Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-10-16


season, the fair average quality of fruit
most of all the entire success of those who
have persevered in.,lanting apple trees, not
withstanding the outcry against the coun-
try for fruit-all such considerations are
producing very general want of fruit
trees. The apathy and want of faith IN
the clilna&e and soil Of Wisconsin are en-
tirely overcome; the winters Of $3.50 are
remembered as destroying only such trees
as were unhealthy at the start, such as
were unsound-made for market, like pen
itentiary- boots and shoes-uncer-
tain scions grated into bits and parts Of
roots incapable Of yielding over part of tie
essential juices necessary to form perfect
trees.
The principal cause of orchard failures is
the TRANSFORMING Of unhealthy or imper-
feet trees, the form being as imperfect as
the quality---being mere poles; the limbs
Of trees answering to the extremities of
the animal kind, are as essential to the VI
tally Of the one as the other. The limbs
and roots should remain entire, except per-
haps the tip-ends. Eastern nurserymen,
for convenience of packing, lop off the
limbs Of their stock; such trees never re-
cover, but fall into consumption; or if they
survive for few years, die at the time Of
maturing or bearing. Diseased at the
heart, their annual growth is mere sap, or
layers Of dead fat, which fail to harden by
cold weather; this substance winter-kills by
the first frosts or mild freezing; the ave-
nues Of circulation close, and the trees die,
or in the spring shoots are forced from the
base TO prolong sickly existence.
Orchard men must raise their own trees
if they would have healthy orchards, and
not depend on sale made trees of eastern
nurseries-such as they engage from ire
sponsible tree agents. Several of the
home nurseries of this county are carried
on by responsible men-inen who know
the origin, kind and condition Of every
tree in their nurseries-men whose word and
promise are as near perfect as we can ex-
pect. Dr. Young Of Lima, ]. G. Patter-
son of Plattevlle, Il. w. Harger of Taft
on, and n. G.. Goldsmith of Lancaster, re-
spectively, own nurseries, the latter quite a
large one. Of these men perfect trees
may be obtained, the branches and roots
entire, the roots perfect at the start, the
scions healthy and known to be of the
kind offered by catalogue.
By these signs you may know healthy
trees: The annual growth is foot or
more, tree vigorous in appearance, bark
clean, wood of the root white and not dis
coored by diseased heart. Sickly trees
may be known by halfpractiscd eye, and
SO the time and space were lost in describ-
ing them.
Fall trausplanting is matter Of choice
and time. The difference is perhaps bat
little whether trees are planted in the fall
or spring. only SO that they be well staked
to prevent the effects of storm. Most per-
sons have more time in the fall to SEQ to
these things than in the spring. Perhaps
some more care is required in fall planting
on account Of storms.
The kind of soil, situation, how to plant,
DC, have been so often described that all
must be posted.
Once more we caution the public against
travelling tree impostors; they are mostly
strangers, who know not one kind from
another, and are ready to promise any
thing you want promised-any kind, and
with them all kinds are promised to do
well. Your better way is to go 10 some
Of the home nurselynen named, tell him
to put you up so many trees, fairly appor-
toned for summer, fall and winter use--
but only such as he knows will withstand
the Wisconsin climate and soil. The
nurserymen all know what kinds are best
and hardest; they follow the reports Of
the Wisconsin Pathological Society in Sc
Letting their scions, and therefore know
best; moreover, for the past five or six
years they have grated only the kinds
best known to stand, SO they can be trust
ed, for they are better judges than your
selves, and have no interest in deceiying
anybody; rather, they are interested in
furnishing you trees that will make per-
feet orchard.
gE Gov Randall has issued an adyis-
oly and prohibitory proclamation-advis-