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HORTICULTURE.
What Shall Plant ?-Iiow Shall IlanI =
When Shall I Plant ?-NVenlth from Flant-
From Our DUN Correspondent
No. 13 EIGHTEENTH STREET, CHICAGO. May l.
These same old questions como to us as oft as
the spring returns, urd are not SO easily anu
curt1y answered as ut FIRST it seems they might
be. .,
sswuAT SHALL PLAsT!" y
Surely. that is something to think OF, and to
think Of now. Here is the 1st Of May. The
birds are singing {prctty birdsD the buds are
bursting, aud life is waking in every plant, and
shrub, and tree. 10 quickly what your hand
finds to do. There should be no delay.
But the question comes back, "Wbat shall I
plant!''
One says, aI will plant an orchard this
spring.; and he does we'll to say so. It should
have been done long ago. The man has been
'op thc farm for twenty years, and,
MARVELLOUS AS IT Is,
has not thought to plant an applc-orchard up to
this time. He had said, att would not pay. !"
he thought so, and for twenty years he has fed
himself aud family on s*hog and homtny," with
out fruit, because it paid better, or didn't
pay to grow fruit. Indeed! What gives the
children that sallow look? They have not en-
loved uninterrupted health on the farm. Every
summer they have stngue " or "bili0u5 fever"
Does it pay to have thcso* Ncycr,-hordly
ever! More fruit IN the diet, and less fat meat,
would pay, as VIC think.
1t is, 1hen, good idea for every Turner to
plant an orchard Of the various fruits, for family
use at least. And know that fruit farm in
the hands Of an Intelligent and industrious nor
ticnlturist. it in the right place, does pay.
But the question returns.
WHAT SHALL PLANT IN THE oACHAnD:
It will not do to say I'M apple-tree is an apple
tree, and plaut at random: Very much depends
upon the variety planted What to plant tn
certain localities must be determined only after
Knowing what is the quality Of the soil and eli
mate, and what has been the experience OF
planters in that nelghborhood.
At the late meeting OF the Warsaw Eorticul-
{ural Society, its Secretary, Mr.. j. r. johnson,
change, perhaps, for local peculiartics, ii is ap
plicablc TO large district in this aud ncighbor-
ing States:
WHAT Mr.. JOHNSON sATs.
Our best early applcs oro Red Astrachan: Early
Harvest Summer Per1natn, nenonj. Williams
arc Maiden's BLUSH. nambo, Mother. aud Datly
Sweet. Our best winter apples are Ben DAVIS,
Jcnfton, Jonathpn. Red Canada, Wythc, Grimcs'
Golden, Kentucky Sweet, and Broadwell- This
will give good succession Ut apules, and Of kinds
that are known to grow with good degree Of suc-
cess in this reeiou.
pcachcs cherries, grapes. and all the small fruits
which arc found to succeed in our locality so that
we mar be anc TO eat of ali the good things which
Nuture has placed within our grasp.
rr}en fuffra orchard st0ufi ha Eefecfnd with
speciul care as kind and quality Of trees; should
be planted with equal care as 10 style and distances
until the trees become established and formed.
In planting or in pruning, would have neither
low heads nor narrow rows. would give apple
trees four OF i've feet Of body before heading and
plant not less than thirty hvo feet apart ID the
Then would play the Yankee more; that is,
aek questions. find out what others have learned
in the business, and then wonld profit by thelr
But, whtle do advise all everywhere who
Own farms to plant fruit Tor homeusc, do not
advise all to go into fruit
AS a BUSINESS,
for some soils aud localities are such as to for
bid sncecss.-
In determining what to plant, the following
things are takcu into consideration by wise
man: Location: market; knowledge, tastes,
and ability OF the c1lltiyator to do well whar he
undertakes TO o. Usually 100 much M Is Under
the i1nportance.of ::
!. HOW 70 DO 4 THING.
How to p1ants And where TO p1ants are ques-
tons that cannot be definitely and fully answer
ed. The court is supposed to know some
things" And SO he who assumes the duties OF
torticulturist must know some things; and
from these he learns the best things, and learns
slowly By reading and expericnce..s
1t is the common experience that the condi-
tions that surround d being, whether human
being or q cabbagc-p plant, have much to do in
the DEVELOPMENT Of the individual life Hence,
we seek favorable conditions, which, in the case
Of plants, includes: thorough preparation and
cultivation Of tile soil. And here again the cul
tivator 1s supposed to know SOME things. But,
II he thinks he knows it all,--if tie is not con-
stantly learning from oti1ers, and IRON every
years. experience,-ne is in a bad way, und will
surely come to grief sooner or later.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT,
when the spring sun begins to shine warm
and hright-provding YOU are ready. But, il
you are not ready,-i G., IL you have not made
thorough preparation Of the soil, and have time
to cultivate, better wait another twelve months.
You will thus gain time in many cnses. Undue
haste make waste here as elsewhere.
WEALTH FROM PLANTING. :
Everybody may not know that. tho wealth Of
the States consists chiefly Of horticultural and
agricultural products. Tie following statistics
Eueak for themselves, giving the exports from
tile United States that are derived directly from
horticulture and agriculture, for the last year:
Living ANIMALS: :. 5 10, 600. 600
Bread and breadstutts... e0G TOO. 600
Raw cotton. 1S4, TOO. 600
manufactured cotto1.... .... .....-.. TO- 600, goo
Icathcr and leather goods. s, 200, Geo
Oils. s................-.-..... ......... 400. 600
Prossions.... -. .... 125, GOO. 600
TaIow. -...-........ ...-..... Z, eco. GOO
Tobacco and manu- {actures thereof. :}2 oOU ono
Wood and manufactures thcrcof..... Ii, 500, Ot;,
Tota1....... .... ........,........s6 $780, 400, o03
Our imports for the same time, and OF tn:
same nature, hare been:
Coffee. .....-.-... ..,..........s 40, SOD, oD7.
HideR and SKINS. ,-............ 49, 400, Out
Tea. +......-..... -. .... 10, 200 DO0
Raw silk..- ..--..--.... .....-....,. o. 200, 900
DreadstuGs.. ...... 10, 600, 600
Manufactures OF cotton ....... ...... IT, UuD, COO
Flax and manufactures OF fax >. .... IL, 40O 900
Fruits and nuts. -. TO- 600. 600
Leather and leather goods. -. Z, 600, UGQ
Silk goods. 2l 800, 600
Sugars ....... ......- .... ...... ~. 300, 600
Tohacco ant cigars-+...... .......... G,000, 600