The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-04-06
TIE APPLE ORCHARD.
What, When, Whore and Bow to Plant.


Whnt to plant. Two-ycar-old trees
should DO selected from the nursery. il
preference 10 ycarlipgs or older trees
A small orchard simply destined fol
domestic use should embrace consid
cradle variety, so as 10 secure, as far a,
practicable, ali acceptable selection al
any time during the fruit season, and
so as 10 increase the probabilities OF
having u reasonable amount Of fruit
and humber of varieties each season
Hence, for an orchard of one hundred
trees, would select for
Summer .tiaH:-Coopcr's Earl.
White, 8; Early Harvest, 2; Red Astra
chan, .; American Summer Pcarmain, ,
hcswick Goblin, /; total, 10.
AUTUMN fruit :-Maidcn's Blush, )
Lowell, 5; Famcuse, ?; Ortley, 3; Por.
ter, .; total, Is.
Winter fruit :-Winesap, 10 Ben Da.
Wis, 10; Jonathan, 5; Rawles' Genet, 10
White Winter Pearmain, 10; Missouri
Pippin, 10; Willow Twig, .; Gilpin, 3;
Grimes Golden, 81 Yellow Dcllfow.
er, 8: LAWYER, ?: Huntsman's Favor.
lite, 3; total, as.
For a commercial orchard the pri-
mary object should be to secure only a
limited number of varieties and these
should be mostly OF winter apples; for,
unless located near q large city. the
, summer and fall varieties cannot read.
:, ily be disposed of without serious loss.
And each year will add TO this difficulty
about our Kansas towns. Hence for an
orchard of 9, 900 or 900 trees. should
select, after very moderate number OF
summer and fall varieties, almost ex-
ousively from from four or five of our
leading winter apples. So that were
to make up large orchard, with our
present knowledge of climate, fruit
market and probabilities of the near
future, the additions TO the above-list
should be made mostly, if not cxclus-
lively, from the following: Ben Davis,
Winesap, Missouri Pippin, White Win
ter Pearmain, Rawles' Genet, Gilpin.
LAWYER, Huntsman's Favorite.
This list might be shortened some
what, or materially modified, by replac-
Ing some here named, but. for CONNER
cial purposes, should not be heightened.
As TO the time Of planting, in our eli.
mate the spring is unquesiionably TO be
preferred; though if the nursery is near
Ut hand, so that the trees can be imme-
diately replanted, and the soil is in
good, moist condition, early fall plant
ing has some special advantages But
- these conditions are not usually to
be depended upon, VIC are inclined to
discard fall planting.
The position of the orchard with re-
spect TO the house is an important mat
Ter, and should not be overlooked in
making out the general plan of the
farm. In the first place. il should be
convenient of access from the house.
Fields TO be devoted to farm crops
should not intervene between the house
and orchard, if il can be avoided: nor
should the orchard in this climate be so
located as TO shut off the prevailing
summer breezes from the house.
Hence, If We can do so without serious
Inconvenience, we shall find il most de-
sifable 10 piaut the orchard northeast,
scrth or northwest from the house.
In regard 10 altitude. the evidence of
experience favors upland positions, not
necessarily the highest grounds, but
such as will furnish free outlet for the
cool air to the open lands below
Hence our best positions for orchards
are frequently only of medium altitude.
But we are not 10 infer from this tina,
orchard culture may not be a success
even on our second bottoms.
The majority of fruit growers give
their testimony in favor of a northern
exposure. and this preference. think.
10 well founded. II could not have
northern exposure, would selec, an
eastern one; and IL that was not 10 be
had, a southern one: and. last of all. a
western one.
The soil of the orchard should be nat
urally rich, or made so artifcially The
subsoil should be of such nature as 10
afford ample drainage.
The first requisite for successful
planting is deep and careful blowing.
II 1T can be done, subsoil. Then mark
on the land in ono direction with pillow
every sixteen feet. Then run the pillow |
IN the opposite direction, marking the |
burrows 27.7 feet apart. Then plant |
the trees in these latter burrows at each |
alternate intersection. BY this plan, |
and with these measures, we shall have
our trees in the hexsgonal form. and I
just 80 feet apart.
By this plan we shall be able to put
4s trees 10 the acre, while by the quad
ssngulsr form we shall have only 40. |
This is gain of a fifth, while the /
ground is more uniformly occupied by
the trees, and yet not crowded any
more than by the old method. Besides
II We are careful 10 run our l6-fcet fur
rows north and south, the trees will
more perfectly protect each other. By
this mode of planting the trees will APP
pear crowded from the outside, while
they still have ample room. Unless
person has courage to cut out bearing
trees as soon as they need TO come out.
/ would not advise closer planting than
e above indicated. But if man is so
far sure Of himself that he can put the
~ TO the roots of the trees that need
TO be removed, then would say plant
early bearing trees, like fhe Cooper's
Early White, Maiden's Blush, Missouri
Pippin and Wagner, between the per-
manent trees, aud let them produce
fruit rs long as they can do so without
Injury to the permanent orchard. BY
this plan you will be able 10 put l42
transient trees 10 the acre, which will
pay for themselves and the
room they occupy, bcsices furnishing
large amount of wood when their room
o. needed for the permanent trees
Prot. 4. Gale, before the Manhattan
Novficxlfesut Society.
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