The Placer herald., 1870-01-08
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dfAhSS nut OF acorn become wiltsd or- iried
for as sure asiit does, i,s vitality is ,est iand
no, germination can take place. sr Many Of
our citizens, for the reason that nursery trees
l,ass coarse and high, ars planting the nuts and
seeds Of trees. Care should be taken, in
.ssiecting the nuts, that the above conditions
hare bsen fulfilled, or both money and labor
will be lost, and worst OF all, discourage
Sment will follow.
To prepare nuts properly for keeping or
xfor transportation, they should be packed iu
ssboxss, or barrels, aud carefully n,erlayed
with moistened moss or some similar sub
stance. The packing material should be
sufficiently moisteued to prevent the nuts
from becoming dry. Wheat chaff is a
= very good substitute for moss. The nuts
should be packed Immediately after being
gathered. To keep up the moisture until
tbs time arrives for transportation or,plant-
sing, agood plan is to bury the box or bar
rel 10 which the nuts are kept in background,
10 some sheltered place, where excessive
winter moisture can be avoided. In most
localities 10 tbis State, fer home. gathered
snuts, tbsy may be planted Immediately after
being gathered.
cult 10 transplant. They can be raised
This is especially true Of the sblack walnut,
which has long tap-root, which should
alnevsr be broken. A good tree Of this char-
as,sr cannot be produced by transpanliug
from the nursery without the utmost care
= In fact all nu,.bearing trees are better rails
Cd BY planting the seeds just where you
swish the trees to grow. Two or more nuts
should be put in a bill; and If all grow,
pruus out the weaker ones after the frs,
years growth,
'ld Much attention Is now being given, TO the
planting Of such forest trees as are valuable
for timber or nuts. We referred in our last
issue, al considerable length, 10 the interest
taken in the improvement of our native
chestnut trees. An instance OF improve
msnt in this direction has since come TO our
notice, a. recorded in the american Ag,i
culturdlist for December, 1865, which fig
aures and describes an American variety that
has been so much improved in size by sim
ply manuripg the land about their roots that
forty Of them weigh pound Such chest
nuts must come nearly or quite up to the
famous japanese chestnuts which were ex-
two years ago. 1t is also said that the
nuts were greatly improved in quality by
such culture.
The natural inclination of all forest trees
is to throw out side branches as the trunk
advances in perpendicular height. Tha
'hkbit may be encouraged by open cultiva-
tion, and should be where frui. is the main
object in view. BY planting close the sun
and cir are excluded from the lower branch.
O.. 90 that they are smothered until they
dis opt;sthus encouraging long butt, free
ifom kaols. The only access Of the sun
bsing - the Tops Of the trees, their growth
encouraged in that direction.- Scientific
Press. t.s.1e ssr
aa WINE.-Ths .4lta has this on the subject
Of vine:
Good Sonoma wine of Mission grape, one
year old, has been sold at 40 cents gallon
for white and As for red Wholesale, and al
80 cents for white and So cents for red two
years old Zin6ndsl sells for rs cents, mix.
ed foreign from GO to 15' and Alexandrian
Muscat 81, all Of this year; Znfudel two or
three years old, So to 90, and Alexandran
Muscat 81 25 to 81 so. The wines from
foreign grapes are mostly from Sonoma and
aNapa. New Los Angeles wines are worth
80 cents per gallon; Anaheim about 35;
and Sacramento from As TO so. Ian dsber
ger has lately bought some Stockton Reiss-
ling year old al 80 cents, and 900 gallons
sFrontignan Muscat from Stockton at ST., to
use in making sparkling wine Of which he
put 637 cases on the market last month.
The demand for bis wine is lively, aud it is
-
month next year.
+ The State of California has SOC, 900 peach
trsss, or about five TO every voter--enough
TO produce more than one hundred pounds
annually for every person. The figures are
large, but they are official, and are supposed
10 be correct. Santa Clara county is down
for 10000, Sacramento for $4,000, Fl Do
RADIO for $4,000, Sonoma for $4,000. San
'Joaquin for $4,000, Butte for 10000, and
iNspa, Placer. TuOlumne, Colusa. Amador.
-foIo and Yuba range between 10000 and
$4,000 each.
y In building chimney put a quantity of
salt into the mortar with which the inter
courses Of brick are 10 be laid. The effect
will bS that no SCOT will accumulate in that
chimney. The PHILOSOPHY is thus stated
The salt in the portion Of the mortar which
is exposed absorbs moisture from the a,mos-
phsrs every damp day. The SCOT, thus be-
coming damp, falls down into the fireplace
This appears to be an English discovery. 1t
is used with success in Canada.
VARIETY IN CnEsrNuTs In Europe,
there are over thirty cataIogued varie.
tiss Of the chestnut, all of which may be
had Of the nurserymsn. Great pains are
taken there 10 the improvement Of this
tree, both by grating aud cultivation Of the
fruit, which. 10 many places, is largely used
IS food, and is very cheap. 10 the Allan
sie States this fruit ia worth from 81 to $l3
per barrel. It's price 10 California is much
higher Scientific Press.
TnE CnATELAINE STRAwBERRY.-T Cha.
tslains is new French strawberry, highly