The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-04-14
AGRICULTURAL
FRUIT CULTURE.

Every man VINO has tOd Ot lanu may
cuilivaie The grape lo advantage. They re
quire but very inIle room, thriving we'll u
suualivi,s lhn could not be occupied b,
lsuu trees. Grape vines never DO bette
THAI when ,relli,ed and properly trained "
bu,liuhss and i,uses, besides makiIs quite
al ornamental appeldase, aud ~ lhis good
Nv l.l,id We SEQ nO rea>oi why every man
my mol literally sil bencaIh hrs Own vlnt
an,i ii Tree wih uoae 10 m1lest or maSe
him AFRAID.
Sci oul grapevine this Spring and i
tw, ysals, wiIh good management, yon car
eai, from your vine, iiae punches OI
Isabella aIapcs, aid they will not uJurt
yuu, appetite, much les, the coats Oi yOuI
stomach; (; oa tho cJaIrary, you will be be,''
iiued by them. Set Oul lrIty apple uee,
scsc.i iccI hi.h, The present S,Tin:, aad III
the Sunn.r ail Fall oi 1857 you c.,n pluck
huln II apples that would dUcIetlii To any.
boL,'s table. But yOu must not manage
tho tree - II was the peoples wont TO doc
tor apple trees len or tiiieen years aoo-se
them Uul IL grass sO,l>, without plylIg auy
ie.iliou To them Mcn formerly seeme,
10 mi TX That fruit trees would stand alnos
All SII Ot Eedi,nthi, a. cons Oui we'll.
But this is no, lIue. They must receive
due c.ue and attention, aud they will pay
YOU large per cenlage for The labor You
Law uui ia lheIl cultivation hui u YOU abuse
them bS cuiili. off large lInb, unuecessa.
rlly, AMI by plowIny up The lateral rools
when the lice Irqui,es them 10 give II nOul-
i,hmeni, you calIno, expect til they are
.oing To bring YOU "A LANCE profit We were
- h
should be cot of IrOm The tIunks Oi apple
trees; bat modern science now teaches thai
tbs Is a bal pG,c'l'e. AM results a. thu ana.
ieIuil iniuIy IO The iIee. Old hrmers, aud
d1nr K iUw bul may s:S old .aIdeuels,
IN lls Il a praclIcc To cut oil The lower lIlle-
raj limbs of their apple-lree', ant what
they dill il iOr calinu, iInaeIue, unless Il
wa, To plough under the trees for iur.Ips
anI potatoes. But modern scieuce says la
,he,ii, 4 You have made fatal havoc anon.
your lruii trees ior, iirsi, you have caused
ihcn To decay by eating OFT their mos
impurian' Branches; and, second, you have
plJuyhel TOO much under them, which ha,
resulted iniuIou,ly in respect io their root,
aiL spaniyoles. ~ Modrrn horticulture tell,
Us that large limbs do not want removing
so,bani vessels, and the lower roots, mus
not be plou .hsJ up il we would We sue
c..s.iul hi raisi,g thrifty apple and pear
trees. Ii il sometimes necessary, we adml
10 roo,.prune, but such instances, in oul
estimation, are quite raIe, aud allOwabl,
only where The nois afford too much nour
ishmenl TO the iIees.
Tue process Of pruning Of late, has be
come I,n poTiani 10 the huii gIower. Prun'
bot don't pruis too much. You can iOrl
"a iree most generally 10 your own liking
by pruning. For instance, The apple ire,
can be kept low by cutting off the ,ol
shoots when IL is young or IL may be- made
To run up hi IN la the air, By ''nipping oH
the side branches. But we should be care
ful, | think, ia lateral branches, for il We
run the apple Tree up twenty or thirty lee
hiih. our iruil, a consequence, will be
jaminej and spoiled whcn II comes ia cor
TACT with The ground. A. gene,al thing,
we on !hi 10 keep our fruit trees down low
10 the ground, and thus we should be ena
beI to gather oui apples, and pears, &c.
without thi,iy or foriy-ieet ladders. An,
another il,iig all trees should be prune,
while they are young, ior il is very Difficult
10 nip The end Of the limbs off after the lie,
has attained the heighi Of twelve OF filleeI
feet. have tried the process, aud f0uut
4, 10 be very hard for the arms aud neck
The grape-vine, no doubt, is greatly bene
liueJ by ju,Iicious pruning; but some peo'
ple say thai il ought 10 bo pruned but very
ainle. while others say that j, ought TO BE-
pruneJ more .han any other plant II !,
suticien, TO say that il wants thorough Car.
10 make !, a profitable vine IS do all Other
plants.
MJlern horticulture teaches some new
things IN relation 10 propay ya,ing trees. FoI
itis,auce, we learn that the gra2e-yine-,ht
nalise grape-vine-may be graf ed BY sim
ply This process; Cut IL of below The surface
ofihe ground, then spill; IL, aud inser, the
desi,ed kiud OF grape-scions, banJase i
tightly, fuse wax II thought 10 be nece>sa.
~ y aud then close The dili over II, and j
is said success, cannot we'll be doubted
And our present experience informs US ,ha
ia reality, the cnrrant bush IL wronsl,
named, for il ought 10 assume the name o
anee, since, IN fact by judicious pruning
itcan be made To grow with n trunk and tog
like the applr-,ree and by thus pruning Il
the fruit, says Barry, us well Us my humbl,
self, grows Twice IL no, thrice Us large as il
does when the bosh Is leh wi,hou, culture
Plough, Loom and Anrii. "
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