Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-13
ORCHARDS. We are gradually

own, we throw away much of the ear
ly day teachings that was brought to
US from across the broad ocean. Our
vine growers commencing with their
vines at three to four feet, have grad
ually expanded them, until now the
majority of planters give to them eight
by ten or ten by twelve, and some ev-
en- more, according to the soil and
the habit of the sort. So, also, begin
ming with severe winter and summer
pruning, from which they obtained
fruit, sunbarnt and half ripehed, and
produced various diseases in the syS-
TEN of the vine, they have come to a
knowledge of the vines nature, and
by almost leaving it alone are reward
ed with luscious fruit and healthy TO-
liage. In the apple and pear orchard,
we have been brought to place the
first from thirty-fve to forty feet
apart, and the latter twenty-five to
thirty, thus subjecting them to all the
terrible burning heat of the sun S rays,
in a long, hot summers drought, and
to stand as it were alone, and brave
singly the storms of wind that in win
ter and spring bend their tops. and
tear loose by leverage their roots.
We have long been impressed with
the view that these old advices OF dis
lance were erroneous and our readers
will bear US witness that we have be-
fore now advised a closer planting,
and as a break, also, and aid toward
shielding our fruit trees, the inter,
mingling more or less in the orchard
OF eVergreens.
Our own practice has been most
successful in apple orchards at twelve
by sixteen feet, and We have known
the best results from a like distance
in some extensive orchards III the
west. The past two years we have
doubted if even this distance had not
better be reduced, and in exposed,
bleak, wintry situations, on prairles,
or bluffs, we are satisfied it had, The
closer trees are planted to each other,
the more do they assist each other III
breaking the force of the wind, and
in gradually ameliorating the climate.
They will sooner shield than shade
the ground and their roots, retaining
thereby greater relative proportion
of moisture and food they will come
sooner into maturing and trultlng
their blossoms and as they increase
in size will acquire the rough bark
that comes with maturity and belongs
to them in health, so that as they be
come too thick for the light to keep
them round and full in the contour
and extension OF branch, they will be
the better enabled to stand alone
while the fruit that has been gathered
from the trees requiring removal vii
be found to have more than repaid
the first cost OF the whole orchard.
Were we to plant an apple orcharc
to-day, we think we should set om
trees ten by fifteen feet, aud il OF
standard pears ten 10y ten feet, il OF
dwarf pears or apples six by eigh
feet, and We should use occasionally
an evergreen tree of some hardy varI
ETY. in the place of fruit tree.-Hor
ticuLturist.
CLMAX.-This new sort of pOta
toe is a seeding that originated witt
the writer in 1864, and it is the onl,
one out of a thousand seedlings OF til,
same age that possesses much merit
hence you can readily see it has COS
me much care, labor anu expense.
The Climax has stout erect stall
of full medium height, internodeS Of
medium length, and very large leaves
the tuber is above medium in size
quite smooth, in form OF short Cyl
inder Swelled out at the centre, OcCa
sionalIy slightly hattened, and tel
minating rather ABRUPTLY; eyes oha
low, sharp, sometimes sweIIed out o
projecting, and always strongly dt
fined; skin medium thickness, consiC
erably Melted or ru8et, tough, white
flesh entirely white, solid, heavy, bri
tie and never hollow, and it boil
through quickly, with no hard core d
centre nor stem, is mealy, of flour
Wilderness, and Of superior table qua
ity.
In productiveness it is fully equs
if not superior to either the Earl
Rose or the Early Goodrich; beal
few small tubers natures nearly wit
= the Early Rose; while its keepin
qualities are as good as the PeacI
blow.
During the heated term of July an
August last, the foliage of toe Earl
: Goodrich, which was planted by tt
! side of the climax, burned badly, tt
leaves of the Early Rose slight
while the leaves of this Seeding wei
, unaffected. This property must hig
l ly commend this variety for southel
planting.
! The past season my Climax we
planted quite late, on rather 10
piece of ground that was too wet
!, plant early; yet the yield was high
? gratifying; health good. while the
, BILE quality is fully equal to the Ear
Rose planned at the same time by
/; side, and much better than the Ear
. Goodrich.-D. S. Hebron IN Deit:
Farm Journal.
!; To cure a dog of sheep killing,
r him see the sheep he has killed in |
n presence take off the pelt, fas:en
l. tight around him, and make him we
e. it from one to three days.
d Muck should not be applied to t
q fields until it has been exposed
~ the atmosphere for six months
more, and composted with lime or l
Is leached ashes.
y There are $4,000 shade trees
d Paris-principally the Elm, Plal
- Horse Chestnut, Maple, Linden, Az