Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-03-03

varieties Of the cherry. Bigarieau, heart
or black cherries, are worthless. and he
who plants them in this county throws
his money and labor away. The
Kentish varieties, Early Richmond and
MorelIos are our only hardy varieties.
The Morello is much later than the
Early Richmond, and not as good and
young bearer. The Early Richmond
is by lar the most desirable of the
cherries with which l am acquainted.
Prepare the ground as for apple trees;
plant them about IA feet apart, each
way; keep low, dense heads, and prune
only in the middle of Summer and but
little then.
Peach trees are not hardy enough
for our cold dry winters. think,
however. there is not much difficulty
in caltivating and training the trees in
such manner that they will live over
Winter without protection. The main
difficulty is with the fruit buds, which
Will winter-kill if they are not thor
oughly protected. By long expert
menting with peach trees, with per-
feet success on small scale for the
last two years,) / have come to the
following method OF raising peaches:
Plant the seed of the best early va
rieties in good, rich garden soil; let
your trees grow all they will by keep
ing them clean from weeds; just be-
fore the ground freezes, dig them up
and put them IN a cellar or cave with
the roots buried in fine soil; early in
the Spring latter having the ground
ready,) take them out; trim the roots
by cutting the ends off within ten inch
es; also, cut off every limb; then plant
in rows, II feet apart, aud about s feet
apart in yhe row; cultivate thoroughly
through the whole Summer keep ey-
cry limb and sprout off within a foot
or two Of the ground late in the fall,
before it freezes up, dig a hole on
one side within foot of the tree,
loosen some of the roots on the oppc-
site side of the hole, bend your tree
(aiter having the top limbs tied togeth-
cry down to the ground, and throw
fine ground over the whole tree suffi-
cient to keep the tree firmly down.
In the Spring, as soon as the frost is
all out of the ground, get your trees
from their Winters resting place, by
raising them up straight, tread the
ground firmly around the tree, keep
young sprouts near the ground off as
in the summer before; cut back the
ends of all the limbs IN August, to in
sure fruit spurs or buds, lay them
down for the Winter as before and in
the Spring and Summer treat them as
in the Summer previous, and in the
tall you may see few as nice peaches
as ever were shipped in Tama county.
The next three or four years you will
have a full crop. After your trees get
too large to be governed thus, cut
them down and have others in their
place. Two men will lay down two
dozen four year old trees in day, and
one man can fix them up IN the Spring
III the same time, which is worth, at
two dollars per Gay, six dollars. For
three years this would amount to
eighteen dollars extra labor from the
ordinary way of raising peaches in a
peach country. Twentyfour four-year-
old peach trees will yield, on an av-
erage, bushel to The tree; so you may
see that it is cheaper to raise them
here than to import them. Bear in
mind, the above process is without
patent right.
No fruit lately has attracted the at
tention of the Horticulturist more
than grape growing. Yet, III our
county, grapes are a scarce article,
even in ape-ripening time. To grow
grapes, prepare the ground as for apple
trees, plalt about s feet apart, one
way, and six the other; plant shallow,
having the roots well spread; trim the
first year TO one strong cane; cover
with earth or litter over Winter.
just before the buds startin the Speing,
take them up; in the fall, or before the
sap rises toward Spring, cut back to
two eyes and then train according to
your fancy. Do Mt trim and manure
200 much, but keep clean from weeds,
and cultivate shallow, principally with
the cultivator and hoe.
The Clinton, Concord and Hartford
Prolific do best with me. The Del
aware, Iona and many others are bet
ter grapes but are not hardy enough
unless treated with great care. l have
had but little success with the latter
varieties.
CURRANTS.
Currants thrive best in cool, deep,
moist soil and little shady, as, on
the north side ofa fence. Prepare the
ground as recommended for apple or
chards, with the addition OF we'll rot