The Dickinson press., 1884-12-27

In blackberries. Stones Hardy ia th,
hardest Snyder next, then in order,
Taylor, Wallace, Agawam, Wachusett
Alttatinny, Lawton, B%runton's Earl1
Harvese and Crystal White; the lasi
i've were dead to the snow line. excen,
where protected by timber. stone,
Hardy, Snyder, Taylor and Wallac.
are all hardy enough for this locality,
wallace is the largest and best in quail.
ty OF the hardy sorts. Among red
raspberries, Marlborough, CutGbert
Turner and Lost Rubles were hardy
Shaffer suffered some for the first time
October Work in the Orchard and Garden
Protecting Trees. All trees STANDING
IN or near turf land should have amound
OF fresh soil OF manure a foot high
around the trunks, to protect them
from mice during winter, which, nexi
10 rowing cattle, destroy more trees thar
Gle from any other cause. ANY mulch
or weeds should be first removed, OF
the mice may burrow under the sol
and glrdle the trees below the surface.
ender raspberries and blackberries
should be bent over and covered with
sol! to protect them from severe winters.
This seems to the novice like a formula.
PIE undertaking; but let him put on an
OLD pair OF gloves, a stout coat, and with
a man with a spade to help him, it can
be very easily done. Now, with the
gloves on, take hold of all the canes Of
the hill and draw them close together.
then, with a hard pull, start the roots q
little; at the same time bend over the
cfnes, and have the mar throw on inst
sol! enough to hold them down. Then
II the plants are in rows, the work NAV
be finished with the plough, THROWING
up a furrow on each side; or, if irreo11a
larry planted, by throwing on soil
enough to completely cover all the
canes and make a little mound over the
roots. 10 insure a crop of fruit every
year, this must be done with all the
tender kinds, even such as Synder.
.Wachusett and Taylor's Prolific black.
berries; and Turner, Cuthbert and
Caroline raspberries are much benefit.
ed by the protection. Before this is
done all old fruiting canes must be re.
moved.
G%rapevines may be pruned at any
time after the leaves have fallen, al.
though the work is generally more
probably done later, or during the
warm days of winter.
Planting. If trees, shrubs and vines
can be planted before Nov. 10, now is
the best time to plant but if they grow
late so that the wood is not we'll ripened
at that date, planting should be deferred
until spring, although the work of dig
ging holes and making everything ready
may continue until the ground freezes.
II the trees are to be planted in turf
land(and they will succeed, if properly
treated, as we'll as if set in ploughed
land), and the SOIL cannot be cultivated.
let the holes be dug several times larg-
er than needed for the spread of roots.
after the hole has been filled up enough
to v the roots one or two inches
deep, n or two handsf1l of some good
phosphate will be found of great bene-
fit; but do not put it in contact with
the roots. When planting Is done, a
mound a foot high should be made
around the trunk, to keep the air from
working down to the roots by the sway
ing of the tree in the wind. Grape.
vines and small shrubs may be covered
up entirely for protection from Cold
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