The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-11-21
Hints on Fruit CuitMe.

Hints on Fruit Culture.
Fruit trees should b. planted the
same depth they stood in the nur'
secy.
Summer apples are tie only ones
worth planting in the Gulf States,
south Of latitude see.
Many varieties o; grapes do well,
but the scuppernong is always a
success on the highlands Of l,onis'
lana.
The Early Redstreak is u best
apple: it ripeps in July. The Early
Harvest, Red June and Yellow
June, all ripen during the month
Of June.
Prune to clean stems and cut the
m%aiustem back one-half. that is, II
the tree is 6 feet cut back to 3 feet.
This is q good general rule. Letting
alone is the best summer pruning.
The following varieties Of peaches
are good, and ripen about in the
order named Ashby's Early. Alex
ander, Amsden, St. John, Peen To
or Chinese Flat Peach, Chinese
Cling, Mammoth Cling, Thurber aud
Blood Cling.
The Japanese Persimmons is a
success in Louisiana, and universally
admired and pronounced good. The
tree is very ornamental, as hardy as
an oak, and will bear as o as a
peach. The fruit will weigh from 6
OF. to 10 o., and it ripens in Octo-
Der, q season when there is but little
other fruit.
Young fruit trees should have
good soil and good garden culture
to make them grow well. 1t is as
reasonable to expect corn or cotton
to grow in a meadow, as to expect
frnit trees to grow we'll without cnl-
tiyatioD. The ground should not be
worked deep but it should be kept
clean. Where cabbage will grow,
young trees will grow.
The LeConte and kiefer pears
are about the only ones that can be
planted with profit in this climate.
These grow rapidly, bear young and
do net blight. The LeConte ripens
in July and August, aud will last
about six to eight weeks. The KIef.
fer commences to ripen in August
and will last till October. By hay
ing both varieties a person can have
fruit for three months.
Very good plums Of the Chicka.
saw family are now being propogated
by Southern nurserymeu. which are
mostly %curcalio proof. The earliest
ripen in May, and later ones con.
tinue till about September. Chick
asaw plums may be planted on wet
land where it would be useless to
plant other fruit trees. Some North.
ern nursery.nen have a way of max
Jog plum trees ca peach rocts.
They are cheap but are Of TIC vaIae
for the South.
1t ia said that LeCoote pear trees
will grow from cuttings, which is
true, and it is the oaly way good
trees can DO made, but LeConte vii!
grow from cuttings no better than
some other pears, and it will not pay
any one outside of the Nursery besi.
ness to try to grow LeConte pear
trees from Cuttings for they will not,
generally, get more than from two
to five per cent to grow and oftener
none at all. Nurserymen often get
only a small per cent to grow, with
all the care they a give. for il the
cuttings get a little too hot or TOO
cold, too wet Or too dry, they are
gone and nothing can save them.
The secret Of growing cuttings, or
any kind, is to keep an even temper
ature and moisture, and this requires
more preparation and attention than
most folks are able to give. Some
persons think it only necessary to
put a twig 10 the ground and they
will have a LeConte pear tree the
next year, bnt they make a mistake
when they try it. The truth is the
trees are hard to make. and even
nursurymen often make splcndid
failures.