Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-17

| PLANTING OUT IoUNo 0RcHARp.-If you
| intend setting out young orchard this fall,
though too eSrly TO set the trees out now, it is
lYull time that you should he preparing COM
rost and getting the ground in order, il yon
desire that the trees should thrive, do well and
the orchard prosper.
The soil in which a young orchard may be
| planted cannot well be too carefully prepared.
| it is thought best that the ground should have
| had the advantage of a years previous culti-
| walton in corn, potatoes or some other crop
\ recurring clearly culture. But if the acre you
| design for your orchard has not had this ad-
| vantage, you may still get it in good condition
to receive your tsees, between this aud the
time for planting hem out.
The land should he both ploaghed and sub.
soiIed; early this lonth, narrowed and left to
mellow. II should be ploughed or 10 inches
in depth, and sub loiled as deep as the subsoil
| plough can be ma de to penetrate the earth.-
| This done, prepare compost consisting OF
mould and leaves from tho woods, marsh mud,
river mud, and the scrapings of wood-yards, OF
roads, OF bitches, hesdlands and any similar
| substances TO every 20 two-horse cart loads
of the above substances, add 8 two. horse loads
of barn yard manure, SO bushels Of ashes,
bushels of salt, and BIZ shells of bone-dust;
prepare the compost layer and layer about;
mix the materials all we'll together, form 1t
into a heap and let 1t remain until within few
DAYS before you intend pI anting out the trees /;
then shovel over the com post and haul it out
upon the land, Broadc9st evenly upon each
acre 90 or 25 two-horse aart loads, plough it
in inches deep, reserving enough OF the COM
. nost TO give to each tree about half bushe,
which must no intimately mixed with the sur
face mould dug out in making the hole for the
reception of the tree.
In making the holes, which should all be
: made before the trees are taken to the ground
, have them of sufi cient width to accommodate
the roots without any cramping, say feet dia-
meter, In diggi ng the holes, throw the sur"
face soil ON ono side to lie mixed with the
| compost, and the suhsoil on the other. Dig
the holes about 2. feet deep; ill them up with
the mixture of 50 Iriaee soil and compost, SO as
to leave n depth sufficient TO enable you to in
, sert the trees ab0 mt the same depth that they
originally stood in the nursery. As you are
aboat to insert tn trees, examine the roots; il
' any are broken, seriously injured, cut them
, off znooth. Before placing the tree in the
hole immense the Toats in mixture of the
1 compost, made int4o the cOnsstence of cream
Q with water. In planting have the roots spread
Edut regularly; then, while one man holds the
stems Of the tree perpendicular, let the other
5 shade OF shove in the mixture intended for
I covering, occas ionally moistening the earth in
the hole with wa ter from waterng-pot, and
5 gen tly pressing the Garth around the tree with
his feet, firmly, but not too hard. A stake
must be placed to each tree, to tie the stem to
/ Def ore filling in. In filling up, il will be best
to leave the ground slightly basn-shaped about
the surface and around the tree. In finishing
, give to each tree watering pot of water, gem
/ tly poured out, having frsk tied tho treeto the
stilke with whisp OF straw, or other soft band
afse, to prevent chatting and injury from the
, winds,c-.amer. AgricultuTt'f.
Ex-l'resident Fillmore has, declined an invi
| tation ito visit st. Louis,