Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-26
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helsoting Fruit Trees

Few farmers know what really con.
stitutes n good nursery tree, and Yet II
Ia tho most valuable information they
can possess, and, 10 a great extent, the
Kew 10 future SUCCESS for II you expect
TO have good orchard, you must plant
healthy, weiI-formed trees, OF suitable
sorts for your particular soil and ell
mate. Most planters are over anxious
To obtain large trees which are very
seldom profitable, never In fact, except
when they are TO be moved but q short
distance from tho nursery. Apple-trees
lrom three 10 five years olu, are the
cheapest, easiest 70 plant, and most GER
tain TO live and give satisfaction. IL
you 60 to the nursery yourself, select
Istocky q. e.--Iargc, just above the
ground) trees, with woll-balancod heads,
not too high up, especially II you in
tcnd TO plant them on the open prairie
In ordering or selecting cherry, plum
dwarf pear-trees, take those that are
not over two years old, in fact, one year
old, ii we'll grown, are better STILL
such trees you Gun usually got ut the
nurseries ut one-third 10 one-half less
than the sized trees that are generally
ordered. Nurscrymen like 10 sell large
trees Ut large PRICES, but an honest one
will tell you tmAtlsis Is correct advice,
and will perhap<2 save you, a. you are
about ordering Trees three, or four timcs
the cost Of this paper.
Any one who las had experience In
orchard planting knows that the young.
or tho tree, Us a general thing, tue
more readily IL adapts itself " u new
situation, and RECEIVERS from the injuries
slwayo incident TO ever 30 careful n re.
moval from the nursery. Another rea-
son why you should select young trees
is, you can form them TO suit yourself,
80 that in after years you will never be
compelled 10 resort 70 the dangerous
remedy OF removing large limbs, or Of
saving in the top, which is often abso
iutely necessary with fall limbless whip
stocks.
Each tree in particular should mover
be moro than one Year old. OF the
small fruits, goosbcrries aud currant,
should never be over two or three year'
old. In selecting trees Of all kinds
avoid those OF unnatural rapid growth
or that have dccayed spotson the trunk
But the first and most important thing
10 look TO, and TO insist upon, Is III
abundance of root. Moro trees fai
from poor roots and from having beer
exposed TO frosts and dying winds than
from any other cause. III YOU order
trees from distant nursery, state dis
tinctly that your trees must be vel
packed, and just mention, by way of en-
Encouragement, your nurseryman, thai
you never begrudge packing charges
and expect your trees TO DO carefully tn
ken up with ut least q decent supply o
hbrous roots.
In regard TO varieties, II you hav,
lconfidence in you. nurscryman, lcav,
tho selection mainly To him, only stat.
What proportion you wish Of summer
fall, and winter fruits, and that yor
don't care for moro than twcnty.foul
varieties, and that you wish those to b.
the best sorts suitable 20 your locality
| This advicois OF course intended fol
those farmers who, from not having
made horticulture speciality, are no
posted up in regard 70 the comparatiy,
merits Of different sorts.