The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-03-19
Chats on Fruits.

ing Chat. of Jan. 81, which wa
our State house, while the boafu VI ns"r
cn,,nra wsre In session, on the subject OF
70. ,n Maine. Some OF the speakers
-" ,,..,;c,I men who knew whereof they
sG.,pJ ~otbersswer theorists who spoke
49,. hy conjecture than by experience.
Soms Thought that the tree takes It's age
c,on, the scion above where the stock was
.ncr,fted. We do not think so. We be-
LEV, that many fruit trees as genus have
,hs;r age. and that the whole tribe will IN
time grow old, decrepid and fail. To en-
gr.ft a scion upon such tree ever so young
will NOT renew its age. There are some
kinds Of pears, and some OF apples tnst
were in their glory generation ago. winch
are now so run out that fair pear or ap-
pie can seldom be produced from one OF
the trees, if the trees themselves are not
extinct altogether.
Most of the speakers thought II best to
engrait trees in the tops, rather than near
the ground. We see no reason IN their
reasoning.
Others thought that tree should be set
out facing the sun as il did in the nursery
this we think makes very little or no ditier-
ence. Some trees we should think had bet
ter be put in more shady situation than
they stood in, when in the glare OF the sun
on The south side, and set on the more
shady side of hill, fence or building. A
tree like an animal will accommodate itself
to almos, any situation.
The following are the remarks OF DR.
True, Of Bethel.
Many persons seem to think that run
trees will grow any how, whether they re-
ceive any attention or not This Is especial
ly the case in regard to the apple tree. But
no one can be eminently successful IN such
a course. Trees must be treated well &c
make them do well. Apples may be fat,ed
as well as hogs. They need food as much
as pigs, and you can DO more have good TAT
apples without supplying them with al
abundance Of good food than you can fa'
hog.
I took an old orchard eight years ago
that was in poor condition. ploughed u
up, grated il and cultivated II five years
taking OF crop every year, and then seed
ed it down. have taken of two crops o.
grass. There were seyenty-tiye trees II
the orchard. Last fall there were gathered
from these trees sixty bushels OF good
marketable fruit, beside one hundred and
twenty bushels Of cider apples. This is
certainly good return, especially when the
crops taken from the ground are reckoned
In the account.
There is prejudice existing agains,
lime water as q wash for trees, which Is not
well founded. Lime in excess on trees
will iniure if not kill them. The trouble is
that il is not lime rdter that is used, but
lime paste. This is always injurious. A
solution Of lime is all that should ever BE-
used; and this will do good. Ii should be
made in the following manner: take good
unslacked or quick lime, put 1t in vessel
and pour boiling water on II; let II stand I'll
il settles and then pour off the water and
wash the trees with this. THIS will do the
trees good; but the sediment should not BE-
applied except to the ground around the
trees.
In setting trees, think il important thai
they should stand the same, relative TO the
point OF the compass, as in the nursery
Reverse this, and put the north side to III,
south, and II will injure them. There is
constitutional difference between the noru
and south side oftrees. The south is harC
and brittle, while the north is soft and tough
have tried many varieties OF fruit. Ap
pies succeed well, but the small fruits an,
the stone fruits have not succeeded so well
Every variety Of goosebery on my premise
mildews. Houghton's seeding is not n
exception. cannot do anything with then
All my care will not save them, and hay
made up my mind not to keep anything il
nv garden that needs to be doc,ored.
There have been not less than ten thous
and apple trees set out within five years. ii
our vicinity, and yet, DO not know Of
SINGLE new orchard. There has been gen
eral failure of the trees from some cause o
other. AL these have been nursery-grafte'
trees, which IN consequence OF this are get
ting in bad rePute. The nursery grating
has been adopted for the purpose Of hasten
ing the fruiting OF trees but think an or
chard can be secured as quick to graft tn,
tops. Some kinds DO not succeed at al
when grated at the ground. The Baldwin
grated in this manner Is tender, while II
perfectly hardy when grated IN the top
More facts are wanted in relation 10 thu
most important matter.
wish to say, that greater care is neede'
in the harvesting and packing OF fruit
MANY persons still shake the apples irou
their trees and tumble them all into the bar
rels without sorting them at all. ] hav
been told there are are practices IN PUTIN!
M fruit which cannot be attributed to heed
lessness. refer to putting poor and reius
trui, in the entire Of the barrels, and nicel
selected a, the ends. This Is Shameful
II is rascally. select my apples mysel
so that know what they are, and get tn
better price for them.
The last fall | sold nine barrels OF apple
Mt NV door, and received in return four bal
rels of nice -four. How could contrlve
paw for this quantity Of the statf OF life ca
sier than this
We are glad to hear from our frien
Noyes Of Bangor, and that he succeeds $
well in tina, latitude with Grapes. His eS
perience is worth reporting.
Mr.. Moves Of Bangor, said: He had bee
engaged in horticulture in small way, 10
a number Of years. have five acres IN IN
garden, a part of which is devoted to th,
culture Of the frui,-mostly stone and III,
small fruits. have some thirty varieties o
the goosebery, and have never been uou
bled with the mildew. My neighbors ar
troubled with il. One Of them who wa
troubled much with the mildew, took som,
slips from my bushes and set in his garden
The frs, year they showed no signs Of tn
blight; the second year It appeared slightly
and the third year II was just as bad as ever
have had considerable experience in III
cultivation Of the grape,--both in tn
cold grapery and the green house.
I built my first graPery six years age