Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1874-09-30
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From the Rnltimore American
Planting ont an orchard


From the Baltimore American.
Planting out an Orchard. gen
As the fall is, in our opinion, decided
ly preferable for planting out an orchard
of fruits, and the season is now at hand
for securing stock for the purpose, we
cannot do better than repeat our advice
to our friends to lose no time in ordering
their supplies from the most convenient
and reliable nurserymen, the better to
secure prompt attention, and to obtain
the varieties that may be ordered before
the supply is exhausted, which is fre.
quently the case, and disappointment
consequently ensues. And our oft-re-
peated caution is again presented. to
avoid the many tree pedlers who are
every season going the rounds, selling
by highly colored engravings of fruits,
and catalogues of well known nursery
men, varieties of fruits which frequently
are found after years of patient waiting
to be the very reverse of what you bar
gained for, and are generally worthless
to you. The safest plan is always TO
order from well established reputable
houses, and there are many of them in
the land, SO that you may be satisfied of
receiving the fruit you may desire. At
the Farmers Union picnic on the 9Th,
we met with an old farmer who was ear
nestly IN search of one of our best known
gardeners, living within few miles of
the city, to order trees from his nursery.
and he avowed his determination to ad-
wise every farmer in Baltimore county to
patronize him; from his manner and
language we discovered that he had been
badly 6lttea BY some Of the gentry who
cheap, but are too frequently found to be
exceedingly dear.
A few hints may not be out of place
at this time, in showing the present plan
of planting young orchards adopted, we
understand. by our most successful fruit
growers. The accompanying plan repre-
sents one acre Of apples, OF 80 feet apart.
filled up with smaller growing varieties
of trees, the standard pear occupying
the space between the four apple trees.
Being a pyrimidical grower and not
spreading as the apple, they do not in
terfere with each other You can set
your apples at any distance; but you can
fill up with the smaller growing trees,
so as to economize ground; for it is a
great loss to plant and grow an orchard
on the old principle-40 to 80 feet apart.
without any trees between them. Plant
ing as recommended you will have 1865
trees to the acre and on the old plan of
planting at 40 feet, you will see you
have but 27 trees to the acre, taking six
acres of ground for what it is recon-
mended you to put on one acre. And
it must be evident that it is much easier
and cheaper to fertilize and cultivate l65
trees on ole acre than to have them
scattered over six acres, to say nothing
of the FIVE acres of land saved by plant
ing as recommended. Pear orchards
should be planted on the same principle;
the between spaces planted with dwarfs
The ground for young orchards should
be well cultivated by raising vegetables,
truck, &c, among them, the proceeds o.
which will be profitable, while the or.
chard will be greatly benefited by the
manure and the culture bestowed on the
plants. Never SOW grein or grass seed
in young orchard, Among the man,
advantages gained by introducing th,
small growing trees, aside from the grea
profit, is the economy Of land, and yo,
can head the trees low, SO as to shad,
the trunks and the ground. which is in
dispensable to successful fruit-growing
and then the farmer has no inducemen
to SOW his orchard down in grass, as h,
cannot turn in stock without the certain
ty Of having them destroyed, as it il
contended that young fruit trees are no
profitable food for stock. Trim all frui
trees in the month of June, if convenien
except newly planted orchards, which
should always be trimmed in spring afteI
planting, no difference whether fall o.
spring planting.
The following plan of planting out ar
orchard Of one acre of ground, 80 feet
apart, filled up with other smaller-Oroy-
ing trees, is recommended by an exper-
fenced nurseryman
4s standard apples, at 80 feet apart
marked thus, o. ~Fa
80 standard pears, or standard cher
ries, marked thus, S.
/ 81 dwarf pears, dwarf apples, dwar
cherries, plums, peaches, or quinces
naked thus, x. @as
10 x o x O x @ x a
x S x x $ x s. q