Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-03-01
NEBRASKA THURSDAY, MARCH j. 1860.

and 10 keep a well balanced head. The
other is 70 check the sap. In order 70 OBJ
tain fruit in fullness, it must be cOmmenc-
ed while the tree is in lis infancy, and BY
carefully watching the growth Of The tree
and removing all supurAuOus shoots the
tree might be put in any form required
by the cullivalOr. BY an over abundance
in quantity of wood. the bearing wood Is
robbed Of part Of its sussenance; the
roots are exhausted, and the natural life
Of the tree is unnecessarily shortened,
Wills, the superauOns wood endangers
the tree, BY giving the winds additional
power over il; retaining dampnessi pro-
noting blights; aifOr'iing shelter for in
sects; preventing free circulation OF air
and rendering the greater portion Of the
tree worthless. The outer branches only
can bear fruit. Trees thus neglected ac-
quire q ssunied habit. and the fruit can
not be but of very inferior quality. These
considerations ought to iaduee every cul-
tivalor Of fruit TO make thorough inves-
Iigation Of their orchards, and when It is
found necessary, thin out al iFregularly
placed branches, and all unfruilful shoots,
always cutting them close to the parent
stem. Old orchards may be renovated
and brough, to a good state of cultivation
by the addition of root pruning. The
mode Of this operation is, digging a trench
two or three feet wide, and from three
to four feet from the body Of the tree ;
cutting all the roots that have the least
tendency to grow downward, as well as
those under the tree. So that all roots
that have penetrated into unfriendly sol
are efeciually removed from the tree,
Throw out the whole Of the soil contain
ed in the said trench, replacing il by en-.
riched soil. Placing ali the roots in hOr-
izOntal direction upon il, Us they invari-
ably draw the sap from the extreme
points. This pruning will compel the
roots placed horizontally, TO exert them.
selves, and throw out fresh hbres and
collect more congeneal sap for the sup.
port of the tree, and displace the crude
tissue which heretofore remained as food
for the tree. There is not more pow.
erful agent for producing canker and dis
eases which trees are subject to, than de-
cending roots, penetrating to the cold,
sterile soil, inhaling vitiated crude mois-
ture, causing arrangement Of the cir
culation of the fluids, which IN its turn
cgnses canler and the attack Of insects,
and promote the growth of lichens and
moss on the trunk. When trees show
these indications Of disease, the great
evil generally lies at the root. The cause
of the disease must be found out and re-
moved, and these symptoms will very soon
disappear. There is process to which
recourse is made too often with diseased
trees. That is scraping the rough bark.
The invention being to remove the harbor
Of destructive insects. IT'S true that il
is harbOr for insects to deposit their
eggs. But on an examination Of these
eggs, il will be found that they consist
only Of the eggs and larva Of spiders,
&C., not known to be materially injurious
to vegetation, and should any peculiar
idea call for their destruction it can easi-
ly be effected without injuring the bark
The scraping Of the bark is totally inef-
ficient. -
As to the removing of destructive ia
sects, such as bOrers, which have their
habitation under the inneE bark, and con-
sequently scraPing off the rough bark will
do more harm than good, by depriVing the
inner bark, and the tree Of their natural
professionalism only shield from heat
and cold.
For fear am making this article too
long for one number of your paper / viii
close. but propose to continue the subject
in my next. E. H. BURCHES.