The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-05


for The grower TO plant one humid,
red trees and apply manure thickly
for their nourishment. And groves
only half grown should receive four
times the fertilization that is given
them at present. If there are grow
ers in this county who have . great
er area planted than they can well
and thoroughly cultivate, cartail it,
and cultivate only such a number
Of trees as can be literally fed and
cared for. There il more money,
because there il greater quantity
Of fruit, 70 b. had off of one humid.
red perfectly cultivated, than of Of
ten acres where the ownss u unable
to apply fuliy and regularly the
amount Of fertilizer his trees do.
mand. As to how much fertilixa.
ton .he srees need no emo eas tell so
yell As the grower; but a . gsa.
eral rule it should be put on until
the tree show rich green foliage
All throw out fresh branches mall
directions. An orange tree in its
health and vigorous condition is
green and bright, not yelld@ And
backward in its growth. The hsal.
thy, well fed tree - 10 also ! heavily
loaded with fruit, whereas the half.
starved and rctrogressivc one is but
partially weighted, and, nineciInls.
es out Of ten, the fruit Is more or
less discoIorcd and inferior in size
and flavor, - ~
To beginners We do not say, 80
slow" but our sinnre advise il 10
rIrcu IN. Buy as ,nuch rand "A you
please, but when you come to make
. grove, unless y"n are a person Of
ample means, plant small At first,
but crLrIvArE the trees you sct, out,
and set up with them anil nurse and
nonrish them up to tho day Of qua,
turity. One hundred trees, tl,6r.'
OughIy cultivated and fertillze,l, will
yield you, when in full bearing,
100000 oranges, as many as one
man can judiciously market, Nnd the
net profit will exceed hugely tho
rum that can be realised from a
greater number Of trees le1 TO shift
and care for henElvN2 Among
other things do not b. betrayed in:
to adapting tho Inn cul.ivas;on'the'
Dry, now often heard Of. There are
some locations in this coAnty where
the soil is 50 lurably rich, that cx.
cellent groves have been made with.
out tho aid Of the hoe, the cultiva.
tor " the pruning knife, and the
owners have discarded these nipple.
ments from their premises. l,la il
is q practice that will not win zen:
orally. Ono of the best groves in
the county IN whore the owner has
80 thoroughly cultivated tho trees,
and moves about among them NO Of. |
ten and with such care that he
could 60 to almost any tree on the |
darkest night, and, from being poor, |
very poor when he began, he is row |
. rich and independent citizen, hav.
ing become 80 from the proceeds of |
his grove. Ills trees do not exceed
800 in number. ..-a "
Then the beginner would do we'll
to set his trees thirty and thirty.
I've feet apart, and cultivate crops
between the rows. l,y Literally fer.d
his crops he would givs
(ood to his trees and thus lay q solid
foundation for his orange grove.
lie had better cultivate annual
,rops between tho rows il l.e does
not realize any immediate benefit
rom them, as that mode of cult.
'ating orange groves il pow con.
,sded to be superior. Mcssrs.
Enocks Il Co. followed this plan in
their great grove, one Of
he finest in our state. M. ,Jener.
ION, near Fruitland, in this county,
las a grove Of $50 trees, seven year
I'D from tho seed. which, duriHgf
he two seasons past, has been losd.f
ID with fruit, and every season no
las planted moro or less botwicn
he rows and fortified Literally. |
IL values this grove and his nursery
md truck garden attached at &lo,.
700, and is rapidly growing rich of