, 1861-03-05
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credit last evening, in his address of over, an
hour in length, delivered before the Tenth
Ward Temperance Legion. It is pronounced
nmong the ablest Of the series Of winter lee
tures OF the Legion -
Meeting Of the Gardeners Society.
'Atthe regular meeting Of the Gardeners So.
cieety, ut their rooms last evening, discussion
npon the adoption Of the new constitution was
deferred to listen to the report. Of. Mr..
Waterman on the subject Of Cherry Planting,
which We print below: ''. =
Mr.: PRESIDENT: The eubject Of the cherry ts IN
tEoduced. The question l. asked me II onr loca-
ton Is not very favorable for that fruit. Some
correspondents have eu1ogized o1r location and
kol about CcttaEe Hiu Is being adapted to fruit
growing, we think beyond ita merits. Our adyan-
taEes and disadvantages are qtfte in common With
others around us. Our location Is fifteen miles
he oi
and 1fty-two feet above that etream-onlyso sour e1-
posture eastern. Our elevation, as can be eeen, is
not great We arc remote rom E 1ees Fl G7eep1 opr
ea,y, snongy, hnderlaI1 with strata o Jellow1sh
Clay. which connects with blue clay, which extends
down about thirty feet, when we come to plenty of
water Our soil IS Of that class which suffers
rrra,; scs drainage. Yet we are confident nearly
eau and vii Be avoided ~ making proper ~.
Of Varieties properly setting them ont, and having
aknowledse Of sotas correct system Of q attending
nf the Ao.elo class are perfectly at hong with ns.
They require plenty of manure and little Of the
snifs. With rs tue Dukes mostly are hardy in
arc somewhat tender, but We cannot give them mp
yet. They have with us borne Ave sucee: siye
cropa. We keep them quite low by cutting back
in the spring in order get reliable fruit spurs and
Ian A ful hh0A
pact as possible with most varieties. On the 9TH
er hand II the top be allowed to run up the sap
shnns the fruit spurs below, and most Of them per
fsh, The branches naked. growth mostly in the top
Some yeara the fruit rots badlE-ithe tops Of the
highest rot first. OF three branches on different
,, he 1 The ut a
believe the rot is caused BY inward pressure Of sap
aided by external wet.
We surface drain all our fruit ground BY ploW1ng
in ridse-too stony to mole drain, and aurpoekets
being too light 10 underdrain. Two things arc
necessary for there trces First, deep soil Tor the
extension Of their roots beyond TOO hard frosts
In state OF rest through the summer, when they
b. gin to grow in the fa1l and get wiuterkilled
Secondly, they must have chance to keep out Of
siandip ., e. Wsts. 1as1 tasy are kept down lev
habits Of growth which witt Its condition health
the kuiie.
We are aorry to see the Early Richmond s:aa
over year ag6, Writing Of onr cherriee, says Mr.
Wakema9 must be mistaken In regard to Early
Rfehnaond, It ptseably !? Early Aey: Some others
fo No., ma tns ma See oIg Rie
lpoud with Qnmfstakabte accuracy and recommend
It, while they hold tho Early May in low repnte.
Elliott in his work. says Of the former. it il tndis
pcusabie to every garden, the latter Indispensable
only to his unworthy List: Barry, IN his Fruit
Book and Catalogues Of Fruit, always recon.
mends the former, but the latter he men
Richmond is Early May, where is that larger and
more productive cherry the above authors al 30
earnestly recot1tlend9 Again, Why did they all
nut the May down as email and in .crtor cherry 7
Ia i: possible they too are m1stakcn7 I The Early
Richmond has alreany ten synonyms besides the
latter. We object to calling It Early May. We
were the first who introduced 1t at Cottage Hill,
aud il the Cherry King does not object We propose
christening it Hose. I hope to hear from other.
on this point OF nomenclature. It reflects confu-
siull on Aareerymen. Outsiders will justly say, II
iou- " It is time they did What two varieties
OF cherries did we present to the Prairie Farmer
Office, and to the Gardeners Society at their c1hi-
hilton over rear agoi fur an expression from them
them ard with our numerous visitors. aud hGnd-
ling and selling mlnT hundred bushels OF them,
satisfies us they were these varieties.
