American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-20
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trhs following questions were re-
Gently proporndeo to MT: r. A
Thompson-aee celebrated agrieniturist,
'vlneyardlst, etc, Of sClIciunati-who
has given What In known as tee Boz
mar plan OF "m0unding up peacn
freeS'a thore<gh trial:
what IL the psoanding plan with
peach trees - practised by you? How
high above the general level Of The
ground are the trees mounded: Do
you allow the dirt to stay around the
trees all the time or only certain sea-
con Of the vearf What bulb Is the
mound; that Ia, how far out from the
tree, OF what diameter? How soon
after the young trees are set-Out do you
GOand them up2"
To which Mr.. Thompson replies,
Through the st. Louis Journal Of Agri-
culture, as follows;
Cincinnati, Nov. 10.
I proceed to answer the above in
Quiries briefly, as follows: The mound
ing system was first practised, SO far
as / know, by I. BOlmar, Of Warren
county, Ohio. visited his erchards
sane pears ago-acquainted myself
with hissysteM concluded to try
IL upon my orchard of 1000 trees then
one year planted. Iplant my trees In
the fall, and in the spring following
cut them back TO six inches above the
bud. The tree, then, instead Of
having one body, has several-from
three 10. six. Tie second summer /
paough both ways, turning the burrows
toward the trees The men follow
with shoveis, throwing the loose soil
around the tree to the heighth of
about one foot. In the fall cut the
trees back, taking of about one third
of the years growth. The next
spring or summer l pursue the same
method, raising the mound about one
foot higher; cut back In the fall, and
the third summer repeat the process,
raising the mOuad another foot, which
finishes thejub. The mound will then
be about three feet high ut its apex
and six feet In diameter at Its base.
The mounding need not be done in the
summer, or at any particular season
1t Il Just a. well done Ia the fall when
the hurry Is over. The dirt Is never
taken away from the trees-in fact 1t
cannot be removed without injury to
the trte--for the young r0otlets each
year keep climbing up through this
An0uuus uaA oICooton W CuAuvC OuC
OF these mounds q few days since and
foaud Il mass Of healthy roots.
Now for the ben fla. First, you
have no trouble with grub or borer;
he must haye light and air, and the
mound IL too much for him; he comes
out. aud that 10 the last Of him. i
have never wormed my trees, or hunt
ed for the borer, and an orchard of
healthier or thriller trees cannot be
found. Il has been asserted that the
borer will reappear again near the top
OF the m0und-but ann satisfied this
10 not the case; / have never thus far
been able to flnd one. Second, the
system imparts longevity to the tree.
saw q tree In Warren county treated
In this manner, thirty (30) years old,
still healthy or bearing annual crops.
Third, trees thus treated are not sub
ject " 0isease. have never had q
Case Of geilosos Ia my orchard. Fourth,
the expense Is trifiing-one man can
mound any trees per day. The system
can be applied to old as well as young
orchards; but II old trees are thus
treated they should be first severely
cut back, when they will make q
growth Of young wood.-ko6iie Reg