New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03

known to all present; that s thA. fruit Is at present
very ar bigb and he feared the cause Of It wa.
2 general Iaady affecting all Fruit trees. s .eu
go ont Of existence in the land OF ito origin fiod.
once produced ss fine oranges as ever grew say part
OF the world, ard in extrsvagant abundance eu w
face Of the earth. Here at own door, In New Jer
tey We how The peach-tress are failing, and
everywhere the apples are eas fair and rch, ana trees
less productive than formerly. Vow If there Is rem
edy within the reach Of mans power, ought to
search for it and apply If. At least we ought -
think, and if there is any thing that we cao do
to make tfose who plant trees and grow fruit think
upon this subject should do it earnestly. UPon the
subject Of planting trees there does appear to be an
excess Of Ignorance, want Of thought, among
farmers The common method Is to dig little hole
few club roots, and pound down the dit with maui,
and then let the ground grow up TO grass and expect
tie tree to grow and produce fruit. Now have In my
mind gentleman who, by careful prepersti OF the
orc ul and special manuIng of The es has produced
healthy wood and abundant crops Of fruit at his option
and at tie risk of saying what has besn said before
will ssk that gentleman to favor Us with some remarks
upon this subject.
Prof MAPEs-I have experimental ten years. till
have found that can make pear trees grow wood or
produce fruit. By the use of fertilizer applied to
large cargo of shveled trees friend s,ved the life Of
srpIyirg certain fertilizers have produced very large
crops OF pe.r year after yesr. My dwarf pear trees
this year averaged 900 large pears per year In putting
out pear tree top them severely suIiaseplowed
and subsoiled as deep as possible. then dug hole
four feet deep and four feet vide and filed IL with sur
face soil linen bored with foot auger still deeper
than dug tie holee set my trees from four 10 SIX
inches below The joining Of the pesI WITH T tue gunGe
Winter blight take away tie mulch ard earth 10 the
Fall to check the growth before Winter In the Sum
mer keep al the trees mulched to keep the coil moist
and Of an even temperature. i take solnb'e humus
and potash TO make wood but do not do that to make
fruit. For that render phosphate of lime soluble
by an excess of suPhuric acid and apply in
Spring. Guano should never be applied 10 Spring
AWAY. spply potash after the phosphate
Some Of my pear trees this year. that do not occupy
over eight feet of ground, brought me 200 shings.
sold ali my crop at 81 TO 81 80 dozen. My rows
stand 20 feet apart, and l cultivate between, bat
never use any barn-yard msnure-that will always In
lure the trees The surface must always be kept in
pulve1tnt state / would advise to set dwarf trees
feet apart both ways, where the land Is not to be titled
Great care must be take in planting trees-tht Is all
nportant-so is the toil. The fame Of Newark cider
is world. wide. 1t comes from the Harrison ADD Can
field apples grown upon certain locality. The juice
is very rich and not inclined to run into vinegar The
fruit Of this district is possessed Of peculiar flavor
Some of the orchards are 100 years old but the people
are generally very negligent about planting new or
chards Perhaps il is because the old trees do not
continue to bear well, which is owing to want of lime
and coda in the soil The only valuable wash for fruit
tees is saturated solution of soda. Take sal soda
end beat it red hot and add one pound to gallon OF
the bodies smooth.
To question from Mr.. Bergen Of Long Island, the
Pro SAID there danger Of his trees blowing
down as be left but little top when he set them out
and trimmed them fact they grew into pyramid
zeal fo,m As to the talk of overstockDg the market
it il all moonshine The confectiOne's windows are
full of French pears at 50 cents piece pear from
California on the table, weighing two pounds, no mat
ter what its quality, would sell in any quantity at
wholesale at 81 Dozen This pear is inches 10 cir
cumfererce by 10 inches by way of the stem. The
kind is not known.
The Rsv. ELI CoRwIS of Sacramento exhibited al.
other pear, supposed to be of the common pound
stock at San Jose, that weighed lbs IL OF, and
measured LA incles round the bulge and 2li inches
around in by way of the STEM by actual measurement
to-day. These pears are looked upon by all present
OF the most ever seen here;
yet Mr.. Cow says they not unc ommon produc
tons in that remarkable State.
Upon the subject of decay Of fruit trees the Secre-
tary read an article translated from the French which
states that facts have been discovered in France upon
the subject of decay of fruit trees; that general NAL
ady has seized upon the trees that effort of has
as yet been able TO obviate.