Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-05-22

stake them IN the spring, and certain
~ mound up IN autumn. It is q great
mistake to suppose, that, in planting
them, the roots of trees must be
drenched with cold water; and after
watering are worse yet. More are
killed by too liberal foodings, than the
want Of water. Abundant moisture,
so essential to abundant vegetation, is
the greatest curse Of the tree-planter,
and fruit-groWer where sspsrabwn-
daaE, and long retained sbouttheroots
Of trees and plants. And underdrain-
age, or surface outlets, his only safety;
and the latter is but temporary palli.
alton, and one of untold wastefulness.
Nearly our whole system of pruning
is . mistake, a barbarism. Cutting
back, or shortening in is often ne
cessary, in shaping trees and keeping
itin goodshape, and1in restoring some-
thing like q reasonable balance be-
tween tops and roots; in cases ofgreat
destruction of the latter, in digging
them up. The removal Of interfering
branches may be called for, when they
cannot be drawn apart and preserved
and dead wood, and sometimes thick
unfruitfQl spray, may, well enough,
fall under the saw or the knife But
as usually pEaeticed, bettermneyer
prune at all. sso1sd 1faamo1 lsom sd
Mulching is almost always a good
thing, f not carried to excess; and il
is Indispensable in connection with late
spring planting. But some ofsusoyer-
do the thing, just mulch henough, after
planting, to prevent rapid evaporation
from the soil, and sudden changes oi
temperature, and it is of great ser.
vice; while too much of it is danger
GUS, excluding sun and air, and, per.
haps, other good influences, prevent
ing early maturity, by encouraging
late growth. haTbOring yerminy and all
that Fall mulehing is another thing,
especially where your object is to re-
tain the heat Of the earth, as long rs
practicable. sto, rfi,. -b ~o;ssss =.
Many planters expect q crop of
fruit, without any particular cultiva-
ton; and yet they would laughat the
idea Of corn or potato crop, under
ike circumstances. Beassured of one
fact, Iapray {: All our best fruits need
more liberalculture than CORN espeeil
allyswhileyoung. Better not plant at
all, unless g determined to cultivate.
And just about as well cut down your
trees, as tsseed down. the orchard, as
some Of you do, and better cut it down
thans SOW the small grains-buckwheat,
possibly, excepted-among your trees,
Some one, perhaps Downing, has said,
that "tWo crops of rye would ruin
any Orchard. I think three crops of
any other small unhoed cereal about
as fatal. tits q great mistake to put
any but hoed eropsin an orchard and,
Of those, corn, sorghum, and other tall
plants, are objectionable, on account
of shade late in summer, until the
trees get high enough to oVertop it..
Where the soil is very deep and rich,
and the trees large, perhaps red clover
may be sown, as a. check to weed
growth. go isixs lLig Y9s75h8iaoJ
Many Of you plant too deep,
and uses spade whena fork would do
better, among the roots of growing
trees, "A corn plow, or ''cultiyator,"
aided by fork and hoe, are the imple.
ments to use in the orchard and fruit
garden s. , -e.+ - - ~, '.'-. .....a \
Who ever knew corn or meadow
land too highly manured !9vL never
did. Who has seen rhubarb or currant
bushes tooliberally supplied / should
like to know. But manure for such
gross feeders may be all right, and
often necessary; while, with every
fruit tree, great caution, in its use, Of
its entire abandonment, is the, safe
course. As Q rules you give young
orchards too much, and your old bear
irg anent0nl little nAnnra- And in,
neither case do you discriminate as
you should, or give or withhold manure
for a specific reason. In d large pro-
portion Of our virgin soil, the young
tree, if we'll cultivated, is likely to
grow fast enough; and too fast, for
safety, if a tender sort. Here, fat
manures will Go much more hurt than
gOOd,sso far as the tree or plant is
concerned, But, by and by, the crops
taken from between the trees, and Oc-
casional large yields of fruit will be-
gin to tell on the trees and then veg
etable and. animal manures may come
in, to keep up 2 healthy growth, and
help sustain large crops of fruit. And
mineral matters may be still more
useful; for you can no longer PLotO
deep, to bring them from below. And
here I note another mistaken You
pile the manure around and near the
bodies Of your trees, when the roots
to feed on il, are no longer there If
your tree is twenty feet high, the best
feeding roots may be twenty feet from
the tree perhaps interIocking with
roots from neighbOring trees Place
your manure there and, in 'PloWing