The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-01-10
Ghe farmer.
Fruit Growing The Use of Wood and
and Goal Ashes.

lhere Is 10 question but within the last !
year or year anu half the common no.
tions in regard to fruit growing have been 8
very much improved aud reyo.ntionized.
Lord Bacon, nearly 300 years ago, enun-
ciated this truth :--"If you want tree to :
produce more than its usual burden of
fruit, it is NOT anything you can do to the
branches that will effect this object, but
the excitation Of the earth about its roots
and increasing the fertility of the soil"
We, 10 our former practices, rejected this
doctrine, aud instead of feeding diseased
trees we have dosed them and undertaken
to restore them to health by doing some
thing for the leaves aud branches. Hence
all the talk about rot, mildew, aud fungus,
and how to cure them, aud hence, too,
nearly complete failure in that regard.
Moderate experience has wonderfully mod
ihed modern notions Of disease, and the
question now is when an old disease ap-
pears in a more violent form than usual,
or when a new one comes TO the surface,
not whether We can cure this disease, but
whether we can prevent il. In vegetable
and plant life the question becomes almost
"no,'y Vi uutrltion, vi course no plant
can be expected to be vigorous aud healthy
out OF surroundings or climate suited TO it,
aud when it is claimed an apple tree should
bear, if rightly fed, in the tropics as well
as In the temperate zone, the claim is too
absurd Under ordinary circumstances all
enneai'ui S''.. uinesS anu an uniruiuuinesS IN
nun 'rees Is ~ very great aegree SIMPLY
Ia'ss'Gu " nutrition, anu II uoes not
'.~ " - te'y uinSui' lia''er 70 restore
Yeiy sieA tlee 70 neaith' OF 10 change
IaiIen1e'S i. INTO iruiliuiness' we nave
,'arnea aIS !, n quIte recently, now pest 70 ieed
IN IN" 'naI sne wiii give a gooa supply OF
nan,.;.. ,ai a"u NC AeP' ~ soou' sounu, healthy
~ a "e -. - s"I I sane 'l'nel anu 'he ieeu-
,L e " ls hsus % 'ua' '"ey WIN iuy egss IN |
sne eV'us' wea'acl has oecohe lriek
"Tuse"ie Is muster o. anu TINS
nas uos Oeen uone py giving medicine, pnt
" ieeuing the right KIND OF food, IN the
rish. quantity, at the right time We
supply 'ne iooa that gives strength and
seS'alns inc vitality aud IN addition we
sne 'he elementary substances out OF
rn nniou esgs ano max are made-that Is
oo'n hi'tosenoas and earoonaceous mat
'ers' IN conjunction with inorganic sub
STANCES. why should not these practices
" loSiSany carried into the domain OF
c.aoie pnysiolosy ana result success
iuiy A,i 'ne sour fruits make enormous
uAnus ior Potash in some form, and
way Po'Asn snouiu not pe furnished Is
"otsn no oousiaeIlng' vi vegetation from 10
" % per csn'uu Is furnished oy the at
looPHe.e, 'he remaining 70 % per cent
o"es iio" 'no sou, ana ls iound IN the
4aH VI cuo paul nan OF TINS asn, IN the
e-se " soui iruIes, S potash, ot Whicn
Io's sois ~ a,s suihclentiy rlch 70 furnish
nys" io' 'ne growth oi trees OF one gen
.La.'e, sla.'yu, auu que geueration only, "hen,
'neIeIore' we Try 70 grow trees OF the sec
uno.t OnS sene,as'On, We iail, ana tSe iaiure ap
PGnS, yais u"lss s srea. variety Of lorms,ro''
charse ,ha s'arn eST !. 5s,,aheS mseS'slana we
a,nnsnLas;o -L,.I ~ auu ~ ioiols
to he iho or;r;n &c II;at, - r.n ae 'nJ-a'
forge,,;nr ,Is, ~ e % @'1 io''
.IIe 30 as.or,s;n W. "se oeen
mos,hora hss nnde.sass a. '""SO ~ =. VI. q.
cbsngo Co. o,So. noa,,ss; 80 w Pe''eRs'o,e
inc sh.n ,h., ~ az = - 90 se. - ."u
ne m,to,;.i g.. .a,,.,Ia :. 4 - Pei s1,ai y
NJ rcsnsn, f,;Ied ~ y. ! III V@.n a... nas ~
wo ara co,oad - " "on.;a~s = IL -, ~ a. P'sseu',
co,tnm fnrn;sh"a ~ T., ~ "a a"o - : n pr
aes =, ,ho a"oro, be 'bo ooi,, a"I neae VIC
end wo Io.rn d., NJ ~, @ o' easa .'L.s, us,nesS,
I'm IL i;ma rn,ash [ .nS '. ,ha tesu suos'anesS
.nd ,ho.a ~ r'a 80 ~ pae'P'S''e ao'u'
cass;hlo T. ~ - g.. 80 ss '1 "su mus w,
osbe. ,,s ahnnd.n, nd "o.s,s",,. 49, aau 80; eoa'
;no n,od,c,s ~ an a51aao;~1s n,.';i,.,, lse,s1S
Rat wa mnst c.oJ ~, I "sIa I;Sn.an.' S,saion. lou.
ra,,,la,l,, aaa :, -, ny ous
80 "a ca.s;,;.;~ aus"y, ."ousu
snf;o;an, IT. a.a UnSe = 'niee a.n yeais
have con,r;bn.ad - ~ aon.'ae. - sauoee "r,s e
nso oc oaai mi "a - 49, '.;s " '.e
- ha no,od ~ F;us, aI" .h"r "n'en uesetSe a'
"oe "s'' lucy nave not Deen
been put where bushels were demanded;
second, they have been banked up about
tue trunk; or they have been spread upon
the surface aud not forked in, SO far as
quantity Is concerned, not less than fifty
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