The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-27

StO'eS ylelu quick IeIuEnS, sulelr ue :
velopment is expensive. The d itch
ing and other preliminary work is
not greater than in preparing land of
the same kind for setting ont a grove.
or for general culture. The great
| labor and cost is the subsequent cub
ii tivation, which has to be done entife-
ly with the hoe, owing to the irrsgu-
larity of the trees and to the fact that
their roots are establish ed nearer the
surface. On this damp, rich soil the
grass grows luxuriantly, and the hoes
must be kept constantly going during
the summer months until the trees
are large enough to shade the ground.
This can be avoided by resetting the
trees. When this is to be dene the
tree should be root pruned several
months, a year is better, before the
trees are removed: the old roots have
been long established and are desti-
tute of fibrous, or feeding roots, up
on which success in the operation
largely depends. 1t is questionable
whether anything is gainea by NOV
ing such large trees. Ehe shock
which they receive is great and it
will take them some time to recover
from it. If trees are to be set out, It'll
is better to select young trees their
grow tn will'not be retarded BY the
operation; they will yield geturns al
most or quite as soon, and,their con-
stitutional vigor and length of life
will be much greater than older trees.
In setting out new greye on low
land draining can be accor2pl lhed by
'setting .Cne trees 0I ridges iSfownti
with plow with a deep water fur
Irow between each row. Trees should
never be set on land until it has been
cleared one or two years and is sweet
and mellow. Nothing is gained by
hurrying trees into new, sour land
1t would be better if the land could
be cultivated in some other crop be.
fore trees are set upon i. Sour
stock budded are the only kind o1
trees that do we'll on low land. 1t is
their natural soil and they flourish
finely. Sweet seedlings will not sue
ceed and it is useless to attempt to
make seeding grow on low land
1t being necessary to bud the trees a
uniform good quality of fruit can
easily be secured. Trees set in rows
can be cultivated with q cultivator
or horse hoe, Flowing orange trees
even on the high lands, is of.question
able advantage, excepting while the
trees are young and where the ploM
does not approach onear the roots
On the low lands plowing and al
4 deep. culture should be avoided as
the orange roots are naturally, and
on the low lands necessarily, neal
the surface ofthe ground. SIT horougE
and constant culture, SO essentia
under all circumstances, is especially
necessary here. The rich soil pro
4 duces luxuriant growthdof grass
which should be kept under and the
[ ground rendered loose and friablt
by constant stirringhaThe land be
ing low the trees suffer more quickly
4 when the soil about them becomes
I hard, or they are choked with grass.
I One of the great advantages Of til,
low land soils is their natural richness
on account Of which they do no
need fertilizing. The trees grow
faster and more thrifty than on The
high lands, and are consequently less
liable to injury by the scale, insect
and seldom have adie-back" will
proper drainage and cultivation. Dur
ing excessively dry seasons, wher