The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-14
sattinr out Fruit Trees.

T Vose of Arkansas says IN the
.'sl.r,, C,tLtiudtor: As the time soon
80. when fruit trees should be set out, it
he Of use to the inexperienced to make
observations. We of the south have
s,.n too readily guided by the fruit grow
- the north as to the loo ltion of our
herds Their advice may be right there,
t..i.isnot here. Climate, soil, formation,
..infau. and other circumstances call for a
,oI II will do to set out the early varie-
.f,s Of ample trees on the higher grounds, as
.hass mature before the moisture has bees
oyanorated from the soil; but the fall and
,rrter varieties will fail, with few excep-
.,ors mon such a situation, and scab and
.o+ becsuse there is not solvent for the
,ooded nlant food Let the fall varieties,
srch Us Buckingham, Rome Beauty, Car
.ors Blue. etc, be planted upon a lower
,,l.na as the moisture descends, and the
latest keepers, Shockley, Yates, Bright
rvatar Landlord, and others, upon the
lowest level, if need be back furrowing
until a ridge is formed for their outsetting.
All early varieties, James, Harvest, Ran
dolpb. ETC., of whatever color, flavor or
siza succeed we'll here anywhere; but
raarly all fall and winter varieties fail ex-
cent upon the lowest grounds. find sound,
fair apples in such places, and three times
ont of four they are ''rusty coats" English
russers | think, and Winter Reds. The
same sorts upon the higher ground adjoin-
ing have gone the way of common decay.
That the failure of the later varieties is not
due to a lack CT mineral food in the soil is
shown by the fact that all the earlier sorts
succeed. That it is not due
10 the continued heat of the season
is shown by the success of the few
upon the lower plane, unless the lower tenn
perature there's to 5'-should make it,
and thus be due to two causes, the moisture
then seems due to the lack of the solvent.
Plant then the early kinds upon the higher
ground near the house, descending with the
paintings as the sorts ripen. Plant trees
from the north or the south. The apple in
some of its forms Is at home and native to
a wild domain. Do not say that the north
alone is the home of the best, when the
south has produced the Buckingham,
Mamma, TerreIpS Late, ETC. Kentucky the
Boyd, Fulcher, and McAfee's Nonsuch;
North Carolina, the Callasaga; South
Carolina, the Tenderskin, Hoover and
Maverick Sweet, Alabama, the Mangum
and Carriers Blue; Mississippi, Stevenson's
Winter and Webb's Winter; Arkansas,
Black, Brightwater, and a mighty host is
after. AS l think of Rawles'
Janet, of Virginia. Red June, South Caro-
lima, Pryor's Red and the long train in keep
ing l come to wonder at the unstinted
credit given to the north as the home of the
best. Rome Beauty rolls before me in its
blushing form, its native valley being in
South Ohio. Missouri, too, clamors for its
Beauty and the Lawyer to enter the lists;
but enough have been given, and that not
the half. Each section has it's successful
apples, and they are few in most northern
sections. l have thus written to show that
the south is not childless in its pomology,
but may justly boast of at least compare
tive equality.
Where shall | buy my trees? First, from
the nursery at home, all other things being
equal which is not always the case, as
limited assortments, small stock, high
prices, poor packing and other causes make
a difference. Second, from an established,
reputable nursery il your section as being
more likely to have the sorts you need, to
keep the money at home, TO build up home
Institutions and to reduce our contributions
to the greed of public conveyances. Third,
from distant, reliable, established nur-
Sery, insisting, if you have knowledge of
your needs, upon your choice and no sub
Sttution. Fourth, buy or raise seedlings,
get gratis. scions from trees of your choice,
and do your own grating or employ some
one to show YOU how, for every planter
should know how to graft and bud. This is
good way, but puts one, two or three years
behind. Lastly, if you can't do otherwise,
buy of an agent, feeling sure that you will
get anything else than what you buy; that
you will get large trees, the refuse left from
the cuttings of former years, and that if you
get what you buy you may "thank your
s1ars These trees are guaranteed by the
agent who sells, and another collects, and
when the trees grow up and prove false,
the agent, o! where is he? "Gone where the
woodbine twineth." But oily tongues.
glass bottles, big fruits, natural or of wax,
bright pictures of Jumbo specimens are
ehtlclng, and the innocent, unsuspecting
farmer buys only to wait and curse the sell
Ier' trult trees and the whole business. Root
Rtatts VS.. crown gratis, age of trees, mode
Oh preparing ground, all come in this con-
hectlon, but enough for now.
The Johansson Butter Extractor