The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-11-06
Srj}rtifr, 9gritiIInraI, JfI@bapital.
j, AUSTIN SCOTT, Editor.
What may be Done with Poor Orchard.

What may be Done with Poor Orchard
We cUndtIisu lIUm the experience ul friend
whose whole statement would occupy more
space than we can give. The following may
b. relied on US eutiiely accurate Five ycatS
ago he purchased ON orchard containing -
trees. They had never borne much, having he Il
planted bat a few years. Their treatment had
been misrfablc. Cows aud horses had been
rasturpd ia tlls urchutd. More than one quar-
ter of the trees had been bruised or pml 50 that
il seemed that th'y must die. The II st had
hecu left unprurd, the suckers WIRE growing
from their roots. and large sears where the bark
had bcch torn of BY the hOrns of cattle, dlsfig-
lifrd many of them. The insects. tuu. had held
carnival among then. Apple born had pierced
their trunks raterpIlhrs had spun their webs
from year to year in their branches aud ants,
whose hills had multiplied around, were swarm
ing on trees Or fruit, dunng oil Ihs warm
months.
Such was the condition of the trees. When
our friend considered til" case; he seriously
thought of cutting them all down, and b gin
ming anew. But The rulreuti's Of his wife, who
thought that some fruit might b. grown on
su;nr Of the tires, while younger orchard
would bc coming on, induced him TO try what
cuuEl b. done with the ragged, hopeless suj cts.
His plan was ii simple one. lie turned out
all unulnS. lie prun"d the trees CurluIly.
covering all the wounds with grhtlimg wax or
Shrluc. lie propped up The trees that WIRE bent
almost tn the ground. aud CuSen'd the large
rrars with cotton cloth that had bon spread
with graf;ing wax He removed all the sprouts
from thc roots. AMI kept them cut olfas fast as
they reappcarrd. II battpd the insects as b ST
he conld. The borcrs he dug on, of the trees
with ii knifr The culrrpillars he burned up,
eating OF the limbs where their nests were,
aud putting them into the kitchen stove. The
hn ala. hv ,purIuu lpt HItPr The
mondays washing into their hills, Aud he
destroyed the moss and numbrlrss eggs, and
grubs, by removing the rough bark on The trunks
and limbs aud washing the trees gen rnmsiy with
old soap He enriched the ground by spadng
rliirr manure mix"d with lime and little salt.
This course he has kept up, as he thought need
fal. every year since.
But what are the results? We will state
them. Every lrre has lived. The most hope.
less ones have bore generously. The trees have
quadrupl"l the siz' uf their tops in lh" last five
yenrs. The orchard attracts the attention OF
every passtr-by. All ,xcam: What fine
apple trees you ha,s Mr. - The insects
above mentioned have almost entirely disap.
poarnd Last year. (lS55) thes' % trees bore
between 100 and $50 bushels ofapples, and when
this statement was made to Us, more than half
uf them were just blooming as If for another
generous yield in 1886. Such arc the results
thiis far.
Our readers will not won Ter that our friendis
greatly encouraged by his experiment. IL adds
at the END this application. II. Consult your
wife b.lnre cutting down your apple trees. ?.
Take gopd care of your trees if you have any. 3.
Don't b. discouraged in view Of som" rather
hopeless prospects. 4. Take The Ohio Farmer,
for it was from this (he saws aud from other
valuable papers, that he gain ii tn knowledge
w ch enabled him to save his orcharj.-IoLio
aTIner.