The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-06-18

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t or old varieties, and permitting the new
: to grow in the hope that they woul(
bear, and the mixing of the pollen O
the new with that of the native, anC
? then attempting to propagate the frui
by the planting of the seed of the old, az
had formerly been the case, the trees
from such seed becoming irregular bear
ers, is, in my opinion, the true cause o.
failure, and the reason that the idea is
, prevalent in the State that the peach will
not do III Florida.
Upon the very best authority, am
able to state that there are orchards in
the State that have borne successive
crops, with scarcely an exception for
twenty-five years and only ceased to
bear, not from age, but from a violent
storm that destroyed the trees. Besides,
| have bearing on my own place several
varieties, which, during the past four
years have never failed to fruit. And
can state upon the authority of reliable
gentlemen that the same is true in re-
gard to their trees, and this too, in al
most, if not in every variety of soil to
be found in the State. Hence, therefore,
from experience and observation, and
upon good authority before and after the
war, attesting the fact, conclude that
ba ,,ndpasgf',Il,- +r,.o,,,,, =, "'ii 0"ii
Sacond Pronoosit;n,,M +o' tbo sol
adanted 70 tbe naacb o,,s ~ ~ ,',,osod v11 SUI
To saw that the neocb will 40 ToIl II II iprou oe''
ond IN oil sae+in,, of AZ S'S So "oii II any
1renarad 70 ca COZ, bo,ra|-or ~ +I"t an
pot ,,arca;Tod +I,s far ,, 'n"S ,4;hIo 1tslye
d;tfdrenca 81 ciay S,,hso;i 1,;+l pSio.,Ito p;aIt
sandy loan over sandy soil where nv, eia,,,
was Not at al or vorr dae,, NJ. NJ ,, G,"{
fonnd the neacb beay;nS nparo 10, IoraoIv n1're o.
b;@h roIi;ng IondS tha, 81, tbasn a ~,
wera low and fio+ h,,t ,,at % s,,b;oo4 " - ~
overflow in very wet seasons. The truth
seems 10 he tbat the neaeb eI Il.a ~ H. oi1sl
anoe is not confinad - e;tIai, ~ soc+;o, cc e
soils but # nronerlv eaTed for vii viii DO 40
we'll Wherever blamed.
Tb;rd pros,nsi f;on1-As t;,1, II o,lt;,.o+;or
| In.regard e. tlie, -l..;,at Il iR we'll ~ boar
in mind, sirst s0I1 pap 1sss:iisrs. ..sss.
u To do we'll; thtut l,e sgrci e
g IN mi M ,sfs, Tor the
l" iianoS tba+ Il has not affiiit-producing
fea5 seoS have found the largest and
hasitb;est iUoJ trees either in old stable lots,
-, ;n,mediatelv near old dwelling houses.
conclude. therefore, thaS stable and
on'honse manure constitute the very
i,est fert;lizers. Also, potash is good,
o;thor o1Io a,,ra or in the shape of oak or
,,;ma e;Vmei Ipood ashes. A nurseryman of
Eco tPGaoro;a recently stated to me (Nfr. Hepe,
of III HsnesyiIle.5 that in the last Fruit
Growers; Association of the State, it was
stated af% that German Kainit was being
Iorgelv and successfully used in his State
and on flat if placed near the body of the
TOO T., Quantity. as much as quart, it
rro 'ro,,ld not only act as a fertilizer, but
w. ToO'o ~, . n,,aventive Of borers. / have
uiao ,,Sod CO s,ccessfnllv - a compost of German
TS To;n;t stable manure and acid phos-
.,t,'' nbatn 'Y''
Pi1TTto Tbo host time to apply compost is from
+ha iiS LEI ~ Dacamher to the list of March,
CiIe or1 iev on u laie hearing varieties. again
"hort "l,o ~ tba let of June.
$50 Socond-As to working the orchard /:
T. ;N eIoa ,,noasSory To work t6e orchard. One
80 80 =" 81 failure IS the too prevalent idea
tSo+ ,,eacb tree does not need either
tho t,e0 rIdyy 4 or the hoe. while experience
SIo1 Jo,,,ppnstretes p,U that both are needed. Let
AZ 1.,.nn,,d ha hrolxen IN early in .Janu-
.' Smu nr Eebruarv and not later than
Msrch nlowino as near the tree as the
I,o'.l,o 1o1, oet Witbout barking If. After
tIGa94 tb;s tba hoe can keen the weeds and
'.noss O,.as down the remainder Of the wear.
siTTS Th;rJWPrnnino rlI should be carefully
lodLnd G oftar Carefullv cI,t off ali watei
sUU S'Nro,,ts and dead or diseased wood, an(
! To-, f,on1 the Ground Ont hack thu