The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-20

and the land kept in constant cultivation. !
The first early varieties are the Crawford's !
Early. llale's Early, Alexandria and Ans |
dens June. The best late are the Craw-
fords Late, Old Nixon Free and Stump Of
the World.
Plums can he successfully grown by
planting in clusters where pigs and poultry
are kept, as they dest oy the curculio-a
shy black beetle that sIIngs the fruit, de-
posting an egg which matches worm,
causing the fruit 10 fall of. The tree |
should be frequently whitewashed from
the time the fruit sets until the stone
harlens. The Weaver, Lombard. Minor,
Wild Goose and German Plum are among
the hest.
SMALL FRUITS.
As source of luxury and health, the
currant, gooseberry, blackberry and rasp-
berry have no equals. farm without them
| indicates shiitiesssss and lack of due ap-
probation OF health and home comfort.
The small space and little labor required TO
grow them places them within the reach of
al who own land. The currant. as vet has
not been Successfulls grown in Kansas from
| the fact that the care and attention they re-
|
need protection from the sun and should he
| placed on the north side OF a stone fence
or other protection in rich soil. The
Red Cherry aud White Grape are the best.
| Gf the guOseberry, the HoIghtou takes tina
/ lead in Kansas, but the Downing and White
Smith Will drive it ont in time. The hit
tatinny, Is it deserves, heads the list of
| blackberries. The next Is the Missouri
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varieties OF raspberries are the Mammoth
Cluster and the Turner. The small fruits
are all enormous feeders and require rich
soil OF we'll rotted manure and should he
mulched during hot and dry weather. The
blackberry and raspberry should be planted
at least six feet apart, and by continually
| digging up the sprouts should be confined
tr the row in which they were planted, and
| late in the fall or early in the spring the
old canes should be takeu out with a knife
or hook made fnr that purpose as only last
years growth makes this wears fruit.
GRAPES.
This luscious, beautiful and easily grown
fruit should be grown by all. BY little
observation the training and care of the
grape can soon be learned. Good thrifty
vines should be selected, and planted deep
| ly. The cheapest trellis is posts set eight
| feet apart, strung with common fence wire
| upon which TO train the vines Let the
main vines grow to any length YOU wish.
| Trim in the fall, always bearing in mind
that this years wood makes next Years
fruit. The Concord is the best
HOW To PLANT TREES
and care for them Is something farmers
| seem TO know or care little about From
| the appearance oil orchards and from what
| We have beed told, many valuable tree are
annually lost by not knowing no to plant
Some have planted over hundred in an
hour or TO. Twenty-Five are all man can
plant in a day ii done rightly. The hoes
should be dug at least two feet deep and
not less than three feet across. Before plac-
ing the tree in the hole throw in five or six
irches of the top soil al a pour in water
enough to soften the dir, so that the fibrous
roots can be firmly i'm bedded. Trim all the
bruised and mutilated roots with sharp
knife, cutting from the under side. Place
the trees in the hole, being careful that the
small roots are well imbeded and no
vacant space is left under the roots, then
fill in six or eight inches OF dirt, packing
quite firmly, then put in good mulching
OF wet straw-say three or four inches
deep-sO as not to touch the trunk OF the
tree, and then finish by filling up even or a
little above the level OF the ground. Dur.
ing the hot, dry weather of summer and
fall he sure 10 mulch as before directed, so
As to keep the ground cool as well as moist
and success will crown your labor.
We hope this article will be help to
many and will answer some Of the many
| questions we are daily asked, and should
the hints we have here thrown out prove
beneficial, We will feel that We have in a
meafqre repaid our friends OF the many IA
| vOrs extended.
| The Raiicr uf OIden Times.