Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-08
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banks Of the Hudson, 10 Ulster county,
N. wis said 70 be the finest in the world.
Many yeas ago Mr. Polls father, while stop
ping in the villhge Of Newtown observed
two pippin trees whose fruit was much
sought for He was SO much pleased with
IL thai he determined to set o large orchard
Of a similar hud, and after mauy years of
labor he could show two hundred acres
planted with NewtOwp pippins and containing
$1,000 trees. He then remarked that if
each tree should yield bis son bushel Of
apples q year it would be "a handsome in
come. Some Of these very trees have yielded
eighteen bushels at picking. Of the prac.
tice Of the present owner Of the orchard the
Troy Times says:
He studied the arts Of pomology and
learned how to assist nature 10 her efforts TO
support mankind. Commonly speaking, the
apple tree bears every alternate year. Mr.
Psll determined 70 have an annual harvest,
aud to give his orchard handsome start, he
sacrificed the crop Of bearing year. All
the apples were picked green. He had dis
covered that the germ of the next years
fruit was in existence at the time of the
apple harvest but that the trees would be so
exhausted that this germ would fail Of de.
velopment, and year Of rest would follow
before another crop could be produced. Hav-
ing stopped his trees from fruiting in the
manner have mentioned he was sure of a
crop on what was generally the of year, and
he determined to follow this up BY treat
ment that should abolish the of year.
He learned that the trees require vari-
ETY. Of food, the chief Of which is potash +,
lime aud soda, and his orchard has been thus
fed, with all the success that could have
been anticipated. The potashris found in
wood ashes, lime is obtained9fro oyster
shells at low cost (stone lime being updesira-
bIe), while soda is supplied With common
salt. An orchard thus fed and judiciously
pruued cannot fail to succeed. His plan is
to 6ll his barn.yard with swamp muck in
the fall. This absorbs the drainage, and it
is at the same time supplied with the above
mentioned ingredients. Iu the spring it is
hauled TO the orchard, which is plowed and
sown with clover, as an additional : Fertilizer.
A nursery for the purpose of relieving the
orchard is part of.the scheme, and most Of
the latter at present is young and 10 most
thrifty condition.
During apple harvest about one hundred
men are employed, and the work generally
requires fortnight. The rule is to pick the
trees clean, and not to let 60 Of an apple
until Il rests in the basket. The latter are
laid carefully on the ground, aud the team
ster picks them up with equal care and con.
veys them TO the applc-house. The latter is
one of Mr. Pell's inventions, and he has four
in use. They are spacious structures, per.
haps 4Oxl00 feet (such, at least, is my
recollection from seeing one Of them), and
are what might be called two stories high.
The first story has no windows. You enter
by wide door, and the apples are seen COW
ering the entire interior to the depth Of four
feet The upper part OF the building has a
few windows, aud the door is grated, SO that
when closed there is an ascending draught.
The fruit will, while in this place, discharge
a very large amount Of moisture, and thus
deliver itself from the chief cause Of decay
An apple-house at such a time is really a
fine sight. In three days tho sweating is
done, and the drlught removes the moisture
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