The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-08-28
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CULTIvATING ORCHARDS.


trees, and excellent practical hor
ticulturist, --TnoMAs MEEmAS, OF
Germantown, Pa. We walked iaI
up the beautiful Wishahickon, over
the hills and through the iields, and
talked Of what we saw. Among
other things, We came 20 an old
orchard, and he fell TO discoursing
about what Is sometimes recon.
mendod in the papers about the
clean cultivation Of orchards, much
in the vein of the following,
which We find from his pen in q
lato Gardeners Monthly
ORcnARDs.--We must repeat,
that we regard tho plan of not al
lowing even the mcrest blade OF
Vegetation TO grow in an orchard
from tho time it is set out until 1t
is old enough to cut mp for firewood
rs nothing but n sentiment" We
havo never seen such an orchard;
and ifuny one can toll us Of ono,
W. will 90 and soc it. II would
not "pay;" and we need not point
out why. The reasons are obvious
and oil tlis,-granting, for the
sake of Argument, that the trees
might be n little better for.it.
First, 70 make an orchard prof.
liable something must and will he
grown on the ground during the
first few years of its existence at
tho very least. Surprising wo ad-
nit cropping an injury, grass crops
arc least 30 of any. We do not
however, consider It an injury. un.
less suffered to mature or un,lor
limited circumstances.
Second, ltmakes all the differ
cnoc kO,c q thing as dORe;--An
auctionccr was selling 4 lot orGoi .
man sausages, of very uncertoin
aye, aud rot bHtiono bid. 'Only
fifty cents n barrclit says tue cricr
"why, they arc worth morp than
that for manure. n city rnrAliz l
took up the ideal llo had just
boucliea farm in the country, and
he sent ont hie zen barrels OF sau,
,agos, with diVctions 10 Pctcr tC
drop one in wiTh each hill of corn;
which was done accordingly.
The next week iorhcd an awful
time in that county. The inhabi.
tants t,orght all the plagnes of T.
govt were to bc repeated Oh them.
Dogs by tho thousand were running
here and cunning thorc, each with
an ancient Nnd odorous sausago;--
and ifthe mysterious hints we somc
times have of the unexplained
scarcity Of dogs about sausage time
have any weight at all, certain y
she dogs now hava u full revenge.
But the city farmer--ho voted sau
cage manure u l,umbug of tho pu
rest water, and TO this day nothing
but the strongest barn yard tertali
scr will 90 down with him.
The fact is, the best OF principles
are fraught with danger IN igno
rant hands; and We can point t.
scores of instances where orchards
are "ruined by grass" and We
know many good orchards unaol
cultivation in good hands. In
stead of principles We had better
give you an example for practice.
II your land has II tenacious sub.
soil, under.dram it; then manure
with whatever fertilizer You may
decide on as best adapted to your
soil and circumstances Plow deoI
then set your trees 25 feet apart
and SOW ut once with grass seed
and phjts clover. Tho object now
should bo to get toHgh sod -
This is obtained by moving often
say three times during the season
around the trees, and twico ut least
over other parts Of tho ground, -
leaving tho grass to lie whore i
falls. In some cases, perhaps, th'
grass may iniurc particular tree
that tree may have week roots, o
the grass may get extra stroug, an,
run the tree too severely for mois
ture. In such cases pull the gras
out. Common sense will do NOR
for YOU than the best rules. Thi
is the art Of gardening, TO appl,
knowledge TO varied and vary;nl
circumstances Perhaps in tha
case, mulchiug,-usually a ques
tionabIo practice, may help il
Just as musterd plaster, not
comfortable application usually
may at times be excellent for pal
in the back The second year yo
may cut your crop of grsss--novc
allowing II to get too old, in fac
make rule 10 take two crops
year--immeliately under theiree
three lines ii you wish, and let tn
grass rot where it falls. Whe
your trees or grass are likely to ia
top'dross, in many cases perhal
annually. Should any one tree,
any time, not seem to grow as we
ms you would wish under this trea
ment, haul a load OF old yegitab
muck, and spread. say two inch,
deep under the tree, and you VI
find all as we'll us you can wish.
GRAPES AsousD CINolNNArI.-
John Z, Mottien the vino king
Ohio, writes US under date of Ju
2sth: "We had the finest prospe
for grapes this year, until the fir
olJnly, since which time they ha