The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-10

With us, I have dwelt at sonsnp length ii
. giving details, and can merely touch
, ippon few other kinds.
r. Taking next the peach, which is un.
certain in its bearing aud subject 10 many
pests, yet Withai very desirable. Let the
location. in this SECTION of country. fol
peach orchard be OH the most elevated
ground, or If sloping let the dip be TO-
wards the north, and it will be less sub.
Ject TO frequent freezes in the winter
and the temperature kept lower and the
budding held back until later, and thus
Ieasen the danger from spring frosts
The distance need not exceed 10 feet
from tree 10 tree. I would prefer 10
plant the seed at once whex the tree is
TO grow as it insures g more vigorous
growth and lessons The probability OF
borers or grubs In the roots, rs they seem
70 have an inclination TO seek bruised OF
wounded parts In which TO commence
their depredations. The best applica!
ton which have found TO the roots as o
preventative Ia eolution Of lime aud
ealt, and neEt ashes and rusty Iron.
Peach trees should always be branched
low, say from three to fcur feet body. II
| is safer from storms and it will be easier
70 gather the fruit. AS 10 variety, pre-
fer for early ripening the cloth h-of gold
plum, and tho red.side-open.seed. For
summer use the large cologne.drip and
the orange, both free stone, and the gold
en- and Maryland yellow, both plum.
Both OF the last varieties are superior for
drying purposes. For full use take the
white aud yellow clings, and the yellow
b! Oetober-open seed. But I will here
state that in order to obtain ea.ly and
late varieties, take the seed of the oarlv
before quite ripe aud plant, aud 1t will
bring tree much later in ripeninK. and
1t may be thus continued until It will
not ripen Of alt; or, on the other ex.
treme, let the late peach remain on the
tree until IL falls from .ripeness and then
take the whole peach thus melIowed and
plant 1t. On trees thus grown I have
had the frnit TO ripen four weeks earlier
than on the mother tree, thus demon.
stratipg the practicability of getting In
@ few years both early and late peaches
from the Same original tree. The COM
iposition Of the soil and culture Of the
tree for peaches 10 much the same OF that
OF apples, and with proper care the peach
will bear when from three TO four ycars
old, and in some casas will live for Thirty
years.
Until / can find preventive or remedy
for the ring blight TO which the pear tres
10 subject, deem it unnecessary to saw
much of Its culture. AS the sisregt 70
repay the care bestowed, I prefer the
oval June or the fig black heart, both
good bearers Of fruit Inscinna IN ths taste.
For summer use and drying purposes tho
August bell thriyes best and Is pretty
sure to bring crop every alternate year.
but only begins 70 bear from eight 10
fourteen years of age, and continues
thence rn TO forty, sometimes A!sy yesrs.
| AS to cherries, every family that will
give fence corner can have the acid
! and the May cherries. The black cherry
makes beautiful and well proportioned
ornamental tree, bnt In this section /
have never known 1t to bear to any nav.
ing extent.
| OF plums regard mono 30 valuable as
the New Orleans sugar, plum. II is q
rapid and symmetrical grover, and Il
planted where tbs land 10 constantly trod
upon, 1t is g constant bearer, and ia
thirty-6ye years experience have moi
known crop to blight Or prematurely
rot. This fruit, to my tuste, excels any
other plum, and the tree is FREQ from
those deadly pests that destroy so much
OF mans labor. Other varieties of cul-
tiyated Plums ara quite uncertain, moatly
shedding the fruit or rotting rs it natures,
and thna disappointing our hopes. The
blue ,damson is perhaps worth aome at.
tention, but generally The aun cracFn and
lspoils the fruit before it ripan,.
i Fig5, of the varieties coinmop with ns
the small bleok.heart Is to be preferred
as o cure bearer, and the fruit, oithe,
fresh or dried, 10 delicate, refreshing and
pleasant, aud ID also considered quite
wholesome. It 10 not liable 20 blight
but 10 not sufficiently hardy to stand our
winter ffeesea, and until We become more
proyiaent and painstaking is not worth
garden room. A.sRR
I VI grapes, there are numerous varie-
tie5 hawked upon the market, most Of
which ara too Hubject to rot to be uorth
much attention. The am.n mounteiu
anmmer or wine grape is among the
sweetest and best varieties with U.s.
Next to this is the Scuppefnenp, which
is rather muskadine, and ia hardy and
Of rapid growth and not much subject e
disease. But here would like to suggeaI
that one of tho principal caunes or rot In
grapes Ia our nightly deWs. This you
may verify by training part of the vine
on trellia and another part OF the same
vine on n tree With foliage, or tender the
cave OF o roof, or . yoE viii be- convinced
of the correctpess of my conclusion, 70,
while you villa get g crop from tho bro
tected vine the other win, nhed its frui
and disappoint your expectations. Fol
family purposes wine, pre-
servea, pies, or even first-rate vinegar
sthe domestic summer grape may be made
a source of both pleasure and croft, ONLY
requiring f1dthold and room to grow
But every kind of grape which I have
j tried does best by annually pruning be,
i fore the flow of cap, for after that period
they will drip or bleed, perhaps TO the
ruin of the vine. Bat with proper train.
4 ling, plenty of pole, protection from dew
sgronnd moderately rich, dry and come,
lIwhat grayelly you may luxuriete in
grapes while sitting under your own vino
and looking upon your own fip.tree.
But while L am aware That Il n,,,si
| clcse this essay without having qiyer
much edifcation, yet I am disposSd e
1 give yon o smasi delsirt Of raspberries
Ieyen If 1t Is o bramble- No line In che
garden pays better than the ono, we'll
stocked with raspberries. The email
| purple 10 the suresI bearer, K hardy and
Iof easy growth. eniy needing rich, pul.
verized soil and q ,Nfarpes or p0iea. 10 6aaI
isup, and sure each year will there be q
lfglt crop Of luscious berries, which. foY
Il pies or dessert with cream end sIiqag,
cannot be surpassed. 1 saiS assssll Cros;
lefeTy year; remember tssan thai the same
vino only beass one crop, ana Is exhaust
ed. Then ik develycs urnn aha Rardarer
90 soon as the S-5p Is exkansted 10 cul
away ell buahsa that haye borne, and