The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-01-05
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EplroR Iowa HOMESTEAD:
The fruit crop Of the past season, taken
a. whole, has been large one 10 this
region.
Strawberries and raspberries we're
greatly diminished 10 quantity by drouth.
Cherries were abundant, aud Currsnts
and Goose berries full supply. Pums,
except Wild ones, aud these generally .
failure, oil lost by tho destruction Of the
buds BY cold last winter. PescL trees,
to q greater extent than was expected,
have recovered from the severe injury
they received from the extremely low
temperature Of last January. Grapes
have never done better-nq ret, DO mil
dow, 90 injury from insects Or birds, and
the demand more than equal to the sup
ply. Delaware aud Concord were very
6"e, Isabella and Catawba also Diana
slightly deficient in quality from over
growth. This variety We think must
have more room, and be allowed to ex.
tend its branches in proportion to it.
vigor. Clinton produced = large crop
though fully exposed on the stakes dur.
ing winter. If this, as reported, is only
excclled by Norton's Virginia as q vine
grape, it will tske'a high place among
grapes we think Nor,on's Virgins
must be protected. Wine is the erca.
ultimatum of tho grape question. If
"stroug drink must kill its tens Of thou,
sands where the sword kills its thous.
ands," it is easy to see there is great
work to be done, aud why should humane
mer exert themselves to provide the most
agreeable meaos by which these trsgical
ends may be accomplished 1t is Of no
use for temperance fogies to argue this
point. Providence has simply dccreed it
must be so, aud since "it cant be help
ed" the more willingly aud actively oil
concur, and the more agreeable aud in.
viting We ,nske the broad road, the
greater aud more perfect will be the re-.
suit.
Pear trees, such as have hitherto es.
capped blight, have borne well, though iu
some instances the fruit has been knotty
and subject to cracking, and the crop
was considerably damaged by the apple
worm. Pears will do in Iowa,-at leas'
their culture may be regarded as a wor
thy and legitimate game Of chance, and
if the cultivator will plant ten trees fo,
every one that blig ghts, and two for every
ono that he expects to blight, he will have
the chance of accomplishing something
great. which if he fails of reslising, he
will be pretty sure Of something good.
Tho season has been very favorable for
the apple, the principal draw backs in tie
way of au immense crop, have been tho
very large crop on many trees last year,
| disposing them to rest this, aud the dep
relations Of the apple. worms, which ap.
pear to have caused great injury to the
products Of all orchards at the Vest
Dr.. Trimble's method Of placing hay
bands around the trees for shelter for
the worms to spin their cocoons, where
they may be readily come at and destroy
cd, will engage the attention of Western
fruit growers. We think it better plan
to pick every worm eaten apple from tht
tree before the worm escapes, and feeo
them to the hogs
The Golden Sv Getting, which we have
hitherto regarded as an inveterate altern
ate bearer, has this year produced On
abund dant crop of fair fruit in cultivated d
GROUND, and most kinds under cultivation
have produced more and fairer fruit
than iu grass, results which We conf
IDENTITY expected ; and we're it not for the
influence Of. culture affecting the hard
ness Of the trees, under peculiar circum
stances, and the cost of annual cultiva
tion, we should uuhcsitatiugly advocate
clean culture. We have one orchard o.
about 1000 trees which has been cultiva
ted in coro three or fur years. The
ground is rich and tho trees have grown
surprisingly and borne heavily, but they
have air ady become troublesome in cul-
tivating the corn; the corn crop is di-
mioished by the trees onc,third or one
half, and the corn until cut up, is much
10 the way of gathering the apples. -
i Shall We seed again to grass? Orchard
mcrdows require considerable hand NOV
ing, and tho hay is not as readily made
as where there is no shade. Modern
Improvements in moving machines have
accomplished much in moving. orchards,
but as the trees become large, the
branches of many kinds sag down with
the weight of the fruit, and are greatly
10 the way. We believe great error is
being committed in planting trees with
low heads. We would advise planters
to 60 to bearing orchards and, with rule
in hand, mea ure and determine precise
ly what height of the branches suits
them, instead of patterping after orna.
mental evergrecns or making up theii
opinions from the appearance of strong
stocky, low branched nursery trees
miniature trees Of beautiful proportions
which if in the process of development
the trunks would grow tall in proportion
as tho heads enlarge, would be always
just right. We iuterd seeding part Of
our orchards to clover aud pas.urine
with hogs; We believe 10 double crops On
western soil, and regard full crop OF
apples and "bog crop" as perfectly
compatible on the same ground In this
region.
OF the Duchess of Oldcnburg we have
only few trees, bat they have borne so
we'll tho last three years and the fruit ia
so large and exceedingly fair and attract
i've with apparently perfect hardness OF
the tree, We plsce it high on the list for