,
cred Tor several fee, round with old straw, q
coarse litter, or leaves, not less than fve 4
or six inches thick. This keeps the top
soil, throughout, the hotles. day, as moist aa
as in the dew Of morning, and consequen-o
lily the under soil is thus preserved in 4 "
the most even manner---incomparably ~,
better than by the irregular supplies Of "a
artificial watering, which no, unfrequen.ly ofI
do more harm than good, by causi ng the
surface 10 bake, the water NOT peDeuat-
ing to the roots below. Forcherry trees. a
more especially, which often perish at,
midsummer, after having made good
beginning, mulching is Of the greatest iaa
Importance. ui lia..ti3g asa63 IS mon
The writer has restored row ofyounE !.
apple trees, which were 90 much injured b,l
by the draught as TO cease growing and oil
assume sickly appearance, ,oirssbness
and sigor, by the simple operation Of Z
mulching, although no watering was {
given, and no iain fell, neither Of the Ia
time nor for some weeks after the i'm
provemen, in their foliage became visible. III
A correspondent, Of the Horticalfmiss Z
mulched fifty trees out Of hundred and :
fifty, all of which had commenced growth sf
alike. Those which were mulched eli
lived. OF the hundred others, fifteen
perished. .a8 ~ g d 3H tp e3ii8u
On the approach Of winter 10 guard q,
agains, the attack Of the mice, which work .,
under the snow, little mound of earsh.Spe
about ten or twelve inches high, should &
be thrown around each tree, 10 remain,
till spring. This has proved complete
protection in hundreds Of instances, even
where trees have stood in thick grass. ?
the mos, tempting Of all spots to these
little depredators. Nothing is easier, osn
and nothing more efficacious, than this v
simple remedy, which has also the add.
.ional advantage ofs,ifening the newly
sci tree against the action Of the wind. aliH5i
Keeping the ground well cuhisassd 's
has already been urged. A few exsm-llf ,
Piles Of it's influence may be interesting. 9
Some years since, fifty 6ne peach trees :
were set'oui, under ,he notice Of ths's
writer The work was carefully done, q
and all lived. The ground was alike ID Y
quality, and a part was occupied with AL.
crop Of winter wheat, and part with po-
,atoes. The latter received, OF courss, !
good cultivation, with repeated l,oeings;
the former was not cultivated al all On
examining the trees after harvest, il was
found that none of those standing in ths 90
wheat ground had grown more than thsss Y
inches, and few more one crtwo inches.
On the other hand, Of thuss ia the po,a-
toes. none had grown less thdn . tootF
and half and some h,.d thrown Sss q
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