The Springdale news., 1889-12-06
ROADSIDE FRUIT TREES
Some Arguments in Favor of This Mods
 of Planting.

Some Arguments in Favor of This Mods
 of Planting.
 Why should not the idea of fruit tree planting on the roadside be en- couraged here as it is in nearly all parts of continental Europe. Our Downing, in "Fruits and Fruit Trees of America" quotes the following from Loudon: "In Morayia the road from Brunn to Oimutz passes through a cherry avenue extending over sixty miles in length; and in the autumn of 1928 we travelled for several days through almost one continuous avenue of cherry trees from Stfasburg by a circuitous route to Munich. At this time these cherry avenues ex- tended eastward hundreds of miles to the Volga in Russia. In travelling on the railways almost anywhere on the great plain east of the Carpathians we continually pass these avenues as they cross the track, and get suc- cessive glimpses through them to a point far out on the plain, where the two lines seem to converge. let the climate at any point from the Carpathians east 10 Sa"a- toy on the Volga is as trying as that of the north half of Illinois or Iowa. So far as 1 know, most of the cherries found in that part of Europe are as hardy and fruitful here as in their natal home. and l believe in time they will be found on the road ef1 1iviGiap linaS nf farms as they are in Europe. There are some arguments in favor of this mode of planting often urged in Europe, and which have received some attention in this country: l. It is urged that the crop is less apt to be cut off by the late spring frosts than in crowded plantations. ;. Along dusty highways it is urged that the blossoms are not often destroyed by thrips anG other insects, and that the foliage is less injured by insects, fusts and mil- dews. 3. Fruit trees on the roadsides and the division lines of estates measurabiy answer the purpose ot. larger growing forest trees in lessene ing wind sweeps and consequent evap- oratIon, and at the same time give better return in the way of feuit than those in regular planta- tions. l. If streets and division lines are planted. il encourages the grading of street borders and the keeping down of the unsightly and noXious weeds too often found on unproductive lands. If it be urged that we have trouble enough to keep our fruit trees alive in methodie plantations 1t should be kept in mind that the outside rows in the orchard of given varieties live the longest and bear the most and best fruit. and that We now have varieties of the cherry. plum, pear and apple which arc about as hardy and enduring as our native box elder or black wild cherry. II given some care in the way of culture and fertflizins during the first stages Of growth after transplanting, our apple trees as hardy as the Duchess, our pears as hardy a5 the Gakovsky, our plums as hardy as the De Soto, and our cherries as hardy as the Bessarbian, will. l believe. give more fruit and better fruit during given series of years in detached single lines than in large rectangular plantations where insects breed, and whe c the sun heat of summer and warm spells of winter give rise among the interior trees to sun sealds, bliehts, scabs and host of other ills. Prof. Budd, in Farmers Review