The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-01-09

y. z, the fine apple orchard Of g. Ian.
don, in the southern uart Of the oonntT.
On approaching it from a distance. the
4 deep green color Of the foliage was Oh.
served, indicative Of thrifty growth. and
On entering it We found the trnas bend.
ing under the loads OF fine fait. fruit.
although orcherds generally are nearly
barren. The trees are twenty-five wears
Odd were planted thirty-six feet apart.
and the brauoheB have now extended
nearly so IS 10 NEST. The ground being
mostly shaded by the trees, no crop Il
cultivated beneath tkeir shade and the
grass wbach has sprung up is kept grazed
with sheep. When the trees were
younger. the ground was kept cultivated.
and they grew vigorously but bore little
a neaghbor advised new course of
management, including a thinning of
the dense heads by pruning. They
were trimmed early ID the sprino. or
tlainned out from above. and not trimmed
nip from below. as is too often done.
The surface 81 The Rfoaud aboab them
was ton dreeped with yard manure. The
top-dressing iu repeated every two
years, ard the pruning is performed an
nuasly, BY the removal Of the young
sprouss which may have sprung up
where the pruning was performed, and
which, II allowed 70 remain. would give
thick tops again. The orchard soon
began TO beas heavily Of fine Large ap-
pies. On visiting it this year early IN
september we found the branches
bending under their loads Of fruit. al.
though orchards generally through the
country are bearing but l;ttle, and some
are entirely barren Sheep, which are
turned IN eaFly in Spring, and continued
till the growing fruit bends the branches
down within their reach. keen the
orchard nearly free from the coddline
moth. We found very few specimens
infested. As the trees shade most Of the
ground, grass is allowed to grow. and ID
kept grazed short till after midsummer
usually till about the middle OF An
gust. The droppinga Of the sheep assist
in enriching the ground.
The orchard contains about l20 fraes
and sixty Or seventy sheep are pastured
at. The best sorts are the Baldwin and
Rhode Island Greening. The Northern
Spy succeeds we'll FaII Pippins were
observed with heavy crops. The Rox4
bury Knsset is unpfofitnble. The Fall
wal "a anw ana III, .yo5IS ~ seIss,s i.s as.a ~
aort u,era Il ,.rst az ~ .',.,,s
needs nicl.;ns. vhe,, oale, oo,1,y ,,sp
work is pressing m eI,ov l6a esse',e "a
good treatment M T.apdon rl,o~,s,5 s'IS ~ -
an old tree 81 fho Pail fra.see ,1,;'' 81 "is
We estimated eixtv vea,a oI5 S,.,,'', 80, ~
anbaaranee and aioe .of the f,.,,,,t ,,,', a
few years aoo "A hegnn ~ AZ s,,1 .,,i' ...',,.
about to l,e sent down s,,e,s,.sf,.S ss.,.
atteropt was made n, ra,,,,vst. = ,,
dead limbs. incln,linsr alos,t belf the
top. were emf ont ana fI,o e,r,,,,,1 s..rs;
we'll op-dreesed with ,ea,,,,s - ~ G.,s
years. sixteen and 4 half dollar, Sro,'ss,
If fruit was taken from Il. n "A now
Dearina Largo cr,,, ~ f,1,;t
In the apple orchards throuob lba
country there is usually 4 xear ri
,bundance and wear az ecars.;fv 81 al,
iernate Seasons. M. T,andon,a so,,sI,a,.7
bears most profnselv in tba vs,ars ,,.a''.,i ~
because ths traat-
nent which firsf rave haavv s.~s, cro,'.
lappened to be "a one of Eboes veaI,S vssr1 .
few wears 600 h;s eron aold sc,. ''.ers. e.
lundred dollars the veay r, nres;e,rs : ~ -
lie last he received aix bnndrad dclIare
Ie expects his sales tlsig vear e. ~
bout four hundred dollars Tire o,,e,e
IA stands on 4 RIDGE where 4 y, e,,,,ss.. ,,..,.
. have good natnrSl dga;,,ee,e ,e so;l
not deer. and fhe roofs aims cor,;,,., M, 8
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