The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-13
TIlEGATE CITY
HORTlCUT.TURAL.

fouxG TREKs.-As the time for planting
opt trees is approaching, We think ii Of i'm
portance TO call aseeasion 70 , fact in connec
ton with their training. We often hear verJ
Qe4 Complaints about suteefyun osa1isl
ont hedSssnmsdt reps, ard tnkss4 =
sert thaa they cannot get tho stsss stsaitht.
We have had 70 handle and correct this form
in quite number Of trees. The apple and
pear are very liable TO be in this condition,
and in attempting TO corpect this evil, With
many others, We adopt the following eouFse,
viz: We leave all the growth that shoots
out below the bend " wish to straighten.
These We, from the very first, pinch and
pfune, 30 as to develop them as equally IS
possible all around the stem. When strong,
| regular, bushy growth 10 obtained We short
strong, stocky stem, with great vital power;
and then cut of such portion of the top a.
will push q bad in good position to become
. leader; this always tends to grow IL .
straight line, and We thus always produce
straight stems.
We think that when once the planters see
things in their true light, they will choose
stock with good buds or branches, far down
on the stem; ard shen they prune them off,
- they will in planting old trees, instead Of
cutting clean to the stem, they will leave .
few Of the buds on the lateral shoots, which,
when the tree gets perfectly established, can
be easily cutoff and the head vt ct any hight,
but when these buds are once cut of, they
can mover DO symmetrically replaced. What
planters demand nurserymen will furnish.
NJ.
j. 4. BRowHr writes to the Canada FIRM
e. that he has tested several reputed reme>
dies for the destruction Of the curculio, and
found them Of no use. Binding rags satura.
ted with oil around the trees WAS unavailing,
and 30 were sulphuric acid and chloride Of
lime, but he comedies that helebore will wipe
out the gooseberry caterpillar. The plum
curculio must be caught and killed, else he
will elnde the traps set for him and keep on
With his depredations.
The Gardeners Monthly says that a great
revolution has occurred in selecting fruit
trees for planting. Bushy plants are now
sought for. The shade which the side
branches make is considered beneficial to
the tree. With very low-branched trees there |
is this advantage, that the pillow or the spade |
cannot approach very near the trunk to dam
age the roots.
HORTICULTURE AND AGRIcULTuRE.-It is
both gratifying and surprising 70 note the
rapid increase and extension of interests con-
1ected with the pursuits Of rural life. But
ew years have passed since the list Of jour
aals wholly devoted to Agricultural and Hor
icultural interests numbered less than ba-
tsrss dozen, and they were in tho condition
# neglected strawberry patch, literally
trugglins day after day 70 keep their heads
n sight. Now our list Of journals, weeklies
md monthlies, in the cause, advocacy, and
nstructionof the primeval and most blessed
occupation Of man, is almost beyond count;
md Ne no sooner note new laborer, and get
C Istomed to bis tone, then another appears,
ntil We have lately come to the conclusion
hat our people have really awakened, and
'hile some may gamble 10 Wall street, or
Their like marts, some may traffic and trade,
to-: yet the blessings Of rural life, the !
respect which it offers to long and happy
fe, arerapidly becoming appreciated. South
nd West the people seem calling for moro :
nd more Of reading matter relating to the
arden, orchard. and farm, and their calls
re met by new papers, and the enlarged size
{ the older ones, the formation Of Horticul-
lral societies, and the records Of increased
lterest at exhibitions of those heretofore or =
anized; all are most gratifying tokens Of
romises for the future greatness and contin-
ance Of our nation, for which We have rea- y
IN to be thankful to the great Power that
verrules and guides all things Horticul-
Irist y