The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-02-07
Tr1aaasPl;asnaishg Fruit Frees.
by II. c. VAIL,

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The autumn is favorable time for
making plantations Of hardy trees,
such ms apples, pears, cherries, ounces
and plums. The more tender varie.
ties of iruit trees are frequently set
out in the fall with success, vet the
spring is the better season for rcmov.
ing the peach, apricot: ncclarine, and
even the plum.
The taste for fine fruit is becomin.
more general, and we believe that as
men become more civilized and refined,
they will give greater share Of their
attel.tion to the cultivation of the soil
particularly to the propagation Of
fine varieties of fruit. Thousands Of
acres of land have been devoted to
orchards within few years; still the
price OF fruits in our great cities is
probably higher at the present time
than it was ten years ago. even II VIC
allow for the scarcity of fruit this sea.
son, which has caused an advance in
price. In short, the public taste is
rapidly undergoing IN educational
course. which renders it almost an i'm
possibility to overstock the markets
with good fruits at rclnuneratinp prj.
ccs.
Fruits should be grown more ex
tensively for home consumption
There arc hundreds of farmers whose
families know nothing Of the luxury
OF having abundance of fine fruit on
their own farms; who probably, never
Plucked lucions pear or ripe, blush
ing peace from tree Of their own
loo often we see y few fruit trees
careIessly set alongside stone wall
, or in some neglected corner where
E they never receive attention, instead
of having u field set apart and culliya.
ted especially for the production of
fruit, which may be thus obtained in
any quantity and to suit the taste Of
the most refined amateur.
E We are highly gratifed at the in
creasing demand for fine fruits, and to
notice the number of trees sold unnu.
r al" w our leading nurscrymen. We
arc equally giieyed to witness the
OF them are placed out, under the
name OF setting, which is yer, proper,
7, for they are set with TO more care
than If they were posts, or some other
liteless thing. 1t never seems to en-
f ter the brains of some people that a
t'ee is an organized body, possessed
OF vitality, and the roots, etc, acting
AS condnits for supplying the means
, OF sustaining its vitality and increasing
its mass. Such is the case. however,
and therefore, after having used the
proper discretion in selecting the right
kind and quality Of tree, as to visor,
form, etc, the best mode OF transplant.
ing should be understood and acted
upon. Take two plots of ground of
equal size and transplant trees, equal
in every respect, into both. Plant the
one with care, the other in the ordina.
ry manner and at the end often years
the former will be SO far superior that
no amount of care or manuring will
bring the latter to the same state.
Those persons who are about to
transplant fruit trees would do well to
observe few facts. Nurseries, in
which trees arc grown until large
enough for the orchard, arc generally
in excellent condition, the soil made
rich by frequent and plentiful manur.
ing, and kept clean by cultivation;
hence in removing trees it is we'll TO
select MS fertile soil rs possible in
which to set them. Trees should new
er be pulled or twisted out of the
ground, but always carefully taken up.
II necessary to sever roots, it should
be done with q sharp spade or other
? proper tool. Care should always be
taken to preserve all the small roots.
for they are invaluable to the health
and prosperity Of the tree. Exposure
to the sun and wind will so shrivel I'd
the roots us To unfit them for the per
tormance of'heir regular functions.
Hundreds Of trees arc lost annually
from this cause alone. All injured
roots should be removed carefully.
with clean cut made by sharp
knife, the tops trimed just in proper.
ton to the mutilation Of tho roof
The practice of removing all or near.
~. AL, the top of trees transplantcd is
injudicious. The leaves are required
to perfect their organization, and these
are more readily developed on the
younger than on the more matured
portions Of d tree. The holes for the
reception of the roots should be spa.
clous-trom four to six feet in diane.
ter, and never less than two and o half
feet in depth. 1t must be recollected
that il the spot where tree is to
stand be not we'll prepared before it is
set, it never c..n be done afterward, and
that their roots extend wider and deep.
or than those of ordinary crops, hence
the soil must be looscned to a greater
extent to enable them to travel without
hindrance. The soil rcmuved from
the bottom of the hole should never
bo returned to it. Its place must be
supplied with that Of better oua|itv