The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-04-15

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t,...,r essential points III. ID. NJ M..
" ran. Michigan. placed some
wears ace anumhsr VI rear Tees tivn-
hi~ rarirn ferr. whTr iAe ground
s.,en became r,vrr~4 wssA : tough
80 nnl rlsvse tres whlcA survived
fni- treatment at n e enl ~ ei-ht "
r~n wears were not wvsth a. much rs
when tirst taken from the nnfsrfy -
Having occasion ~ move ihe itnce,i
s~earne necessary. ID order q hrln-
IT, ground into better shape ~ piow
around the pear trves- aill iie space
near them Nj sieyoleI ~ q Aped -ar-
den crop This taeA.El pr CAUSED ruch
: nsarkrd improvement 10 Che trees
thar Mr.. N was ncourlgcd % further
etf,rts- Accordingly. n the autumn
NJ du- trench around each tree.
a.r,ur Two trrt srosn The trunk. and 10
roI, .nci.es wide and deep. Inese
frenchr- xrre filed glia scraplngs ~
tie barn yarI. and a. conseqncicr.
the trees we're thrown into vigorous
growth. Ever since. the space around
the trees has been mannrcd AMI occn-
pied by some light garden crop that
needed frequent hcein-. and the trees
now bar al abundance ~ fruit. A
rood -snar- III the unsatisfactory pear
NEE are ju-s II fhe condition q those
above cifri--tlat az starvation and
NEGLECT. Surface iEannFin- and mulch
in- wouli lave produced the anne 81
Get. and il i not too late - apply
this resnc..y npw. Another matter u
COMPLAINT j., tIlaf dwarf pear trees are
disposed u make a too vigorous
growth ii wood. .ruw- ont Of bounds
ana cease 10 ne slwaris, while the5
bear little Or no fruit In many in
stances this rampant growth ARISE
frym the fact that tie tree j. set below
the junction % the ounce and pear
a. roots strike from the latter. th'
early bearing quality Induced b.
growing solely on ounce roots j. lost
Ii trees are wautei ia miniature, tue.
must be kep: dwarf hy persisten
course 81 snmm-r pInchIng. ami :
this NAV be aided root pruning =
described On pages I {. AMI -, ljan
"a the current volume. Mr.. T. Ii. (
West Nctfing blm. Nd. some. K
wears ago came into possession q a
oli AMI partly neglected orchard "
since taxing the trces. which wei
trom zU To - veafs oil. under II
care. each one has received load
nlannre yeariy Syme Foes ~ rof'
t.aS w other crop demanding care Al
rlanted l,etxren thc trees not tuF u
sake 81 proht TINT to ensure tie cult
vAfiun 81 the gruuni The resnit
from three IA seven barrels ~ HlaFkG
able apples from each tree. and
larre quantity Ut tie less handsgn
lruit i made into cider. While !
through hls section n. country 20
crop u apples j. the exception, I
GRIP j. generally abundant, AMI Il
autumn. which was not generalls
rcosi fruit season, NJ gathered aoe
1900 bushels 81 fruit from four scr
II orchard. the trees of which w
mostly planted 40 feet apart Il
necessity ior manuring trees WIN
afford crop year after year. wei
seem 10 be 20 ohvious that il isv
necessary ID insist upon il. vet = y
cultivated orchard Or any kind i
exception. and not the rule thronl
out the country AFRICAN Agric
t1rist.