The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-09-23
SEPTEMBER.
SEASONABLE ORCHARD AND
GARDEN NOTES.
THE BEST APPLES FOR OUR CLIMATE

TIE BEST APPLES FOR OUR CLIMATE
SWeMe repeatedly asked for lists
of the Best varieties of fruit Of the
various species cultivated here,
and We have again and again re-
Piled, tkat to give lists which will
suit alE5oeaities, soils, tastes, and
wants, IS utterly impossible. The
best we can do is to name such as
are generally desirable, and can
be grown in most cases, with rea-
sonable degree of success in par
ticular region Of country.
A correspondent, residing in
the billy region of Upper South
Carolina, who asks US what apples
he shall plant, may find the follow
ing list Of service to him, and most
Of the varieties named will do well
in all parts of the State. Any one
intending to plant an orchard;
whether Of apples, pears, or peach
es, should, however, look about
him, in his own neighborhood and
region Of the country, and learn
what varieties have, in actual expe-
rience, proved best for a soil and
situation similar to his own, and
plant accordingly, trying other
kinds as he may desire and can af-
ford to do:
Summer Apples.-Early May;
Carolina Red June; Early Har-
vest !: Red Astrachan (very popu-
lar for market); Summer Pearmain;
Early Joe; Sweet Bough; Horse
(for cooking and drying); Williams
Favorite; Early Red Margaret for
Striped June); Strawberry; Maid
ems Blush; Summer Rose.
Autumn Apples.-Bcnum; Dish
aroon; Equinetely for Bachelor,
Buckingham, e:c.); Golden Russet;
Hoover; Taunton; Eutaw; Smoke
house.
Winter Apples.-Sh o kley;.
Carolina Greening (or Green
Cheese; Buncombe; Buff; Van
deverc; Lady APPLE; Timber Twig;
Hall; Clark's Pearmain; Steven
sons Winter; Hockctt's Sweet;
Faust's Winter.
The apple succeeds best on
strong, clayey, or graVclly, and
rather moist, but well drained soil.
The borer will destroy many trees
unless constant attention be given
them.
A NEW ORNAMENTAL TREE.
We have had growing on our
grounds for the last four or five
years very singular and beautiful
tree, the seeds Of which were origi-
nally brought from Mexico. 1t
came to US without a name, but
proves to be, according to good bo-
tanical authority, ManiLot Cartha-
genesis (Muller.) Its a deciduous
tree Of exceedingly rapid growth,
with spreading and somewhat pen
dulous branches, dividing regularly
and continuously into threes, and
bearing at the axis Of the branches,
umbels Of greenish yellow, reddish
spotted flowers, followed by clusters
ofnut-like, three-seeded capsules of
the size of a cherry. But the prin-
cipal beauty Of the tree, aside from
its regular and graceful form, lies in
its foliage, which is not exceeded in
elegance by that Of any species,
native or exotic, known to US. The
leaves are what the botanists call
pedate, with deep narrow sinuses,
resembling somewhat those of the
Palma Christi, though not so
large, and much more delicately
cut. They are of a bright green, ,and
arc borne on long petioles. Their
eject, IN the mass, is exceedingly
fine. The tree will not be likely
to prove hardy much further north
than Charleston, we think, bearing
only about the same degree Of cod
as the orange, and occasionally
having its tender shoots killed by !
frost, even here. It grows readily, |
either from seeds or from cuttings. |
INSERTING BOTH ENDS OF A CUT
TING.
Professor Delacroix, of Besan-
con, France, has "discovered'' a
mode of propagating from cuttings,
which is not only successful in case
of roses and other plants easy to
live, but apples, pears, plums, april
cots, etc. His method is to put
the whole cutting in the ground,
bent in the form Of a bow, with
the centre part up and just on a
level with the surface, at which
no;o4 thare mpst he a rood bud or