The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-04-19
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AHEN Way TO GROW PEACHES.
j. II Sanborn Of Vandalia, Illinois.
has raised peaches in Now Hampshire
az - sats ef 600 bushels paF acre, by
!, the following system In defence ofthe
style Of training detailed below, Mr..
Sanborn says, that on the vast elevat-
ed table lands of Western Asia, the
patnral habitaat Of tho peach, travel.
lels tell Us thai the plant that produces
this fruit is Of q low, spreading, .bushyi
form; and he believes the yellows and
other diseases tIrat affect the peach re-
suit from the unnatural forcing Of the
sap to the great heightto which trees
grow with us.
Early next spring select the north
or vests side Of bill, especially for car
" varieties, or high dry land plough
ait deeply, then take your trees, low
budded or seedlings (the latter are
best and not more than an inch in
diameter, and with sharp knife, at
ouecut, as smoothly as possible, be-
head the trees - to 10 inches from
the.collar or surface line, as they stood.
in the nursery. Have ready var
nish ofone.fourth pound of gum shell
lac, dissolved IN ono pint OF alcohol,
and apply coating to the cut surface.
This is very necessary to prevent the
cxudation Of gum and sap, which are
needed to develop new buds. Set up
sticks in rows 20 feet apart each way.
200 the aerei dig a hole at each and
set in a peach stump. Fill in tho ori.
ginal soil nicely around the roots Gus
ing no water nor manuro) until the
earth reaches an inch above its former
mark on trece after which, II the
land is poor, a little well rotted
compost may bc spread upon the sur
face around each tree. Proceed now
to sow, broadcast, a barrel Of salt to
every acre 50 set out, letting the prin.
cipal part fall within six feet Of the
trees.
SAs new limbs begin to grow out,
care must be takento keep them paral
lelsy'ith the surfaced of the earth on no
account allow thcm TO grow upward.
II on bill side, train as many down
hill'as you can. As soon as the limbs
are two feet long provide small, sharp.
ened sticks, six inches long,with strings
attached; drive one under each limb
that tends upward, pass tho string
over the limb, drawing IL down quite
noar,thc ground, then tie to the stake,
forming a loop in which the limb can
grow without injury. Do not suffer
any limb to grow higher than its point
of origin at the trunk of the tree. Du-
ring the summer you have choice of
two forms which you can give the fu-
ture tree, accordingly as you train the
growing limbs. / The limbs may
be trained horizontally diverging from
the body Of the tree like spokes Of q
wheel from its hub, when lying upon
the ground, allowing side branches
from these main limbs till tho spaces
between are filed. 2. BY training on
opposite sides two large limbs, each 1O
feet long, with many parallel side limbs
from these two, aud at right angles
with thcm, all together in form some
what resembling the revolving portion
OF wooden horse rako. These should
remain permanent. From these paral-
lel limbs grows the wood every year
which is TO bear fruit the following
year.
"ln midsummer this new growth
should be cut back one half, which will
cause larger and bettor fruit Along
the Atlantic coast sea weed may be
spread over the trees in the fall, orstraw
as o protection against severe cold,
and will form an admirable mulch in
the summer. also okeepng the truitfrom
contact with dirt. Do not remove this
covering in spring until the buds be.
gin to swell and open underneath. If
there are Indications OF frost aftor the
trees are 10 blossom, they should bo
covered with old blankets, quilts, bag
ging, &c, every night, till tho danger
IS past Every two years the orchard
should receive dressing of salt, in the
spring, as directed above, and every
fall a good supply OF well.rottcd
manure that prepared lime Stacked |
with salt water is best. Apply all ma.
nures upon the surface, and keep clear
of weeds with tho hoe. Never use the
plough after tho trees are set 1t is
designed tho trees shall cover all the
ground except such narrow paths MS
maybe necessary for supplying manure
and gathering fruit, which may bc
done with wheel. barrows. Whenever
the saline properties of tho soil have
been exhausted, the peach trce will not
fruit, Salt must bc supplied either in
the soil or BY theatmospherc, through
the sea breeze. Very fine fruit is ro. |
ported as grown near Great Salt Lake
in Utah"