The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-03-14

lihl uieh take out one-nal1 more. February |
ana june are good months for pruning. Trim
smooth and close to the limb you cut FROM and |
the wound will heal more readily
X. John Rogers said his orchard was planted |
"a or - feet apart. An orchard should not be |
farlned after it comes into bearing because il in
Jures great many of the fine roots Pruning |
should be done when the trees are small, and no |
trimming should be done that can not be done |
with pocket knife. All dead limbs should be |
trimmed out. The limbs should not be allowed |
TO come in contact with each other He would |
get winter apples from the South. Good keeping
apples in the North are fall apples here, and can
not be Kept through winter. We do not pick
apples early enough, but allow them TO eet foo
ripe. They should be kept in cool place. He
had seen apples kept nicely by burying them like
potatoes.
William Webster said he was fortunate in hay
ing good orchard, and the reason was he had
bought his trees from southern nursery Corse's)
and had gotten trees which proved to be what
| they were represented. He did not believe the
exposure was OF much consequence. OnaS South
em exposure the trees blossom little earlier and
are injured perhaps one year in ten. Plant 80
feet apart. If the ground is rich and Won intend
also TO manure, they may be planted 35 feet
apart Apple trees need air. They should be
trimmed high enough to prevent hogs or calves
| reaching them. Would only plant one or two
trees for summer use, but for the greater part of
| the orchard would select varieties known to be
good keepers and sure to bear. farmer can
safely plant English Redstreak, Grindstone,
anu hlncSup. WIG variety OF kuSSet
will not keep, but the Long Island Russell is
good keeping apple. Apples should be picked
| little green, and be kept in cool place They
go through sweat, like wheat. After this, they
should be wiped perfectly dry, put in barrels or
in pile covered over and kept in an even tenn
perature, where they will not freeze Mr. Web
| ster said he had worked his orchard and MANFRED
it heavily for eight years. Feeds his hogs under
the trees, so as to induce them to root. 1t is of
| advantage to whitewash trees and soft SOAP is
| excellent in the SDrinU Trim trnns ri
| and get the limbs to branch off straight so they
will never touch. The only two pear trees he has
that bear well arc along fence where they are
| never worked.
VIM. D. Lee said apples need rich soil The
ground should be thoroughly prepared. The
| trees should be trimmed so that YOU can work
under them with horse. Cultivate till they
bear, Trim in February. We should go farther
| South for winter apples. Some of the new va
rieties are good bearers, but they do not keep.
| We should not have many varieties. Plant 40
feet apart. Dwafpcars are not so good as stand
ard varieties Peaches do little good here, and
few should be planted every spring. Apples
should be planted in the fall.
George X. Glasgow said orchards should be
| well MANFRED and kept well trimmed after the
trees are large. No large limbs should be cut
OIL: Has his hog house and hogs in his orchard.
Thomas Lochary said he was fond of fruit, but
could not enlightcn the club on the subject of
raising it.
S. NJ. Lee said it made little difference wheth-
or trees are planted in the fall or spring, provi
dcd the work is properly DONE If the soil is
tenacious, ii should be subsidized On our land
| no further preparation is needed except blowing
The manure used should contain potash, in the
shape of ashes or something else Not more
| than one-tcnth the amount of fruit is used that
would be if the supply We're plentiful. We
should plant apples only for our own use. North
em men can supply the markets cheaper than
we can. If he had an oycrabundance in the fall,
he would make cider for vinegar, or feed them
tn la had md thnt, n.tl ,,tn,o
pies ripcn too early here to keep well during
winter. Would select varieties known to be
good winter apples in this climate. The apple
tree is supposed to have duration of 200 years
from the seed If we continue to propagate it by
grating longer than that time the tree loses its
vitality and does not well. One cause ofapples
not keeping is the bad care taken of them. They
are generally put in the cellar to early and rot
They should be put in barrels and kept in the
coolest possible place, where they will not freeze
The north side of the house is q good place for
| them. Wemght have peaches if we attended to
them properly. The peach grub should be dug
out twice year. He had sometimes killed the
grub by pouring boiling water around the tree
In planting pears would plant standard and
dwarf alternately. Orchards should be ma
nured and cultivated well until the trees begin
to shade the ground, so aS to prevent the grass
from making the tree sod bound Trees are in
jurcd by blowing too deeply, and cutting off so
many fine roots. Trimming may be done in any
month"; but February is the best Light trim
ming may be done in June and for month later
The branches should not be cut too close to the
| limb Plant two rods apart.
