Middletown transcript., 1871-02-11
Ehr The .Niddisowa Transcript.

ii triming peach trees. The writer, like
the fellow las, year who recommended
ploughing the dirt to peach trees, until
they stood upon mounds or hills, APP
pears to think himself well posted. lie
says: trees should be topped in, after nd-
hitting that the bearing wood was that
grown the previous year. aud Of course
having the buds on, and 70 Try to make
this doctrine plausible, he says trimming
is deferred until spring. 50 as to observe
the effect of the winter on fruit buds
what stuff As regards Delaware, the
winter killing Of the buds seldom reaches
below Dover. The prospect last year
was good. until the northeast storms
the last of May and the first Of June,
when young peaches were the size of small
bird eggs. II he does not know. | will
try to inform him why it is best to trim
peach trees the last of February and March
Trees trimmed at that time soon
recover, as the flow of sap is soon ut hand.
whereas, if trimmed in August and Sep
tcinber, the sap has ceased to fow. the
trees stand torpid until spring. with the
drying in of those wounds, and for this
very reason, August and September,
is the best time to clean land of sas-
sairas and other bushes aud briars.
Persons experienced in cleaning land un-
ders,and this matter. Next with regard
to heading in, as the writer admits, cutting
OF half the bearing wood aud h. might
have added hat of the crop If peach tree
is pr operly treated when young, il never
needs cutting back except Lu~ aud then,
a limb tha, grows faster than the others
when young. and by its weigh, pulls the
tree over The first season you plant out
your peach tree. is the time to form its
top. L.; five or six, or cigh, limbs start out
all round the ,opand watch il one shoot is too
heavy cut OF limb, or clip the top so -
To take Of some of the weight. SO the tree
will come up aud balance. then below
these limbs that is intended for the top
keep all sprouts aud suckers cut off down
10 thr ground, and let your trees grow.
ant at three years old%ou will have many
good peaches near the forks of the limbs
"a ,mai, ,wigs l'.i fall after the crop.
these small ,wigs will die. urNt spring cut
ihrrn out. HsH io Me fHR dS i9Hl as ypur
p.utb fi,c tftes tiiigw he bwhings ~
.Nnlue. c,t out only d. de,ad and dying
eoe I. aud then you have ~ reason to cut
back. or head in. IN lsbr, grew
l5upO baskets an l., ~ thousand bear.
ne reas. aad did no. lose two dozen trees
hy 'eiug broken worthless. the aultr
limlt. comr dow !. aud restpltte uut 6uj on
lhr srauni. when the frui, was picked
they come up. aud by the next sYfin. i
muic eeu,l walk under them t. .au,h
bat whereas, Is olltn The case, people
plant peach trees, and then commence cut
ting them. and keep on cutting until they
kill hem. leaving bat two, three or four
limbs or sprouts, then trim of every side
branch in reach every spring forcing the
main stems up like bean poll, the sun
evaporatng the sap on the bare arms,
no .aycs or suall branches 10 SHADE them.
the fruit sitting uL the ,opa ul ihcs1 poles,
aud il n good season. one half or i.carly 50
Of ihesa tops anap oil' thus giving the
plea o, cutting in or cutting back To first
principles, MS near as possible when all
this cauld have been saeel and more
peache, produced, il they had started out
with five 10 eight or .iuc limb, and bran.
chcs. when the tree was Young and form
ing; but they must cni, cut, ent until they
first run up too high then cut down or
cut back as they call it. Aud whilst on
these subjects there are three other fnla-
cics will say n word or two on: worm
ing tho trees, rloGgh,ug the orchard aud
Ii al 4.
of the t.ccs, aud leaving them exposed all
winter. 10 KIN ne porms ! hold. and
experience has taught me whenever YOU
quit worming the trees and quit plonghing
the orchard. the next step is to tai.o an
arr oHd cm 4 dnrH. for what fruit the
peach tree will bear, without wnrminr
aud ploughing until they die, in two or
three gears, will he small fruit and un-
salrabie. aud reoiher celd enough 10 fioc-e
he ~otns, lratectei rs they arc ~ the
bark cotcring uoHid nd icate enough hp-
MIR Leing, On eaIth, b pics and eat Tie
pcoches. That freezing worm. to death. is
n humbug of the FIRST wa.,r, aud ! presume
the cold Monday. four years ago, whom
the thermometer tcll TO eight degrees be-
low zero, killed enough pcacL trees in
this, and adjoining counties of Delaware
and Maryland. to satisfy this genc.aiiun,
on that subject besides water gets into
the holes and freezes and Injuries the ten
der bark exposed, aud experience has
further proved thni il Injuries 3 peach tree
to bank the dirt too high up the body or
trunk Of the tree, aud further 10 pick
peaches that are too green when the stem
will not leave the peach free, hurts u
peach tree. Lime broadcast, and wood
ashes round the trunk Of the tree. is the
best manurcs | have found
SAMUEL TowSstAp.
TOWNSEND, Jan. 80, 1871.