Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-10-29
RICUL TUR AL.
IFron the American HorticuItur1ss.I
Fruit Pmnting.

Fruit P1antng' F
After the middle of October, and on eli
| the niftidfe of November, is the best tim
| for all sorts of fail planting o: fruit, or eth
ler trees with the exceptions stated In an
| other sftiEle.
I In ihe frat Piacs, IT yoti buy youf tfss
afd the tiursery from which you get them
near 1T iatdj 60 and see to taking up th,
tfees Yourself. Insist on e7erS tree beinI
taken UP properly sitl good sapyit Of un;
broken roots, fine as we'll Is SoHfseS afd i
a set Of Needless, obstihSte net are set tc
to do the work, and will not take rherr Out
properly, which is sometimes the case III
the hurry of the season, just refuse to. fake
them at alf, and insist on good trees. n
such are what you buy and pay for. Or II
you Sc nd for your trees, and find, on unpar l.
ing them, some ure defective in either rosE.
trunk, or top, throw them aside at once
They will either not grow, or make unsat-'
fstactory things when grown. Thsss
should be deducted from your bill--bus IL
not, better lose them at the first than lose
! your faSor and time in trying to cultivate
at ali what viii never be satisfactory
Secondly. Plant none but good, wen ttgs
ed varieties of whatsoever kind you get, uriI-
less you choose to experiment with a new
| thing. We have Known elmost whole cr-
chards which had to be re- worked with 9TH
er established varieties, because soma en-
fhtfsfaslfc man Rad recommended few par~
ticular varieties which had been quite suc.-
cessful in distant locality and in a differ
EFT soil. 70 this regard we speak princi.'
palIy of the tree ffnf;a. as apples, pears;
peaches, plums and cherries. The small, OF
shrub fruits usna!iy beirg more univeFaaE
gf6wers than teh others.
thirdly. Never plant in poor land, nor iff
an 5hpre pared sofl. You might as Welt
take a thrifty sucking calf from its dsnF
and turf 'tssih upon lean pastures and cold
watef. and expect It to grew, as to- Eft atree'
from tffe highly caftisated soil Of nursery
and set it out with ITS t56ts to seed on q
leechy gravel, hH1gfy loan, or q tens-
cious clay. Young trees, in order TO grow
fTtst have free, warm, rich soil for three
or four of their first years. When well starr
ted they will provide for themselves better
b'n good ground for their extending rootss
they should have, always. There are fand5S
large bodies Of them, and pretty good farHf-
ing lands too, for some crops, utterly unfit
for extensive orcharding, and on which orr
chards. with ever SO much cultivation, wifi
never pay. So, re ject such land altogether
or plant bit few trees on it, If you have mo-
other. and then only for family tses Naf<
ural orchard land-and there are wide tracts
of such in various iocalifies=is always to be-
sought, iffruit growing is 10 be your bnsE<
ness, and we will briefly describe It:
First--An elevated locality, free from late
and early ffosts.
Second-A porous, gravelIy, sandy, 81
elayey loanf, kaving plenty of lime, or pce<
ash, productive in grass, corn and potatoeSS
where no water stands, even il the ground
be level; having a natural drainage Of it-
self. Gently rolling land ie the finest fUF
orchard purposes.
Third-A soil sufficiently fertile In Itself
to give force to the trees without perpetual
tiHkeffHg with hfanures to coax them into
growth, and bearing. In some cases artif<
cial draining and manuring may be- rescrted
to on a limited scale. We erefer to the best
natural lands for growing fruit largely.
Fourth-Cultivate the orchard with any
sort OF crop you like, for a single seaso1fs
provided the soil is sufficiently strong for the
crop to be good one; the only condition
the plow, harrow, or whipple, or yokea Of
the teams while working the ground; and
also, that the soil for three or four feet ar
round the trees is kept clear of the growing
crops. S
Fifth. We don't recommend laying down
orchards into moving grass, for hays until
they make a growth of six or eight iffches
diameter; nor then, without either muleh~
ing them at the roots for four or Eve feet
each way ffom the stem. or digging found
them to keep the ground loose. Yet, they
may be kept in grass for the pssturage Of
sheep or swine, if the trunks are protected
so that the animals will not injufe them, and
the grass be not allowed to interfere with
the roots. By close cropping the grass, afS6
their manure IN small quantities.
over the ground, the rain gradually PefEe%
trates to the roots, ard washes in the SOAK
age of the manure. Besides these, the
sheep and pigs pick up and destroy tfS
windfal fruit, with the worms fhfescfh4
them, and thus keep the orchard and lFulks
healthy.
Sixth. Never let grown cattle Aor 6sr-
ses into the orchard5 and keep the braDch-
es trimmad at moderate hight from the
ground, To let the wind and air sweep freely
beneath Them. Trees require dryS free
atmosphere to thrive and be healthy par
ticularly fruit treess which are eonstituaion-
ally made to require IL.
Seventh. Keep your trees pruned into
free, open tops, giving them uniform shape,
as near as possible, and supplied with sbund-
ance of bearing wood, and for all this, but
little pruning or cutting away is asesssary
the main requirement being 10 eut sway
the small thrifty, upright growing Rrnos,
which are mere suckers TO draw of Che sap
from the lateral and fruit bearing bFasches.
Eighth. Let your apple trees stand not
less than thirty-six to forty feet apart This
Looks too distant at FIRST; but rely ON il, II
planted at less distance they will be too
close when fully grown, and worth not half
so much in the long run.