The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-01-07
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PLANTING FRUIT TREES,


EDIroas SOUTHERN CULTIvAroR-.As
the season for planting fruit trees is now
at hand, we hope = worl or two from us
III the subject rnay not be deemed inn
peiitent or construed into a desire to rem.
der ourselves notorious, but q simple his
tory vi our experience III that department
oil Pomology.
Our remarks will be addressed more
particularly TO small cul,ivators rather
ihar 10 orchard culture rs generally uu-
,icrstood ; AS MANY are deferred from ELL
gag'ng in the cultivation of fruit from the
fact, AS they suppose, OF being obliged to
wait a great lerglh Of time before enjoy.
ing the frU!t # tHeir labor. TIE period
usually occupied by :, fruit tree before it
arrives At u producing SIZE, may, by ia
dicious culture be materially fastened,
and this, too, IN may eases without any
extra expense or labor. There is scarcely
n planter, farmer OF mechanic, who resides
in the country, but who is tue owner of
domestic animals, 10 n greater or less OK
tent these. from time to time, die. Now
what 60 YOU do With their carcAsses =
Why, haul them OF in some obscure,
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buzzafds and hungry dogs. We will now
respectfully suggest that when You again
have a horse, Mulc, COW, pig, or even a
Shanghai to. d;2, jasi dig a hole some two
"r three feet deep where You wish to-, or
should plant "A tree and there decently
bury il it n morse, mule or COW, quarter
it, it will do for food for four trees. After
some six months or a year have elapsed,
plant a tree on the top of The grave, It's
Igor and thriiuncss viii Amply repay
yeu for all the trouble. Trouble, did |
Say we shink it saving of time and
trouble thus to dispose of \ dead animal
instead of hauling il OF u half mile or SO
into tie woods
Thus, &. deaG animal may be made to
yield as much pleasure ard profit as when
ALIKE. Here are all the elements needed
10y n growing tree, and that, in as conceu.
Grated u form s.tlIat of tie best guano.
If we are correct in our estimation OF the
%orih.as MUCH or more than Wien alive.
estimated at the same price per pound
with guauo.
Our attention WAS forciblv called to an
Instance of the predilectiom trees have for
this species of manure some years since,
10y an incident, OF the following charac-
ter:
We were called upon 10 superb tend
the digging of a grave tor Il friend who
had lost Il child in selecting Il spot for
the grave, we inadvertently chose a place
between two old graves which had disap
pearel on the surface If the ground,
where we commenced to have tho grave
Dug /; on going n fow feet down wcfound
We were cutting INTO a grave On either
side, but Is We were eXcavaung an liner
meGi tic space of unhroken earth about
one foot wide, we concluded t. finish that
b we had commenced aud did so. AS the
grave yard is located in a grove Of trees,
the roots of which, We found, had left
their usual horizontal position near the
surface of the ground and had gone down
perpendicularly 10 the bottoms of these
two old graves where they had rioted for
unknown years on the remains, per
chance, Of some sturdy ycomcn or mai
den fair.
What an eloquent appeal to plant flow
ers and trees around the graves OF depar
ted loved ones ! Here, in y few months,
through the agency OF some loYcly n)w
cring shrub, with its resurrection powers,
may we see tue atoms we once loved as
flesh and blood again exhibited 10 our
discusses i'll the form Of some lovely flower (;
or what was once some stalwart youth,
now = more sturdy and enduring oak.
Since the day our attention was attracted
10 phenomenon, il we may use that term,
we have made ii n rule 10 bury all dead
animals III our possession upon the site
q we intend to grow u tree. Many Il Shang-
l.ai we have resting from his growing la
bors beneath some promising fruit tree :;
and although he can crow no more, we
occasionally do a little of it over some
Shanghai specimen Of fruit grown on lis
grave.
Dead cats, dogs, Old boots and shoes,
bones fioln the diuner table aud kitchen
all make the best manure for the purpose
we have indicated, If deposited from dav
to day in some hole kept prepared for
This species Of off,l, Lesides We are rid,
ding our premises Of what is often Il com
mon nuisance.
From these hints, we hope it will be
perceived that 10y impariing a degree ot
luxuriance 10 a growing tree it would not
have when planted in tia ordinary way,
w viii sooner enjoy the fruit thereof.
Yours DC,
j. VAS BvREx.
Gainesville, Ga, 1856.