The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-11-07

pearlnS Irune the trees SO as 10 maxi
low heads, keeping them event. balanc
ed and bringing out the branches hori
zontally. Never allow them to grow
in forks. In the Spring of the year
when the ground is soft, the continued
west and southwest winds cause thu
young trees to lean towards the north
east. As soon as discovered the tre'
should be strengthened and kept so b,
stalking, otherwise the bark on the up
per side of the leaning tree will become
diseased the following Winter by tn,
rains and storms, and eventually caus'
the tree to die Should the orchard sit,
contain different soils, say part sandy
and gravellv- loan and part heav,
limestone clay, plant the early fruit OIL
the former and the Winter fruit on thu
latter. Apples grown On strong calca
reous soils are heavier than when grown
on light soils and they usually keel
better
Many persons when planting sc
their trees SO close together that whel
old they are run up so high to Civ
them room to grow it is impossible t.
gather fruit without injuring it. Th
following approximates correct distance
for planting trees on most Ohio soils
Standard apple, twenty eight to thirt,
feet apart standard pear, twenty-five
to twenty-eight feet apart; peach tree
sixteen feet, and dwarf pear trees twelv'
feet apart. TO plant an acre of land a
the aforementioned distances, it will
require the following number of trees
twenty eight feet each way, So; TWEEN
ty-tive feet each way, 50; sixteen fee
each way, 10; and twelve feet eacl
way, 335.
THE SELECTION OF VARIETIES.
Perhaps no definite rule can be givel
for the selection of varieties. MucI
depends on the location, soil and eli
mate. In the same neighborhood tn
change of soil and situation has 81
much changed the appearance of SOM
varieties of apples that they are scarce
ly known by the experienced fruit grow
err | will name a few varieties tina
with me have proved the most protita
BILE For Summer and Fall: Early Har
vest, Red Astrachan, Summer Queen
Sweet Bough, Early Pennock, Lowell
Jersey Sweet, Shenango, Strawberry
Primate, St. Lawrence, Maiden's Blush
Spice Sweet and Fall Pippin. Fo
Winter: Baldwin, Belmont, Bellhower
Crimes Golden Pippin, Hubbardson':
Nonesuch, Red Pearmain, kyser O.
English Redstreak, Ohio Nonpareil
Jersey Black, Newton Pippin, Peck.
Pleasant, Rome Beauty, Roxbury Rus
sett, r. l. Greening, Winesap, Wage
ner and Tulpehocken. One of thu
greatest errors of new beginners in frui
growing is they are apt to get too many
sorts
A little slaked lime spread under thu
tree in the Spring, when the tree is il
bloom, will prove of great benefit t.
most varieties of Winter apples, espe
cially the pippins.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in the handling of young trees. l have
frequenty seen men claiming to he goot
farmers, who after buying trees, throw
them into a wagon, and without any
covering on the roots, let them lie al
day exposed to the hot sun or colo
wind. With such treatment can any
thing else be expected of the trees thar
die? Yet such careless persons blam,
the nurserymen for selling bad trees
When the trees are to be removed from
the nursery to the orchard, take little
straw in the wagon and some old car
pet or horse blankets As soon as thu
trees are taken up put them into thu
wagon, covering up the roots and keel
them we'll covered until they are agair
set in the ground. Buy your trees o
some reliable nurseryman, or othe
dealer with whom you are acquainted
If you buy from travelling tree peddlers
who are frequently shifting their place
of operation, you will, nine chances t.
one, be cheated in the selections.
Follow the above rules in planting
and cultivation, and you will soon have
an orchard that will pay.