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The Apple and Peach Crop-How II
Plant and HOW to Cultivate.

Plant and How to Cultivate.
Itis intended in this Essay to give the read
or some practical suggestions, based upon eN
perience and observation during twenty-five
Years. and the writings of others, which have
been read with deep interest, u,,,,o -,
The location of an orchard is OF prime III!
portance. \ northern, or exposed location' is
essential-that is. the orchard should oe 10
me north east said or %srV oen
let us have some reasons for 1t:
list. The trees must be kept cold to prevent
their blooming too early III Spring, ana tne
fruit being killed by frost; and IT is colder on
the north than on the south side, and very
much more SO than people supposr. Inc
houses break off the colu WindS, whlcn pre-
vail to the north, from the trees; tney are
on the SOUTH and the smoke from the chlui-
news is carried into them, continually warm
ing them, very early In the Spring the bloom
is out, to meet the hoar irost' when IL KISSES
and dies" oo..
exists in nv yard. There is tulip-poplar
some sixty feet high, standing to the south
west OF, and thirty feet from one or the dwell.
ing house chimneys, which is thirty -eight rect
high. Fires were kept running In This chem
ney all the Winter, and the north winds car
ried the smoke right into. it; and the cnnse-
ouence was that 1t was almost In full foliage
Before trees of the same kind in the woods
and fields had leaves at all.
The old rule in Virginia was to plant corn
when the poplar or hickory leaf was as large
blooms. By this tree, 1t was time to plant,
this season. on the 10th or 18th Of April, and
by the same trees in the woods, the 10th OF
I'd. The prevailing winds in this climate dur
ing the growing season Of trees are from the
south aud southwest. The more me growing
trees can be protected from the force or these
winds, the better; lor as Will be observed oh
looking at any tree standing out III the neld,
the limbs are held up to the northeast, ana
grow so; and the hot sun at or3 O'Clock on
in many cases (notably so with cherry trees)
thev are bIistered and ruined. i1f you have
any trees with bodies exposed, box them III
up to the limbs, and you VIII save N mem: emil Of
your houses the yard trees and uwelling ana
out-houses will form a very considerable pro-
lection to it trsm these winds.
Sd. The trees will, when so located, oreak
:he force Of the cOlu WlnuS OF Wlnlel lIou1 lue
And last, but by no means the least, the or
chard should in no case be put to the south,
cause it will effectually shut out the winds OF
summer, and make the house as hot as an
oven. have known people TO swelter on Il
hot day, or, worse still, not night. WIN g no
current of air through their houses, while fine
breeZes were blowing above great masses OF
shrubbery and fruit trees, which smut out the
current and gave no protection from the same.
These are good reasons for getting Il north
ern exposure for your orchard.
And having done this, the next important
thing TO do Is to buy the trees from IL reliable
dealer, whose nursery Is IN your locality;
trees, bought in New Jersey, for winter APP
ples, that ripen their fruit early In October,
and have sold the fruit in Richmond several
Times about the first of that month.) And es-
Deciaily avoid buying a great variety OF trees,
Tor where you get many sorts, large number
say one-half-while they may be hne in Ma
vor, will be worthless, from the fact that they
are bad growers, or bad bearers, or not hardy,
SnI
tacks or insects.
ginia very large e. OF II, manesap np
State, aud have never heard any one, any
where, say q word against 1t. 1t VIII not Keep
uuite SO long as some other sorts, buI IL Will
keep well; will bear profusely at i've years
from the nursery, and from that time straight
on to twenty-five or thirty years, and longer
if cared for.
kan. Ben.Davis, Culiesago, tallen-Water,
Johnson's Fine-Water, and hundreds OF 9th
ers, are good There is wilderness to select
or many sorts, but don't do 1T; and this holds
Now have you the plants. let's see about
planting these crops.
land to put them in for in that event halt
YOUR labor is saved. The very old suggestions
about digging big holes, taking out the poor
dirt and putting in rich, and setting the trees
in these are good, but not necessarily to be
followed. Prepare lhe land by .ploughing as
deep as the soil will bear, aud manure for
some summer crop; put Your trees 1n-Slving
apples thirty-three feet eacn way, and peaches
twenty-five feet; put them in together. Set
the trees up straight, getting the dirt well
around the roots, which should he spread out
natnrally: and no matter how we'll you may
have manured the land before, put two Or
1kree forkstull around each tree after setting
it, and on the top of this throw four or five
xpapesful of wOod-pile chips, or Woods-mould.
inf
tracted drouth. Ii you haye not manured the
land at all, this mulching process will starr
the trees. In setting trees, DRIVE down two
good stakes of cedar, II you have 1t, near each
one, eight inches Otf-say, in the angles of the
ground For instance, the land being struck
of, and the trees set east and west, and north
and south, the stakes should be northeast and
southwest of them. Put them there to stay,
and in that position and at that distance the
'pow- bar or trace cannot strike tree, no mat
ter which way or how carelesSly you may
drive. Some of the trees WI set out or posi-
then to tie them to; in fact, 1t Will 90 no harm
TO tie them at once.
AS TO pruning, let them alone the first year
Cut the lower limbs OF the second year, but
and then direct the form OF the tree; but
avoid, in all stages Of the tree, too much pru
ming. Let them grow low; don't let the limbs
erect. or ihclining a little to the south; don't
let the sun shine on the bodies. Use judg
ment in pruning. Some trees require 1t often
other sorts hardly at all. Prune IN latter part
of May or June. Don't cut your trees in Win
ter or fall it is ruinous TO them, and there
can he no necessity for It.
Save the Soap-sudS after clothes washing and
wash down the bodies of your trees, young
and old, or get some other wash-carboiC
soap, or something else Rub some axle
,greese on the bodies Of your young trees in
the fall, to prevent hares and mice from grid
ling them In the winter. For the first time in
.,uy memory, the hares were very destructive
10 young trees in this section during the last
winter had a lot of young apple trees, one
and two years from the nursery. and saw Oh
the lst of December, that something was bit
ing them; three were already girdled: l gave
a man a box Of aXle-greese, and had him rub
It on with his hands, the whole lot, from the
roots to the limbs, aud they were not touched
afterwards, while hundreds were destroyed al
other places where they were not thus treated
This is the first time that such thing has oc.
Cured here that know OF, but 1t may not be
the last. ,
For the first five or six years an orchard
ought to be manured and worked in corn, OF
poiatoes. or peas-neUer in small grain OF Gny
s,,rt zvhile there is u tree diue in is. Two crops
of oats or wheat will 50 tire-blight the finest
trees. aud fill them with worms and insects,
that ten years of subsequent judicious man,
agement will not suffice to relieve them. This
Tried long ago.
Now, when your trees have come into full
hearing. do ali you can for the land. They
toI-o 7,OfhinD from IL The f1.ufS