Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-29

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more than one variety q fruiE i -
stEnhle- Taxing he four kinds nAnsed
- cur correspondent. We w1zld slant
- basis pexEs upon the whole acre,
tMo rods ~ art, or forty trees; then In
The tntsrmediaie squares pinnE Ehe ap-
Pc, cherry and pruna The appas In
tbs county e. compared with the pear,
: ahoEt-hved- We never sea DISEASED
pear tree, but apple trees die By he
shoaaand; hence. before TIE pear trses
would be Large enough % occupy The
whole ground. she apple would have
been thinned cut and one coald afEorzl
70 cut cut the reInnfnder. OF course,
i prunes are 70 be raised a. . special
u then these should be planted alone
and not more than twenty feet q art,
bat Il il yet undetermined a. to hos
far We may venture on prnnes In onr
valleys. On the hlll land, where suit
able soil il found, the tree has been
found to Be healthy and the raising Of
this fruit highly probable. even 70 the
extent Of . return Of i've hundred dol
lars an acre annually, net.
To make The most money cut
Of al acre, small fruit would hnd .
place between the trees for . number
Of years and would pay an immediate
return. We raised our small fruit for
seven years In the Pnyallnp orchard.
apparently Of As fne quality a. Il the
trees had not been there, and certainly
with no injury to the trees. In ( ct,
il Is q benefit TO the trees in that the
culture ID likely TO be more thorough
and the profit greater. because the
small fruit win foot the bin Of ex-
penses. What is better, though, Is 10
cultivate vegetables for a few years
between the rows. bat not longer than
until the orchard Is fairly bearing fruit.
Vegetables are better, because with
these q much greater per cent. Of the
ground is more thoroughly cultivated |
than Is possible where the ground Is |
partially occupied by small fruits, IN
lesa il be rawberries.
Above all things, do not seed the or
chard down 10 grass, or even let the
clover grow among the trees while |
young; or II it is grown, do not cut
and remove it, or pasture OF it, but |
let it compensate the injury inflicted |
By the mulch supplied at the time
most net ded.
As to varieties, that is a most diff |
cult problem, because all soils and ex- /
p0sures are not alike, and for that
reason what may be suited for one
locality IS not suited for another; hence
any list is likely. or, rather, may be,
disappointing in some particulars.
One thing Is safe to advise: do not
plant many vaFieties-should say not
more than two--of any one fruit for . |
given season.
Ticking our own experience rs q |
guide with pears, we would plant no
more than three varieties, or four at
most, for all seasons. The Bartlett for /
summer. Louise Bon de Jersey for
fall, and Duchess d'ADsouIeme for
early winter.
Fer apples, begin with the Asira-
chan, followed by the Gravensteen,
and this in turn by the Northern Spy.
Cherries. tbs Royal Ann, Kentish /
and Black Republican Is variety /
enough for any one, and good as any. |
For prunes, Lawton says one kind |
only, "best for all purposes, domestic |
use or for commerce" the Italian
Fellenberg; he also says the HungA-
rlan Is worthy Of attention.
Spring planting, If properly done. is
- good Is fan; but right here 1t is well !
10 say that, to expect good results, the |
land must be in such condition as TO /
make spring planting possible-that |
i, if not naturally dry, it must be
under trained.