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

with us, + have dwelt at some length in
giving details, and can merely touch
| upon few other kinds.
Taking next the peach, which is un-
certain in its bearing aud subject to many
pests, yet withal very desirable. Let the
location, in this section of country, for
a peach orchard be OH the most elevated
ground, or if sloping let the dip be to.
wards the north, and it will be less SUBJ
ject to frequent freezes in the winter,
and the tenn perature kept lower and the
budding held back until later, and thus
lessen the danger from spring frosts.
The distance need not exceed 10 feet
from tree to tree. I would prefer to
plant the seed at once where the tree is
to grow, as it insures more vigorous
growth and lessons the probability of
borers or grubs in the roofs, rs they seem
to have an inclination to seek bruised or
wounded parts in which to commence
their depredations. The best applica-
ton which have found to the roots as q
preventative is solution of lime and
salt, and next ashes and rusty iron.
Peach trees should always be branched
low, say from three to four feet body. 1t
is safer from storms and it will be easier
to gather the fruit. As to variety, I pre-
fer for early ripening the cloth -of-gold
plum, and the red.side-open-seed. For
summer use the large cologne-drip and
the orange, both free stone, aud the gold.
en- and Maryland yellow, both plum.
Both of the last varieties are superior for
drying purposes. For fall use take the
white and yellow clings, and the yellow
| October-open seed. But I will here
state that in order to obtain early and
late varieties, take tue seed of the early
before quite ripe and plant, and it will
bring a tree much later in ripening, and
it may be thus continued until it will
not ripen at ALL: or, on the other e1-
treme, let the late peach remain on the
tree until it falls from .ripeness and then
take the whole peach thus mellowed and
plant it. On trees thus grown I have
had the fruit to ripen four weeks earlier
than on the mother tree, thus demon
strating the practicability of getting in
few years both early and late peaches
from the same original tree. The COM
| position Of the soil and culture of the
tree for peaches is much the same az that
of apples, and with proper care the peach
will bear when from three to four years
old, and in some cases will live for thirty
years.
Until I can find preventive or remedy
for the ring blight to which the pear tree
is subject, I deem it unnecessary to say
much of its culture. As the surest to
repay the care bestowed, I prefer the
oval June or the fig black-heart, both
good bearers of fruit luscious to the taste.
For summer use and drying purposes the
August bell thrives best and is pretty
sure to bring crop every alternate year,
but only begins to bear from eight 10
fourteen yeara of age, and continues
thence up to forty, sometimes fifty years.
| As to cherries, every family that will
give fence corner can have the acid
and the May cherries. The black cherry
makes beautiful and we'll proportional
ornamental tree, but in this section ]
have never known it to bear to any pay.
ing extent.
| Of plums regard none so valuable as
the New Orleans sugar plum. 1t is g
rapid and symmetrical grower, and il
planted where the land is constantly trod
upon, it is a constant bearer, and in
thirty-6ve years experience l have moi
known crop to blight or prematurely
rot. This fruit, to my taste, e1cels any
other plum, and the tree is free from
those deadly pests that destroy so much
Of mans labor. Other varieties of cul'
tivated plums are quite uncertain, mostly
shedding the fruit or rotting as it natures
and thus disappointing our hopes. The
blue damson is perhaps worth some at
tention, but generally the sun cracks anc
spoils the fruit before it ripen,.
Figs, Of the varieties common with us
the small black-heart is to be preferred
as sure bearer, and the fruit, either
fresh or dried, is delicate, refreshing ane
pleasant, and is also considered quite
wholesome. It is not liable to blight
but is not sufficiently hardy to stand oul
winter freezes, and until ne become more
provident and painstaking is not worth
garden room.
Of grapes, there are numerous yarie
ties hawked upon the market, most o
which are too subject to rot to be worth
much attention. The small mountain
summer or wine grape is among th'
sweetest and best varieties with us
Next to this is the Scuppernong, which
is rather muskadine, and is hardy ant
of rapid growth and not much subject K
disease. But here would like to sugges
that one Of the principal causes of rot il
grapes is our nightly dews. This yor
may verify by training part of the vine
on trellis and another part of the same
vine on tree with foliage, or tender th'
cave of q roof, and you will be convinced
of the correctness of my conclusion, TO
while you will get crop from the pro
tected vine the other will shed its trui
and disappoint your expectations. Fo
family purposes-making wine, pre-
serves, pies, or even frst-rate vinegar
the domestic summer grape may be made
source of both pleasure and profit, on,
requiring foothold and room to grow
But every kind of grape which ! have
tried does best by annually pruning be
fore the flow of sap, for after that periot
they will drip or bleed, perhaps to th'
ruin of the vine. But with proper train
ing, plenty of pole, protection from dew
ground moderately rich, dry and some
what gravelly you may luxuriate il
grapes while sitting under your own vine
and looking upon your own f g-tree.
But while I am aware that l mus
close this essay without having giver
much edi6cation, yet I am disposed tt
give you a small dessert of raspberries
even if it is q bramble. No line in tht
garden pays better than the one vel
stocked with raspberries. The small
purple is the surest bearer, is hardy ane
of easy growth, only needing rich, pull
verized soil and frame, or poles, to bea
it up, and sure each year will there be s
full crop of luscious berries, which, fo
pies or dessert with cream and sugar
cannot be surpassed. 1 said full crol
every year; remember then that the same
vine only bears one crop, and is exhaust
ed. Then it devolves upon the gardener
as soon as the crop is exhausted to Gu