Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-19

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the trees = if there is not enough make
enough by puIverlzipg the sod keep
/ inc, f1Ie centre Of the hole filled with
fhS new soil, SO that the tree will be
at the proper hight IN the ground T;
/ then fiIf the rest Of the hole with the
soil first due, from It, well mingled
| with fine rotten manure. After setting,
rn11IrI1 around the tree four or five
! inches. usinR coarse, half-rOtten ma
nure, carefully avoiding that which is
too strong.
| in prepafing the soil is to secure large
/ growth during the nrst season, ana
| then you are oIl-the read to success.
Ihave seen larger Erowths made the
! first season by young thrifty trees
| planted as describedt than could poss1-
| bIy have been made had they been left
| standing in the nursery.
All who understand the transplant
/ ing and culture of trees, know It to pc
| a fact that-if a tree makes feeble
/ growth the first year after planning, All
| is lost and you VIII make gam oy
pulling UP, preparing the ground, and
| planting anew. BY 30 doing you viii
/ come out far ahead in the end, gatner-
I ing your fruit at anuch GARNER SEASON
/ than in the othercaEes -, iii
| IN, this early rapAcs grown you w. WI
aIs1 secure q healthy, handsome tree,
inspiring the mind with, de1ght ana
adding to the pleasures OF LIE.
THE MODE OF PRODUCING TREES
has given rise to considerable cOntro-
versy in regard to comparative value.
Some have condemned root-gratted
trees as worthless - others have given
their experience in their favor. L, with
my present experiencs, prefer grated
trees for most Varietiss; and on what
principle of philosophy root-grafted
trees are condemned have not been
Having the ground prepared, and
directions for transplanting given. the
QUALITY OF THE TREES
is next to be considered. Many nur-
serymen have much to learn in raising
properly shaped trees. In choosing a
lot of trees there are two or three
shapes that would reject would
reject all improperly balanced trees,
those with a hight disproportionately
tall for their thickness, caused by
thick planting in the nursery and i'm
proper training for three or four years,
tion, which will require an equal
length of time in the orchard to put in
to their natural shape before you can
put large growth on them; and you
may lose the most of them or they
will be bent toward the east, forpning,
in spite of your pains, unhealthy and
unsightly trees.
The trouble with this style of trees
is, the nurseryman trimmed too fast
and too high, trimming every limb as
high as his knife went up the body,
that he might have tall, straight,
smooth bodies. This class OF nursery
men have had their run and mostly
passed away.
takes the opposite extreme and does
not trim at all, unless he cuts of the
top, forcing out great quantity of
large limbs within foot or so OF the
ground, making as unsightly thing
as though it was part of q hedge fence
instead of tree for an apple orchard.
To bring such tree into proper form
by pruning and giving proper place
and shape to the top, so wounds ana
searifies the body, as to endanger the
life of the tree, do what you afterWard
NAV for it; causing the sap to sour
around those wounds where you naye
been compelled to remove large 1lLlDs 1-tT7
and forks, creating feeDIe grown
which causes the bark to sunourn, anu
thus attract the apple 6orers Whlen lGLz nm n
ishes the work. So place this class OF
trees, or at least the most of them, on
the same footing with those just de-
scribed, and reject these likewise.
The next class Of trees will select
from. they ranging from good TO quite
them plenty of room to al1oWssof their
| forufng a proper shape and be ecOme
sufficiently stubbed TO bear q large
| growth of wood the first year withOut
bending. You want them clear OF al
! forks aud limbs, thus leaving no un-
| healthy wounds by trimming on large
| branches, The nursery ymau runs his
| knife from the base Of the tree to the
top, cutting out by frequent pruning
| ali shoots that would eventually make
large limbs or forks. Taxing tnese
| liu1bs while small causes the growth to
90 into its proper place, and with such
/ q tree you can form the top accordin g
! tn vOur own liking, and that WithOuI
/ injury to the tree; since there l.
! left an abundance OF small limbs, which
! can be removed from the trunk TO tht
/ hight we have fixed upon as the base OF
| the ton, BY this mode of trimming
Won also avoid having a cluster of
! limbs on any part of the tree; or, il
hthev remain near together as the trunk
of the tree extends, no injury will re-
i suit from decay and splitting, as is liza
/ ble TO occur when the tree has been
toDDed of in the nursery, and thus
| forming a cluster Of branches. Under
this mode of pruning you can secure Il
Il fine pyrami6sl shaped top for
of your tree, and at tTansplanting re-
move all limbs not needed in giving
nr0ner shape to the top; leaving as few
limbs ss possibIe, so that the top will
correspond with the roots. IfyOu have
Dnt had much experience in trimming,
Won leave too many limbs when you
TRANSPLANT, and you will not find out
your mistake till they are large
| branches and then after making the
. discovery YOU will commence the re
rnovsI of these large branches, and per
hans cause the loss of your tree.
With a tree of this shape and the
: ground put in good order for planting
YOU are sure of success, prov1ded you
choose voung trees, two or three years
old Older and larger trees would
grow successfully could we have the
3 diVUiuo of them, but Gs we cannot Otter
have this, it 1s better to choose young
= thrifty trees, and success Is sure to fol
} follow for you. by This care, can grow
: an orchard much more quickly, than
i from older and larger trees poorly
i With the class of trees I have her
j described, and the preparation of th'
? soil herein directed, you will bring ]
8 orchard into bearing condition Wit
= sucb speed and clothe 1t with sucl
r beauty as to make 10 the subject of com
:, mont among all who pass, and the IN
g nuirv will be ''HoW does he make hi
+ trees grow so rapidly and look so hand
d some. shonId ike TO know the secret
d NV trees, do not grow, should hke
know the reason" &c.
: For djs:arce, would plant thirt,
q feet ac9 say. Ur further rich groun n
= requires mare space between trees tina
= ! poor.
e THE TINE TO PLANT.
e Considerable controversy has bee
raised in regard to fall or spring plant
. ing. There are are conditions whic
5. favor both. II we could always hav
u mild winters fall planting is the bes
n for this reason Trees are tOrmin
2 growth from the time the leaves drO
ID till they put out in the spring, whe
= the earth is not frozen; and when tree
u are planted Ia tEt fall they form
~ grovt b of new roots, sufficient 10 s.iI
y Div the wants OF the tree i" Proffucin
Ie its foliage. This early EtHFt giv'
Ls strength sufficient to produce SOD
c growth throughout the entire seasoi
This is not the case with spring l,lan
ing when it has been done late in Il
season; since, at the time the trt
i'll starts it's growth, IL has not the pow
it Of obtaining sufficient food To 0btai
ke growth, as the roots have net starte
Id and the growth must be produced !
Id drawing from it's vitality, which
ne quite destructive to the health of u
IS Tree. Then, again, the starting of Il
is roots so late in The season insures sut
2 a tardy aud enfeebled growth in q