The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-10

lie VINO makes MS cnOlce from these
selections will not meet with much disap-
polntment. | am aware, however, that
the enjoyment of fruit depends much
upon the taste of the individual, and who
has better right to crafty his taste than
the man who buys, sets out, and cares
for the trees? Some familiar kind not
IN favor with the fruit critics-an old
variety that has become dear memory
of boyhood may be the best one of all
for him.
1t Is also well-recognized fact that
certain varieties of fruit appear to be
peculiarly adapted to certain localities.
because man has made good selection
on general principles, he need not be re-
stricted to this choice. He will soon find
his trees growing Justify and making
large branching heads. Each branch can
be made to produce a different kind of
apple or pear and the kindred varieties
OF cherries will succeed on the same tree
For instance, one may be visiting a neigh
Dor who gives him some fruit that is ur-
usually delicious or that manifests great
adaptation to the locality. AS rule the
nelghbor will gladly give scions which,
grated upon the trees of the home acre
will soon begin to yield the coveted vari-
ETY.. This opportunity to grow different
KINDS OF fruit on one tree imparts new
and delightful interest to the orchard
The proprietor can always te on the
lookout for something new and fine, and
the few moments required in grating or
budding make it his. The operation is
so simple and easy that he can learn to
perform it himself and there are always
plenty of adopts in the rural vicinage to
give him his initial lesson. While he will
keep the standard kinds for his main sup
ply, he can crafty his taste and eye with
some pretty innovations. | know of an
apple-trce which bears over a hundred
varieties. \ branch, for instance, is pro-
ducjng yellow Bell flowers. At GER
tam point in its growth where it has the
diameter Of mans thumb it may be
grated with the Red Baldwin. When
the scion has grown for two or three
years its leading shoots can be grated
with the Roxbury Russell, and eventual
!y the terminal bough of this growth
with the Early Harvest THUS may be
presented the interesting spectacle of one
limb Of tree yielding four very distinct
kinds of apples
In the limited area of an acre there is
usually not very much range in soil and
locality. The owner must make the best
OF what he has bought, and remedy I'M
favorable conditions, if they exist, by
skill. 1t should be remembered that
peaty, cold, damp, spongy soils are unfit
for fruit trees of any kind. We can
scarcely imagine, however, that one would
buy land for home containing much
soil of this nature. \ sandy loan, with
Il subsoil that dries out so quickly that
1t can be worked after heavy rain, is
the best for nearly all the fruit trees, es-
pccially for cherries and peaches There
fore i'll selecting the ground be sure it is
well drained.
If the acre has been enriched and pillow
ed twice deeply as | have already sug-
gcstcd, little more is necessary in plant
ing than to excavate a hole large enough
to receive the roots spread out in their
natural positions. Should no such thor
| ough and general preparation have been
made, or if the ground is hard, poor, and
stony, the owner will find it to his adj
vantage to dig a goodsized hole three OF
four feet across and two deep, filing in
and around the tree with good rich sur
face soil. If he can find some thoroughly
| lecomposed compost or manure, for in.
stance, as the scrapings of a barnyard,
Or rich black soil from an old pasture, to
mix with the earth beneath and around
the roots, the good efforts will be seen
speedily, bat in no instance should raw
manure from the stable, Or anything that
must decay before becoming plant food,
be brought in contact with the roots.
Again | repeat my caution against plant
ing too deeply-one of the commonest
and most fatal errors Let the tree be
set about as deeply as it stood before re-
moval. If the tree be planted early in
spring, as it should be, there will be
moisture enough i'll the soil, but when
planting is delayed until the ground has
| become rather dry and warm, pail OF
| water poured about its roots when the
| hole has been nearly filed will be bene-
| ticlal. Now that the tree is planted, any
kind Of coarse manure spread to the
depth of two or three inches on the sur
face rs Il mulch is very useful. Stake at
| once to protect against the winds. Do
not make the commol mistake of plant
ing too closely. Observe the area shaded
by fully grown trees, and you will learn
the folly of crowdiug. Moreover, dense
shade about the house is not desirable
There should be space for plenty of air
and sunshine. The fruit from one we'll
developed tree will often more than sup
ply family, for ten or fifteen barrels of
apples is not an unusual yield. The
standard apples should be thirty feet
apart. Pears, the dwarfer growing cher
ries, plums, etc., can be grown in the in
tervening spaces. In ordering from the
nurseries insist on straight, shapely and
bud. Many trees that are sent out are
small enough, bat they are old and stun
ted. Also require that there should be
an abundance of fibrous and unmutilated
roots.
Because the young trees come from IT, c
nursery unpruned, do not leave them in
that condition. Before planting, Or i'm
mediately after. cut back all the branches
at least one-half; and where they are too
thick, cat out some altogether. In re
moval the tree has lost much of its root
power, and it is absurd to expect it to
provide for Just as much top as before
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
-NRIETIE.S.
The green grocer i'll London is one wEo
sells vegetables. In this country he is