Middletown transcript., 1874-12-05
How to Treat Fruit Trees.

Called home to God at autumn time.
How to Treat Fruit Trees.
In considering the growth of orgar
isms, the action Of the alkalies is to I
looked upon as scarcely less importar
than that Of air and water. Lime
the great animal alkali, and potash th
vegetable one; its old name Of vegeta
bic kali expressed that fact. and all th
potash of commerce is we'll known to
derived from wood ashes. The impor
) unce Of potash as manure has bee
frequently overlooked BY farmers, VII
rarely know the large amount Of thi
material found in grass. grain. crops
! leaves, barnysfd manure, roots, AMI
fruits. How potash acts in plants. ii
conjunction will carbon and siIex,-t'
form woody fiber, starch, sugar and oil
is yet unknown to chemical observers
but the fact Of its action is beyond 1
doubt. Eelie bne since pdinsed oul
that the chief cause Of barrenness is the
waste of potash carried of by rich crspa,
especially tobaceo, with, NO replecemenl
by proper manure. How many mil
lions. ofpound5 fposash ksse besk sem
to Europe from the forests Of America,
sad il he gFais.E sSbscco. xdd hsmFl
Luckily one a1kali may bs replaced By
anothefS ard tshave received = COM
siderable quantity Of soda from Euro
pean seaweed and in tie shape of salt.
Lattsrly. nitrate ~ sods rom natural
deposits in South America IL brought
to NJ Al I cheap price. e4 siaH.i isli Ia !.
e The point 70 which We new call at
tsntion i, that our farmers !, ana fruit
grovsfs havs ignored, Or rather been
ignorant Of, the importance Of wood
ashes % = vegetable stimulant ahd as
the leading esDstituent of plants. Even
coal ashes, now thrown away IS uses,
ldss.' has0 Been shown, oth-by sxpsfia
ment and anslysis. to possessA q fair
share Of alkaline value. According to
our observation. II the practice Of put
tiig ! mixture Of wood and coal ashes
around tie stems 81 fruit tsses and
vines; particularly early 10 ~ Spring.
wsfe followed ~ es general Epls. Aur
crops .sf.apples,o grapes, ] rsseiks.; = . s IL etc
would begreatly benefited in boifl16i' Oh qaslr
ity and quantity ysand Tia sansss,anlld - "a siisies i
would last longer. We will relaas only
one sxperinent.
6osne twenty-five years aeo,Ms treat
cd q ead hollow pippin apple Tree >
iolIoss TIE hollow, 70 the iAeishf5ofI
sig q issa vas filled and :1rs4h,ea, wisb |
} sompcle aof ~csd ashes, gsrden mold.
and little vsste lime carbonate 49,
This fllisg sas securely fastened 10 BY
boards, TIE p next Il j. year. j sbe crop crop of
'oupd frqit vas sixteen bushels from IL I
ia Shelf of 4 tree that. had borne moth.
ng Of any secoans for some time. hut
he issfshgest psrs was what followed.
BmJ seveatsens years after the filing,
hat old pippip trea continued to -four.
sb and bear we'll sys r
Let tgs call attention to still another
gin Of Importance in fruit raising.
EEis islths bsirins year for spples and
ruit il. general 10 New England prob
BY Y AZ also IN some other parts.-l
Tow when such years come. the farm
g rejoice too nosh at their prosperity
nd abuse i. as nearly al people do the
ifts Of foftshs. We skosld Be tenn
efate lae % the quhntItynof Our ffnit a.
ell 4 of irais jbicss. By proper trim-
ling and pidckiBgg, tie apple crop in, L
sesisgceass pay u kaassd ao1b 1bnF :
tile more than half crop as to num-
er. but the improvement 10, sise and ]
Zoe. and in thsifdtsre sAees, VIII more
ian balance the loss Next February. +
larsh. or April. according to latitude.
klthS hssttsmmsrssim INA nour-
, bis trees and vines nth . fair ssp-
y Of ashes; and in nearly every ease ,
J ~ill hsve ! good crop Of fruit in the !
'n-bsaring year.--iScientifc Ameri-
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