Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-05-14

Shall We Increase our Apple Orchards ?

20 ." '~N--''S "tii fi'- iHT-c hfnDrf OF
farmers that the raising of apples i an IN.
profitable business, especially on land that
Is valuable iar garden crops: This has led to
the desira iien ct many valuable orchards,
TIE trees htsius been ca; down while in the
height II their ptpdacjivcne.s This has
been 70 eLc-. ,at land fnr What have been
oons.dagA mre profitable crops nancy.
smal. fraa, and vegetables. but so man,
have rt>hed into these crops that The profit,
Aase beea greatly reiuced Sc much. that
some Of lh6>e wh5 Gus down their orchards
to increase .h+r cariea land ave beginning
10 wi-i they had their trees back again for
while The price q small fruits ana vegetables
has been ,ers much reduced that Of apples
has advanced. The great demand for apple,
for shipping has kept price, high enough to
pay cost. ana often good profit, especially
if "a effort be male to raise first quality
fruit
As long q. We Lave large quantities. Of land
tia; is Of little u>e FIR cultivation that i,
vel adtrtsd for lhe growth Of the apple
We are ao' called upon 10 decide the question
Whether il +, he's, To set an orchard on land
We desire fs- garden. We should first
turn our attention TO the strong rough land,
which are eyery way adapted to the growth
Of jhe apple. bat cannot be ea,isv cultivated
There are many thousand, Of acres Of this
land in New Eng which If covered
wish apa.e trees waa,sl increase in value ten
fold.
One Of ll.e srca, mistakes which has been
made IN setting orchard, j.. in setting too
many varieties We have at tie present time
large numb. q, II orchards with :, many
,arie.ie, in them that # almost eatirel, de-
..ra,s their value An orchard Of ff.y
varieties tia, bear, a tlnlred barrels Of an
pies. rive. .o few IF each Kind that j, j.
very exqens-r, to gather Them. and keen
cal. sort separate. and even when thu. !.
done there Will h. =. MANY sorts tb., are
b.;t!jfft. Arav. +, fr4 n,srle, that i will
p. d.fi-sL,. q. sell then, for fair n,ire IN
f.u fr.ouer,l, many az ,he-, mast -. so.d
a. very .au n,.ee merriam. far cider b.,
vhrr Al, .-.. hal bs. l,,, .rs ,sr;e.v k
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and esek ,..., .a1 ,f,,u ,.>ar,.5 ,iay,,.
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can be- ..5sae! 4a. s,l! abroad Whenever
.5.-.ge. Il. IL. an orchard whether +. as
ana, ~ re n. .,...e>.r, "a he so..
s.s.s..,. a. ~.a. Il, +, ~, hat >,
have more tesq HE II - varieties. there
ma. he r.re executions T., tH... If tile frf,
i, .a t.- soil! ....tas ls.r. p,,rks, sn5 the
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par,rs. .f ,ar orchard v5ft = r4w sumner
ana a..aa,n varieties. and several winter
,ar5e.,.. Dr.. e,ao .ge.lrr >uel rirrn,-
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tber,. .sse man, >.t. t.g. winch ,,fsht l.
covered ain .a,.. orchard, To a,,an,s,..
Land ,h.t !, out. rocky i, even better
a3.,ts5 RI, tie grsv..h NJ ~. annie tree t,,n
lana ia. +, en..r.f, ne from rocks The
ohisc,,on uhirb .,me l,r.1r T., ,irb land +,
that the rock. br.i,. ~. frY;, AIT dr,n,
but aaD.es 10 be good t3r n,srke, must no,
he nermi,red To drop even wbere there are
no rocks. therefore this objection na. no
weight, Ever, a9ois 10 be Of sufficient
value 10 shin mus, Be carefully pickrd b..
hand from the tree one that drop. while
gathering should never be considered as
more than third rate. Another objection
offered to rocky land ia. ,ba, II cannot be
easily ploaghed and cultivated. Thi. j. true.
but good orchard. can lie grown where the
land i never cultivated. providing The tree.
ar. kent well nlu.ched when small. and well
fortified a. soon a. they begin 10 produce
frait, and what gras- grow on the land per-
NIT to remain uucut. In this way an orchard
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