The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-01-28
AGRICULTURAL.
The Apple.

(Ihe following essay was reaQ oy
a young man at the Rhetorical exer-
cises of Dist. No. 2, Pleasant Prairie
on Friday two weeks since, and was
handed to us by the teacher for pub
ication.
Of all varieties of fruits, which
grow for the good Of man, the apple
is the most useful, and the most wide
ly disseminated being grown on a
larger part of the earth's surface,
than any other fruit. A native in
its wild state, of this country and
Europe, it is generally understood
that from it our cultivated varieties
have originated. Apple trees were
brought into Italy, from Syria and
Africa, 8 years B. G. 1t is supposed
that the Ancients understood the art
or originating new kinds as well as
we do, but being known to only a
few, they made slow progress, Roman
writers speaking of only % varieties
while at the present time we have
about 1000, many Of which are
worthless: Some do we'll in some
parts of the country and not in an
other, so that in buying trees for an
orchard of Douglass at Waukegan, or
Phoenix & Son, at Bloomington, ILL.,,
or from nurseries in Ohio, or of Ell
wanger & Barry, at the Motnt Hope
nurseries at Rochester, N. Y, (which
[ think is the largest one in the
United States, compromising four or
five hundred acres, consisting Of all
kinds of fruit trees, shrubs, ornament
al trees, flowers, &C., all kept in nice
order, like an immense garden we
have to, be guided not so much by
the kinds we like, as by those that
are suited to our soil and climate,
those that will bear, those that will
stand the cold of winter and the blast
ing n. E. lake winds of spring, while
they are in blossom.
Some of the principle early varie-
ties raised in this section are, Straw
berry, Early Harvest, Sweet Bough,
Maiden's blush. Summer-Golden
Sweet, Harvest Red Streak, Summer
mer Pearmain, Williams Favorite
and Red Astracan. Some of the
winter varieties are Yellow Bellfow-
er, Baldwin; R. I. Greening, Smoke
house, Northern Spy, Rambo, Red
Spitzenberg, Wine Sap, Winter
Golden Russell, Jonathan, Willow
Twig, Snow Apple and Dominic.
The varieties just mentioned succeed
well in this county.
There is a difference of opinion as
to the best time to set out apple trees
whether in the fall or in the spring
of the year, but | prefer the latter.
There are two forms for setting them
out, one of which is the square form
where the rows run straight, in both
directions. A person unacquainted
with rowing trees both ways, might
think it an easy thing to do; but on
the contrary, it is nice job, requir.
ing skill and care and is not always
accomplished by every body when
undertaken, as you will observe = by
travelling through the country. The
other way is that called the Quineunx
form, which is like breaking joints
that is one tree sets opposite tht
space made by two trees in the next
row. There is also difference
about the distance apart they should
be set, some putting them 25X30 f
others 25X25, where there will be
about 70 on an acre others 3OX3C
watch is the distance generally used,
requiring one acre for 40 trees. They
do the best on gravelly subsoil,
free from standing water. The holes
for setting out should be dug little
deeper than wanted and fine moist
dirt put in the bottom, for the tree tc
stand upon. Set it in the hole thus
fixed, spread out the fine roots care
fully, the more Of them the better.
cover with fine moist dirt, press witt
the foot lightly around the tree, leav
ing it little higher than the sur
rounding ground, now mulch it with
strawy manure, or any coarse mater
ial, putting it close around the body
and at little distance from it to pre-
vent it from being dried up by tn,
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