Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-05-18

"Fcr thee The fsgrsni Zerhyrs bs~,
Fof the descsnds the sunny sAo~es;
The t,l. 10 softer murmurs ds~
As1 brighter blossoms gs'n the b0Ser.'
MArsA Sa,y month TO the hu'bandman
Its as crowd with astive duties for 'h'
farmer. as /, is active in vegetable and AMI
nal lite. YOur plans being laid, and yOui
Implement, IN order, you 90 to work will
good nature. with a stout hear, and willing
hands, and every stroke will tell.
Among the many du,'c. TO be PsriormeC
thi. month, the orchard should receive q
share Of attention. Much has already beer
said to encourage the raising OF fruit more
extensively and TO better advantage, yst
there !. manifest lack Of interest, in sou'
sections. among farmers concerning this i'm
poriani branch Of agriculture. There ar'
thousand. Of old orchard. It'll remaining IN
New Euslaud. which would pay well io'
being newly worked over BY blowing. ma
nuripg. pruning. .crapins and grating
Here in Maine are hundreds Of orchards
scattered around. bearing from uO,hing, %
= few bushel, Of sour. grabbed. defective
fruit to a trcc. when dozen selected first
rate kinds, with good cultivation would have
produced an abundant, supply Of the finest
fruit. We have too, acres o. land, iha, are
ns1, 10 worthless because Of their email pro-
duets. ye. are well adapted to the raising Of
apples. and nigh, be made vAluablsii de'O-
ted to this PurPOse.
The present month sagood time TO graft
IL may be ATTENDED to from the time the buds
begin to swell. till the trees are in foil bios
,om. Undoubtedly tho bss, time TO 81
them to have them attain ihegrcaiesi growth
4. when the buds are swollen, and the leaves
nearly ready to b1r.; forth. Bu, IL may b
commenced earlier and continued later than
the above period Any person OF ordinary
ingenuity can set gratis 50 iha, they may
live. IL takes but few moments and liz
lie patience TO learn. /, is well worth er'
cry farmer, while 10 know how TO do BIZ
own grating. aud when ,hufty trees arr
producing only ,our. indifferent apples. b.
= hide amount Of labor and rshs manage
taeui. they may Be made 10 bear Baldsins
Rhode leland Grscuips' aud other ehoie,
varieties as well a. allowed 10 waste the soil,
It,afAci known to oreharli,,s that sci
on, are not As healthy and hardy as Seeding
tres. Tree. are frequently snsrafled in ID,
nursery few inches from the ground. One
,cion will then torn the top, # the variety
be ,uccolen,, open grower. But the bet,
Ter way think, i, to transplant the seed
Ing. and 10, 1, grow itsel' a top. Then en-
graft the limbs ,ha, ara one bait inch IN d.
.nstsr a ,hor; distance from the trunk.
In grating trees that have attained con
siderable size. would advise to BE- two OF
three year, in doing 10. IL isAlv.J. injuri
Gus 70 large trec. 10 lose all, or nearly al
their tops al once. There is danger, when
800 much Of the top i, removed, o. losing
the tree. Tor il there Dc not sJheien, top {,
reccive the sap which the root. naturally
furnish. unless the tree be unoommonly vs.,
or0us aud throws out a graf number o.
sprouts, the sap mus, s,agua,e in the root
and trunk, thereby causing serious injury
TO the tree though II the tree survive III,
shock. and the gratis grow much Esiyr (a'
thew would Dc likely toy 10 consequences o.
receiving % large share Of nu,rimsni, il
would Be To the future injury Of the tree
Tie growth Of the scion woUl DO - grea
that the WOOD would not BE- sound ans
healthy. The failure Of the thousand, o
nursery tree, imported into Maine from ,h,
New York nurseries. the past Eve or d,
years. may he attributed 70 this cause-thl
undue forcing Of the scions that form thl
future tree. One Characteristic or,varieiier
grown in nurseries is they mus, be yiyorou
growers. When the Seeding has AIalne,
the age Of two or three years they are en-
grated a, the ground. The amount Of roe
IL has acquired ). sufficient 10 force the sci
on - the height Of four or Eve feet. the Grs
year. The result i the overgrovn scion ha
large pi,h. aud in the end bseone. rot
ten hearted DISEASED tree. Bot on the o,bs
hand Il wood grows slowly, it wall be NOR
hardy and enduring.
In cutting scion. care should he taker
that they be from trees that bear tho mos
fruit. both in odd and even years. and tn
iaires; and bee, TO kscp. Apples Of the sam
Kind. wall 10 on some trees early and small
and bear only once in three or four years B,
the sane treatment. Scions should he o
FIRM, well.ripened wood. from healthy VIC
orous trees; and, II the upper portions az
pishy. and not fully matured and compact
they should be cut "a aud rejected at once
I. such gratis are no, likely to unite reAdi
~, nor will they grow well afisrNard. New
er eutihsn longer than to contain two bud.
and II the buds are healthy, and ever Al
inch apart, one bud Is better than two. a
the longer the seions the more apt are the
to dry up and die Those tina, have ha
much experience 10 grating, say that III
upright shoot. from the ends OF the limb
Of young, thrifty trees, make the bee, sci
oDs bot IL i, be necessary to cut from oil
and untLrifty trees, suckers, where the
may b had. nil make better seiots thai
shoots taken from the ends Of the limbs.
good and cheap grating wax may be mad
from 10. bess-waI. pint lin'ssd oil, an
& los. resin. FErE, ia.