Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-11-22
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Fruit f f y

In response TO the wishes of Sc vera1 CORES
pondeAts, prerese 10 give li,tle Is e~s~.
experience in growing and treptriss fruits
for exhibition.
Ii according t1 oar experience here be any
sine qua non, any condition precedent which e
indispensable to success, ii i. lha, ,he cul;E.
! vator secure for the paren, tree moderate Wig
OF and healthy ha bit, 50 that all parts OF
| the tree shall have power to perform their re.
spca,ivc fGnctions-for example, there can be
no sCch thing de.icately colored fruit up
Oh smooth and beautiful ground unless the
system Of leaves he in good heal,h--,herc can
be such thing as large sized fruits unless
| the trees are in moderate igor AMI the trui.
| gets thinnel to a reasonable extent. But
| With young trees it is not impossible to carry
thinning and summer pruning too far and
| thereby destroy the balance between the wood
producing force and the fruit maturing force,
as we laye sometimes done 10 our cost In
| normal growth the annual shoots Of any year
throw out extension wood shoots from buds at
| tnd near their points Of the remaining buds /
some continue dormant whilst othes make
short spurs-so that on . lateral or horizon.
al branch OF ten suin:aers growth there will
De spurs Of as many different ages, unless the
oder ones lie out or arc pruned away. Now
a. these spurs, as well the fruit are .
cheek npon The annual shoots and ought to bv
removed wien they become too numerous -
chose nearest the center OF the tree being first
taken. But when trees are young anI jast
beginning 10 bear, too close Il thinning Of the
f.tnt anu too free removal of the spurs not
IN fruit so far lesson the demand upon tie
circulating sap tor the sup or, Of the fruit
and fruit spur system as to stimulate too high
~ the Wood bad system and star, midsun,,
nler or nursery growth to the great damage Of
the fruit crop. The peach is perhaps most
sensitive in this respect and ia more than
one instance iu our efforts TO raise large fruits
BY close thinning aud summer pruning we
have had the crop on such trees'dwarfed and
i1ined, sometimes often willing and falling
off, We lbeaieve the best crops both for size
and beauty are grown upon trees set much 10
thick as ti:st and aster~arls thinned form.
time to time, leaving just so much fruit fairly
distributed IS the branches can bear without
bending ou; Of shape. Fruits grown in a
healthy orchard not cultivated will rip.n
something earlier and with deeper coloring :.
t,an if the orchard received constant tilla &C.
but we think the ground, or covering Of The
fruits. parer aud more rerfcc, and the color.
ing more delicate wiete tie trees have had
tie adva ntasc OF til-ge, and most undcuh,c,l- (
sy tie favor is not injured at- s7E-
There Is one maxim ilo grower Of ,1rize
peaches should always beer in mind. which ;,!
that f.'tit supendcd from tie nont Of ,leu. :. &
der frnit srur win never turs; off in ri,.eitao,
like many 10 when sessile on the branches. Z
ana tLat suel fruits af:ar ACQUIRING sore soo,..e q
weight, Will bend down the spur and swim.
ho;o'e the winds Ikea pendulum, but verer-
ally they attain the tues. size and a,wava
hang until tuiiy ripe, which is i very gre. /
desideratun in show fruits This being 40.
the cultivi,or, in thinning shoa,d he par,icu
:afiy careful that such fruits are spared
Il tie e'iitivator has lene his duty and Tho
season been rropitous at gathering. anplc, I.
ini pears except Russetsl will have smooth
ana perfect SKIN, shining as though they were
enrn ishea, eScel. Few apples. as Red A.,ra.
chan aud Southern. SPY wl:ci are covered bv
4 rich bloom. SHA e
With such fruits the exhibitor has nothing
to do b1t gather a. he Proper time and han.
die and rlpen withou; brushing. Sometimes.
aowever, very weli;grown sru, may. s.; in.
element weather, uni rgo such changes on
'heir surface as to be even repuls.ve. Tie
eie,nish Beauty, generally glossy and bean.
'iiii iruit, sometimes, BY atnos pi.eric q q ees
.ooses its ettie,e and becomes russe,. and.
aahy apples and pears are blotched upon q
'"eif "ho.e surface with spots not unlike ink
'pois. These spots, which appear to be SO,
iu'ioh OF some substance issuing through the
pores OF the skin Of the fruit, may be removed
ny rubbing with wet cloth and wipns dry,
IN regard to the time OF gathering show
'raiis, some experience will have to be .cauir
I'd to secure the best success. The Bartlett,
hi'e peyenne Flemish Beauty, aud sep,s .
o. hers that color handsomly require. to, be-
Watched pretty closely. There is stage v heA 4
pretty greea and yet, shortly after this peri
'i, the rays Of the sun, instead of makiup
more brilliant this red color, seem rather to.
dull tin this latter instance the proper
time FOR gathering is past,
When show fruits have been properly grown
gathered without brushing, aud like the pear
and apple, have to be ripenei in the house. .
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dry good cellar, exclud ny light will ripeu !.
them with the creates; beauty. Experience
has established this ratio ia regard to the
time required TO ripen fruits in different ten,>
peratures. that Is TO say, q fruit stored in q
house OF the mean temperature Of the atm.s>
phere which At this season. is between seyen.
ts-hve and eighty degrees, will ripen fruit.
eigh, or ten days, but the same fruit in a dry.
cellar OF the temperature Of about sixty de.
grees Will require two or three weeks to MA,
| ture it, ,,estera Ra al.
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