ha, @ PFse II ib1t noss6 M to ah
plough, trenthng the ground so as to lead of wa
ter. Experience Of Years sat:efed us talthouSh
many are against ~ that fruit trees in our light
1aucky sell, which 11nnibe and radiatc Its heat 70
easily, arc very sensitive In regard to little
extr:l depth 20 long rs their abode admits Of no
stRding water., Five Eears ago wc placed over
the soo1s Of yellow Spanish cherry tree, also an
e,rly Richmond and two Lombard plum trees, three
fcct OF solid clay from The cellar bottom. These
trcrs are underdfafned, and are as healthy and
r9ue 1e f. nv We haye Ihs rou!h or
Eonlo later. We do not recommend setting treea
this deep. This Nss an experiment 10 try their
disposition to suffer IL snch capacity. We never
Btase onr trees. We choose stocky trreA cnt the
top until they can hold themselves up. We shorter
cut in, III the spring on all young trees aud on
sonse old ones ifof thrifty groxth We belleye all
orchards better for being cultiyated, but not &c
daep as to iDjuse the roote which is too often the
case Ii not surface drained.
oatf ,whear ,or crop OF grass are almost equalto
tte So lolg 6, gnadliss o. quantity q lsnit arc
especially to the northeast. for they become sun
struck or injured. In settling ont Wc always lean
our 1Eees to the southWest az our prevailing inds
the habit Of plowfng the earth from the row, and
leaving The roots nearly or quite bare. The earth
should always be highest on the row, 60 that the
injurs to the roots, which ii broken will sprout
anu prove troublesome.
There Is hluch land good for all summer crops
hut very Alsu,ab for orchards on account Of wet,
ours And lud it imperfect In the fad aud epring
when it il needed, on account of frost in The
ground EluLLlu3 QuL wafer 1FOI1 tGG Qfa1liE u1tl
treezing In such manner to fpjure AID epoi
many: soae thrown entirely out of the ground
others with The bark 1oo euel psrt. or gil around
the neck Of the tree Surface draining In this re-
tra depth Of soil, which d -cs them much good
as to hii corn or potatoes thereby aaordfny them
Il deeper and better extension OF roots, enabling
them to better withstand tho dronth:. wind and
ext7cn,e frost; A tree thus established in deer
soil will seldom have that disagree;.h1e euc
cur bing habit. Ia crop is also mucl
near the surface are unsteady, by Being affected ty
frost and wet. In n Ting fome trees Of fevera
years Standing Oh wet land. they had very little
depth Of root. They were evidently between two
c:!s-dzownfug OF freezing to death-they chose
thu ]utter. This orchard Of II. Covcl Of Cook coun
IT., is IN good SOIL rich saud, beautifully pro
cd twelve feet aud Que in IT, half eE
gratis and half 1atuzsl bears well and Doble fruit
Sa. the loss OF trees during these hard winters o
1sG57. on two acres, was far more than on oIr 70
On one side. The causc OF dead aud part dead
trees the thtnuess Of sell; the roots.ceu1a en-
durc COMMON winters, but not those. Surface
ayefv 5f,e nf thc1n. We would ridge Of surface
drain al1 thin soils If ever so dry, AID all Ne.fisE
hols. even it Hnt:e4-drained, for orcharding te
guard against ice around the trees.
Mr.. Wate:1nau's report was laid upon the
table to be taken up and fully canyassed week
from rczt Monday night,
The new Constitution was then taken up
and after soma discussion was unanimously
adopted.
C. D. Brsgdou, DR.. 4 ]. Kennicott aud ME,
Wcrthirgtou were appointed committee o
yiEitation, to examine gardens aud report te
the Society monthly.
Ex-President Ellsworth, Of the State Ag7l
cultural Society, is 10 meet the Executive
Committee Of the Gardeners Society, nex
Monday, to decide upon premiums to be Of
fered at the next State Fair, at the Office Of tht
Prairie Ta,n1er.
The Society adjourned to convene next Mon
day evening, to adopt set Of bylaws.
Tnn s77:ose MAx.-Dr. ,yindship is now able t.
break hule through the side ot Z sosp box witt
his lst, Hc commenced by breaking shingle
and gradually Increased the number. Of ehfegle
TIL he reached tho thickness Of ahout half inch
He eau now lf. u tn, and 1t his Chc1y0 competi
tar comes this way, where there viii be fair play
the Doctor 1nar even add Il few pounds to the ton
-BostoH paper.
Does the Doctor mean to say he had not fai
play in Chiesgo at the recent Gymnastic Tour
nsmert9 II So, it was his own fault, for afte
the treakngc Of his hoisting apparatus, On tha
occasion, o proposition was made to postpon
the trial Of strength until the next day, that
might be repaired. which Windship declined
Wnereupon, Vim. Thompson outlifted him
As to the so@p-eex stczy, that is not hard t
beat. There Is naa e cut west " who make
such fcats pasti,ne. Whsa he undertake
aoylhing serious, he selects dry-goods bo
sad puts his fist through that, the boards con
posing it being an inch il thickness.