Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-04-01
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,arge. rD PROTECTING.


:essful. would havTl-As the time is now at
army Rut Rraoe fruit and shade trees,
.all.aoa ~ ha4.oa the columns of your
sa''0 - =, p'''' W practical hints
were Drought 20 pePthe proper manner of SO
was on hin1-sTetrees should be pruned or
added--the enc corresponding with their
nantina of his sgptance, along an avenue or
loard-ona ~ -ont OF house, the shade
.I,.c - IN on the pavement, around
'iiunuei "a ny giit the chamber windows, and
an hundred II oof or top of the house, as
confess l.. suppose, were they to judge
rase s W the trees along most street
pale--thegseo secure this, the tree should
s;a,ssw,a Flown more or less every spring,
or six years after it has first been
ee2aa 2nl' fhT but in no case should the side
h.lg be cut off unless they are so thick
-, I'D against each other After tree
II NJ se or fifteen years old, it should not
round feuned or touched by the axe or saw,
Pna I: ing to remove the dead wood |
'''l9 n - e zen many fine, healthy trees ruined
"dfers s.eoper pruning Sometimes persons
cup Duttaivest tree, six or eight inches in
lulS cre'9ter, Of all its branches, and will then
CreG f a portion of the top, leaving moth
ter, l d..ut an unsightly trunk. Trees thus
l teasp"ned will take more time to recover and
Ha6flshade, than is necessary to produce
pint ofmt from a thrifty young tree, and fre-
] pint c ~ they never recover; so all the labor
to make Fruit trees should be trimmed so as
pound ,dmit the light of the sun to every
hoopsf( III; by this means the fruit will be
Len,c and more perfect than when left to
sugar. y at random. No suckers should be
| egg. fed to grow on a fruit tree but as
-li9enends upon the soil and exposure,
pTrr-mpossible to give rule that will ap-
ply to all situations. Experience and care,
with the exercise Of good judgment,
must supply any deficiency in this respect
Roses and Towering shrubbery may be
trimmed according to taste, being careful
to remove the old wood and that which
may have been killed by the winter. The
proper time for trimming roses and shrub
berry is in the latter end of March, after
the frosts are over and the buds begin to
swell, as you can then see what has been
killed by the winter. And here [ would
remark, that the best method of preserving
tender roses, is-where it can be done and
the wood is not too strong-to lay down
the bushes and cover them over with earth
to the depth of two or three inches, having
first secured the bushes to the ground with
pegs. 1t is not so much the frost that kills
rose bushes, as the effects of the sun upon
them after they are frozen, and before the
warmth of the atmosphere has drawn the
frost out. Where they cannot be laid
down, good plan is to surround them with
cedar brush, carefully tied up. This ad-
mits the air and at the same time keeps off
the sun. Some persons tie up the bushes
in straw. This is a bad plan, for very fire.
quently upon opening them in the spring
we find the wood all mildewed, and before
the season is over it dies out. Raspberry
bushes may be protected in the same man
ner as roses.
With your permission, will in future
number give some directions with regard
to the pruning and culture of grapes.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES GLEASON,
Landscape Gardener
Fobrrar1 1870