The Portland daily press., 1867-02-01
Terms Eight Dollars per AMMAN, s,. adyonce.

the utility of keeling the land of an orchard s,-
ways under cultivation and fee from grass.
You cannot plough among trees without
wounding and breaking many ofthe roots. and
We are not aware that the mutiIation of
roots is of any advantage to the growth of the
tree. Grass never will grow rank and bind
the ground under trees; and annual mulcl-
ing viii keep the soil loose and moist, which
grand condition of health and thrift.
moreover, stable manure, which is commonly
u'eu IN cultivated crops, grown in orchards,
1'n as potatoes, corn, turnips, beans, &c, Il
po'itiVeiy poisonous to the roots of trees. IT,
p 'uu'eS sanse le and other vegetable dis
Gases upon the wooden fibres. Well rot.ed
c'npos1 alone should be applied to annie trees.
anu u thls IS spread ON the surface il will do "a
much good as il ploushed in. 1t win he suro
to leach down and find its way to the teedino
rootlets. ai t '.4'. ~
What MIR. Dana means by saying tree
should be planted on the top of the ground
and not in a hole prepared to retain its roots.
we are at loss to apprehend. Surely dame
Nature never intended an apple tree to grow
with all its roots above ground. She plants the
tree under the surface; and if we follow her
laws, we can hardly ever err. Probably he
meant that tree should not have its roots
doubled up and jammed into a stiff post-hoie,
like post that is set for fence. II so, he
was right in his remark The .hole" should
be made large, and the roots spread out nat
uraiy in it, and then have fine earth siited to
NIL the hole. MIR. Dana said, rapidly grown
wood contains superabundance of SAP. and
hence the tree is injured by the frost" II
strikes us that his system of enrjcbino and
cultivating the soil OF an orchard, must eausea
rapid growth of wood, while the freezing of the
superabundance of sap is calculated to inipre
and kill the new growth. What he saws about
the protection of orchards from high winds ia
very trIle. His commendation, also, of the
OF the Cumberland Bone
Company, is well deserved. Some apples,
dwarf or not, will bear in two or three years
when transplanted from the nursery, whilst
Others require longer time to fruit. Tie
Red Astrachan, the High Top Sweesiug, the
Nodhead and some Others bear very young;
whilst the Northern Spy, the Porter, the r. /.
&C., are some years in reaching the
bearing state. The coal tar and sand sowed
under the tree will not prevent the fly depos-
iting its eggs in the bark near the ground, un-
less it coats the bottom Of the tree so the Av
cannot penetrate it, and then ANYTHING else
which viii thus protect the stump will an
swer the same purpose. The fly has no smell
ters BY which the odor OF the tar will prevent
its approach.
MIR. Haines of Aroostook said, twenty
five years ago he carried trees from Hallow-
well to Aroostook and set them out, but they
did not succeed. In late years, however, they
succeed very well in Aroostook county, but the
trees are not grated. Forty years ago, no ap-
Piles or plums were grown In Bangor: now.
they are grown there to great perfection. He
would like an explanation of this fact. So
should we like very well to know what has
produced this change in the climate at Ban
gor, If, indeed, it be true, that apples are
grown there to great perfection. We have a
friend residing in that city, who gives much
attention to gardening and fruit culture. and
yet he says he cannot do any thing to advan-
tage with apples. He comes to Kennebec for
them. Cherries, indeed, do exceedingly well
in Bangor. We hope the Industrial College
at Orono will settle the question of the adapt
ability of the climate of the Penobscot valley
to the raising OF apples and other fruit.
!. Mr.. Goodale thought the failure of New
York trees in this state was not simply be-
cause they came from New York, but because
they were cheaply grown and grown to sell.
They are sold in Rochester for small price.
and brought here and sold for large one He
had New York trees upon his grounds, grown
in proper way, that were as good trees as he
had. Scions cut from trees in Massachusetts,
will grow just as well with Us as scions grown
and cut here. True, some kinds are more ap-
plicable to the climate in Massachusetts and
some to our own climate; but this is a matter
that any intelligent grower can decide for him
self .-..-
We always like to hear from Mr.. Goodale
He Is practical man, and has had great ex-
perience in the nursery business, and in fruit
raising There has been much injury done in
this State by some of the New York nursery
trees. Like Peter Pindar's razors, they are
"made to SELL" Grated on small bits of roots
of old trees, and planted out thick in the nur-
sery. they grow up rapidly and lank like whip
sticks, and when brought hither and planted
out in the open ground, subject to the wind
and storm, like feeble children, they yield to
the rude elements and die. A tree grown
from an old bit of root can never be long-lived.
We have little hope of children born of octo-
genarian parents.
The discussions on other topics were inter-
esting, of which we may take notice hereaf-
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