Nevada County picayune., 1886-03-10
Agricultural Column.
f ru;t Notes.

be most successful on the inten- sive plan, Plant oaly a small area at time, and give the best culture possible Better raise 30o bnsh- els on one acre than that amount on five or six.
 For the highest success s'oGll fruits need very rich soil, full ot "humus" or vegetable matter, with abundant moisture and no weeds. Tie moisture comes from a rich sol that holds it some" hat easily, aud then is aided by ire quent culture, mulching or irriga- ton. New beginners should start with a small plat, and particularly so when short of capital.
 Insects on fruit trees can be kept in check more easily now than few years ago. The fluid poisonS scattered by a force pump mounted oil wagon dc splendid execution if used at ti 6 right time Ii is poor excuse to say that you don't believe in poisons, Prrju. dice should give way to common sense.
 The quince is a fruit too mus h neglected. is about-as easy t0 grow as the pear, but it leels saw and manure. and not fence corner attention. Good quinces usually sell at high rates, compared with other fruits. though that dolbtiess is becaIse they are scarce. and not in demand for eating out of hand :. The market would break down if quinces were as plentiful as ap- ples.
 Itis the farmer who seldom reads books OF newspapers that falls the easiest prey to the tree agent. Such farmers abhor what they call book farming' but the oily tongued agents stories of the strawberries and apples as big as pumpkins go down like hot cakes.
 huriate of potash seems to be the most reliable remedy (some, times a preventative also) of peach yellows. Still in spite Of much study, this disease is not well understood. To master the borer requires only a little intelligence and perseverance.
 Quince culture IS likely to are better in the future than in the past. It has been discovered that a neglected corner of the garden or dooryard is not just the place for quinces, and that orchard cult ure and good manuring are better. Plenty of salt is one ot the requi- sites, and also manure in abun- dance.
 The well to-do farmer abuses lis family in 8 measure, who, claiming that he cannot afford to buy straw berries, refuses also to raise them. Strawberries add good deal to ones enjoyment of life, and as they are hcalthy they may also prolong it, A great mSny qUalt5 can be grown in q sm Ill space, To avoid unnecessary work, plant in long rows aud give horse cult ure. The area of fruit culture is extending each year, but some times iuiudiciouSly. Ssaall fruits can often be raised ia localities where there are not sufficient pickers 10 pick them. This should always be considered before plant ing is attempted. Nobody wants to raise fruit to rot on the vines.
 Fruit growing will be on better basis when fruit is treated as be ing worth the ground it stands on But to attempt to grow large anC annual crops of fruit among gras! and weeds is absurd.
 . We are in no such need of fruis as of the capacity, or tact. OF de termination to properly take oftht old sort. But to teach that lessor does not pay the new fruit syndi oates as well as to bring out new varieties.
 If scious for grating have no yet been cut, now is the time to Il, it, if it is done this year. .-Palmyri N. Y.) Fruit Recorder.
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