The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-09-30
:farm aud NuuGcholG.
Planting Ample Orchar,Is.

We lmvc long hocn under tlIe Nl1,rcssm
brought 10 ~ merely by observation. that
rs Il ,ulg the uCcs IN our apple orchards
are planted too dstantly apart. Many farm.
crs look upnn the space usually occupied
by orchards az almost so much waste
They say. wo get 40 little fruit from tho
ground occupied by the tree, aud we can
not cultivate the orchsr,ls ~ we ehould
like from injury to III" root Sc, 40 that
we ara forced, on the scale ol economy, 4"
abandon applc-raising,
Now, practically, an orcllTd sluUld bc
nm orchard only. Except foe grass, il should
ho loft uucutivatcd, after the trees have
reached, say about four inches in diameter.
Nvo can soc nv reason why COOL crop of
grasses should moi bc produced continuously
for u quarter or "a third of a century with.
out disturbance. a top dressing of manure
We Snow has produced fine fields ot grass
annually two crops. The trees have l;Ho
nr no Influence upon the crops ii grass ;
iHlccd, it thoy possess any. il ia IN afford
iny "A heavier swathc undcr the trees.
Hence, instead of setting out young or.
chlrds thirty AMI thirty-livc feet apart, re-
s,Ccc tho distance to about twenty-five in
-he ql7iucunx form, aud. If at any tlmo tie
trees should become little crowded, pre-
vent it hy additional pruning. The is our
theory.
The leAling purpose Of an orchard should
10 10 obtiin iruit next the rgup that viii
ib the least damage to- the trccs. This is
grass. Grass, however. will not only do
no damage to the applcircca bat the con.
uary. 1t keeps the coil n9pjst aud ol 4
uniform tempcraturc-p protecting the roots
rD spSmcr against heat and lrouth. and in
winter against the severe ciitcts oi altcrn.
ate thawilis and freezing.
II should also bc remembered in setting
out young orchards, to get the trees as low
branchod as possible. They will generally
not grow 80 high, wlIc the low bows will
protect tho tu,nk against tho intense rays
ot the sun iu tho summer months, which
are frequently very uluri,us to the heal h
and productvcness oi the trcc6 ficJIpr1
torn Istegropb
SOME FACTS ABOUT ArrLES.
We havo an old applc-trcc that WAS re-
vivcd by trimming and grating it with
Baldwin scions fourteen years ago. II hd
boon neglected, and wNs fast running Ia
ruin when the work of renovation com
mcncud.
The trimming and grating process was
not done az once, b'st j'pbciorely continued
through three years Duriu. rms time the
sward was dug up and pulvcrizcd, and the
coil for diameter OF twenty feet about the
tree was manured and dressed two or three
shines = week With wood ashes. The manure
was slightly dug in when applied. The
now gratis began to bear moderately the
third yeal, and gradually increased, until il
1850 they gave us seventeen barrels of ap
plcs.
In 1861, they yielded only peek OF two
aud tho present year 1862, twenty-five bar
rels, all medium-sized, marketable apples
another tree, which lrad scarcely a sotInd
limb on It, was renovated at the Same time.
This, however, produced the llunt RuSset
apple. and did not need grating. The dead
wood waB cut away. the top thinncd n lit
Me, and mound of good soil raiscl a foo
N hight about tho trunk. The ground un
dor tho branches was drcssel with ashct
aud oil Composts about every other ycal
Tor ak years.
The tree commcncol u. airing the summer
succeeding tho care bestowed on it, anc
has averaged about two barrels per yea
since. These applcs were especially valu
able, AZ it was the only tree on the plur
that furnished any fit for family use, B
considerable pleasant caro- and eXpCuS,
we havo boon enabled to gather this yea
about one hundred aud twenty-five blrrck
ofycry fine appcs -Ne,r E'gkrHd FoWmcr