The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-28
Fruit Growing.
AN ESSAY ny MR.. c. A. BAILEY.


ard. l am we'll aware that circumstances
have much to do 10 determining the 10.
cation Of aa orchard. Every one wants
an orchard convenient to the house, aed
Is very apt 20 consult convcniece only in
it's location. l would prefer an eastern
or southeastern slope for q location, and
u northeastern to u western or south
western slope. And as VIC are aH too
lusy or too stingy to uoderdrain our land
for an orchard, perhaps owing as much
to the high price Of labor as any thing
else, VIC ought to select q slope or roll.
ing piece Of ground thas will not retain
Surplus watss.
Secondly. would advise every one 20
got trees as near home ~ he can Of some
reliable nurseryman, for the reason shat
they are better Sdspted to our coil, and
will grow off much Actter than trees
from distance. l have bought trees
fsom New York and Ohio, and they did
not grow for two years as we'll as trees
bought in this country, and from Boone
and Audrain counties. l have bought
trees from Herman that did we'll also
AZ to the different kinds of fruit trees,
every Que can msko their own selections,
And If possible visit the narseryman
yourself and select yoar own trees. You
can got better trees by selestisg tsem III
the rows.
l found at Herman a Mr. Rommcl
that would dig up ANY tree that | wonld
select. And then you can hurry home
with the trees aud set them oat. And
this is Of more importaace than most
persons think. The holes for the trees
should be dug before you go, or while
you are gone after the trees. Dig the
holes large, say three feet square and
two teef deep, aad fill in with we'll rot.
ted aanure and fresh soil mixed-ii
from under old logs in the woods all the
better. Puddle the trees before leaving
the nursery, and then dip the roots in a
tub of water, thoroughly softcning the
mud before setting them ont. Set them
very little, if any, deeper in the ground
than they gres in the nursery If in
the fall, You may fsrm a hill around
them, taking it away in the spring !
haze had them do equally we'll spsiug
and fall planting. In planting prune
any bruised roots, and spread the roots
out and work the dirt in, Wnder and be
tween shem, as they formerly grew, and
press down. Don't pdant them out like
setting fence saakes They may live,
but they will not grow as much in three
years aa they will in one if planted out
right. We don't plant an orchard every
year, and it will not pay to do it care
lessly, and afser you have ses it out 1t
won't pay to let the rabbits bark the
trees or stock to browse on them, and
then say you neves had any lack with
an orchard. If you set in the fail, drive
down stakes 1S inches from the trees, and
stay them against the wind by ty ing chem
with soft strings to stakes.
And now your trouble with worms
aud other insects oommsucei, tho great,
est enemy being the borcs. who enters
at The surface Of the ground and runs
round under the bark, eating all the sap
wood, and thus killing the tree. You
must hunt them cut, spring and fall by
cutting aftcT them and running in vice
aud killing them in the hole Some
leechcd ashes and little lime thrown at
tho roots of the trees will be Of udvant.
age, and early in fhc spring wash the
bodies Of the trees with soft soap, and
la.es in the season white wash with lime.
! Throw. tobaccostslks around the roots,
hang lugs or stalks in forks of tho trees
when large enough, and always mulch
small trees in summer to Keep the ground
moist during our hot summers O!d
straw, if half rotten, will DO, besides it
Keeps down vegetation. Stir or cult
vatc the ground, but dou't sear and
bruise the roots With the plow or break
the bodies with the singletSoe. Pruno
while yOuNg that YOU aay not have it
to do whes larger-that is, from the
heads OF the tree open Tor the sun to
shine in and the sir to circulate through
them, and toy to protect the bodies Of
the trees from the hot sun in the after
noon.
You have all seen trees with black or
dead stripes on the southwest side, That
is the reason for not liking q southwest
ern slope for an orchard. After your
orchard is bearing, in the winter, after
the ground freescs, haul manure that is
we'll rot'ed or clear Of seeds, asd throw
around the trees, not against the bodies
of the trees, but under them out as far
as the limbs extend, aud if farther all
the better. Keep up this practice, and
do not weary in we'll doing, and you will
have plenty of apples. Ifs tree will die
dig it up root and branch. Burn the
body aud brush in the hole, aud be sure
you have il all ost or burnt to ashes
Then fll with soil from u1der some ret
ten log heap, mould and we'll rotten ma
nSre, aud plant another 10 its place, aud
it will grow. But If you set out one be
side the old stump. rather than dig it ur
aud bura it, the bores wilf likely kill il
before yos are aware Of it, have seer
as many as one dozen in one root OF an
old tree after they had killed the tree.
And then after you have raised apples