Hosea Barnes said he planted an orchard "a or
| 30 years ago, some in the fall and some in the
spring, 40 feet apart each way. Planted over
200 trees, obtained from Chester county, Pa. For
the last % years ii has been one of the most sic
cersful orchards in Hartford county. The or
| chard was MANFRED and farmed every year i'm
| corn, potatoes, wheat and oats for fifteen years
Keep as many hogs in your orchard as you can,
after you quit working It.. 1t should be kept
| trimmed when young. When apple trees have
their growth, cut as little as possible, only TAX
| ing out the dead limbs and suckers Prilne in
| June. Land cannot be too rich and strong for
| apples. lie generally picks early and places the
| apples on the barn floor or granary. Don't put
them away until cold weather Mr. Barnes said
his orchard pays as well as anything ON the
farm. Last year he sold $500 worth of apples
from il, and has also sold good deal of cider
Dr. D. b. Webster said an orchard planted by
| his father had done well until the large limbs
were cut off. Now scarcely a tree is bearing.
| An orchard may be made profitable by feeding
hogs. Last fall he preserved some fall apples by
wrapping them separately in paper. They kept
| well and the last was eaten a day or two
ago. No grain should be raised in an orchard
Silas b. Silver said that last year he headed up
- barrels of apples in new, tight barrels, and
placed them in his cellar, and placed an equal
quantity in pile on the dirt floor. The latter
| kept the best
Mr. Webster said 4 new, green barrel would
| not keep apples
Thomas A. Hays said he would select North
| ern exposure, in order to retard the fruit buds
| The land should be well drained and rich 1t
should be MANFRED and worked in root crops,
| corn and potatoes, and not plowed deep. Plant
| 40 feet apart and set peach trees in the middle
| few at first, and n few every third year. Select
the kinds carefully, so as to have succession,
| and choose good keepers, but not too prolific
| bearers Select only few summer apples, such
as Early Harvest and let three -fourths be good
| late apples. Had planted so pear trees, setting
the standard trees 20 feet apart. Mr.. Balls idea
| is good one, us to not cultvating except when
young. Trim in June and trim gently every
| year. If that were done we would not have to
| cut large limbs. Trim apples trees high.
MIR, Ball remarked that large fruit trees should
not be selected.
| George f. Silver did not believe il expedent to
plant an orchard for any purpose but home con-
sumption. We are too far away from market to
make it an object Be careful in selecting kinds
OF trees In planting, give plenty of ROOM
There is great difference in the keeping qualities
of apples, and he believed apples deterorated.-
In his orchard, which is 60 years old, the only
trees standing now are the Grindstones The
apples are shaken down and keep better than
those they pick, After apples are picked they
in cellar. They go through sweat after
which it is safer to put them in barrels than be-
fore. Would not plant carly fruit, We want
winter fruit. Would also set out few pears
and ounces, the latter fruit being scarce here.
Johns II. Janney has tried various ways of
keeping apples, without success and the only
time he succeeded was when he packed them in |
oats. They kept there until the first of April |
but were wited
The annual election of officers then took place. |
r. Harris Archer was elected President and Will |
liam f. Hays Secretary and Treasurer
The club adjourned to meet at the residence of |
VIM. d. Lee, April 9Th. The subject proposed |
was the "lnfuence of Food upon Stock"
Letter From Salem, Va.