Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-05-06
For the Journal.
Orchard Hslantfng-Varie

| FRlEND MAHlN - have had very good
sale Of trees this spring. Ithas bcsn very
favorable time for setting ont trees, where
the ground is rot too wet. Dry and rolling
land should always be preferred for the or
chard. On level ground much can be done
to improve it BY planting in ridges, leaving
the centre furrow open, descending so as to
give drainage, especially in such wet season,
and more especially in the fall. 1t will often
save the trees from winter killing, and also
leaving the soil deeply turned up upon the
roots, and against the body Of the trees
After late fall planting, take spade and pile
it little higher, and smooth it off, to hold
the tree firm in the wind, so as not to get
hole by its side for the water and ICE to WIN
ter kill the tree. 1t will also keep the mice
from gnawng. pro t'@ .@A''..'7' ." '-'''t
A good season for setting out trees, not be-
cause the ground is wet, to keep the roots
wet and soaking, for moderately moist and
warm soil is better than wet and cold, but
the trees are taken home without drying the
roo's Now the ground is made too hard and
stiff by heavy rains. As soon az it is suffi-
GENTLY dry, plow your orchards BY all means.
stir the ground, cultivate and hoe it loose.
Tend it AZ much as you would your cabbage
patch or gard.n, the first and second years:
your trees need it just as much as your corn
After heavy rains and the ground is hard and
cracking how your corn delights 10 q good
cultivation; your trees need the same, How
many trees have been lost by neglect
M,,oh vn,,lnh onA koav, ho
VARIETIES. Our neighbor Dr. Weed, graft
ed 10000 Benoni's, am told, in one season.
This is b fall apple. If he had set out as
many of some good winter variety. it would
have been much better mistake Many a
farmer has come to me this Spring and asked,
have you got any good winter varieties? l
have got all the summer and fall apples want
and now want to set the rest in vintcr
fruit" hardly know what to do with such
customers. see no other remedy to save
my Nursery, and my reputation as Nursery.
man, than to add one-third more to the price
Of my winter varieties. believe can make
money at it; besides no man of good sense,
and honesty, but would say that am doing
about as they would under the same circum-
stances. 1t is often the case that good breeds
of ANIMALS command higher prices than the
poorer breeds. rs just so with my apple
trees j.s- iVi hI;'.
I this winter grated largely of the follow
ing winter varieties, and value them in the
order in which name them Ben Davis,
(season spriog and summer) Willow Twig.
White Winter Pearnain. Hartford Sweet,
(hardly sweet) Wine Sap. Yellow Bell
flower. Roman Stem. Fulton. Jonathan.
Wing. Wagner. Rolla Snow.
Here are fourteen varieties, and I have as
many others which probably are about as
good as several of the last named. 1 am
aware that Nurserymen do not like to expose |
their stock in trade, much better than mer.
chant does his intended purchases, or law
yer does his brief, but l am poor hand to |
keep secrets-in fact l never nave any to |
trouble myself or any one else with
have sold largely of the Concord Grape
this year, and have set out good many vines
myself. Get your mouths made up for few
bushels Of nice large punches in September.
| promise you fifty bushels of Pears also, if
Providence favors SuEL FOSTER.