The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-03-21

dent, designated Messrs Michiner, McCul
Tough and Sutton as the committee tC
examine Mr.. Coudons stock, premises,
etc, a recess being taken for that pur-
pose, and the host entertaining his guests
at beautifully spread board.
Upon re assembling, the President oil
the club introduced formally Prof. Blu1k
who submitted the following upon Hor
ticulture on the farm:
EVERY FARMER HIS OWN rOMOLoGISr.
singular fact that is as impressive as
1t is true, said the Professor, is that so few
of our general farmers grow even half OF
the irfruit, and many none of what they
consume.
Moreover not tenth of our rural people
raise a third of the fruit that they should
| We often find on farms of fine fields and
| high bred and well kept stock weak at
tempt to grow some fruit, but very seldom
do we find it done in thorough going,
Practical and economical plan.
In nearly every Gaze even a half acre can
not be fully gwen up to Il few trees, but
other crops must be placed between the
rows to occupy" the ground that the trees
do not actually shade with their spreading
limbs. IL never seems 10 enter the mind of
| the grain or live stock farmer, that the
orchard, vineyard, or berry patch are of
| equal Importance in providing well for his
table and in making life happy. These are
| nply l,,l..,l -;
look after when there is iaxity in the field
work, or when they cannot do anthing else,
simply the side issues of the farm. When
thus treated they will continue to be mere
''side issues" on the table and in the cellar
at Winter time. No results of worth or
merit come without painstaking effort .p
| piled at the right time. The farmer must
! learn when to plant, prune, cultivate bis
| fruits and then do them at the proper tiiat
even at a loss of a few hours or a day from
| the field II is matter that requires some
study to be able to direct labor properly and
| to be able to reach the best results Some
| of the common errors made and limits on
The selection Of varieties; pruning, culture,
arrangement, ferti;Zing, insects, fungus
diseases and preventivCs and benefits to
| the children are considered in this paper.
| How many thousands Of trees of new and
untried varieties that cost exhUrbitaut
| prices, 81, S1.50, 81 and even s. 30 per tree,
| are planted by the amateur and novice every
year Also how many thousands of these
trees are failures because of i'll treatment.
unsuitable latitude OF aspect Why don't
the average farmer think for moment and
turn his back to all agents who propose to
| make his home an eden in year or so
with all the foreign varieties OF fruits ?
! Think Think What are Experiment Sta
lions for if they are not to relieve the
planter from spending money and time in
| trying new varieties and in telling him
what new things are good and which are
! failures
The old well known and standard sorts
| that cost from nickle to twenty cents a
piece are the kinds that by all means,
urge everyone to plant till they have re.
| celved definite knowledge concerning any
| new variety that may be Landed and ltho-
graphed all over tho land by avarcious and
often INSCRIPTIONS men. New varieties are
| multiplying at such Il rate that the most
| enthusiastic tester Las TO employ every fly
| Ing moment TO keep up 10 the never ending
| array. This mania to get before the public
| something new, (peeTless, earliest of earlies
wonderful, mammoth. giant, rust proof,
| lightning sorts) is certainly cverdone, es-
| Oecialiy bv thDSa " ho CARA only, for , ,,a,r
| form 10 which can he given a new high
sounding name but in reality may be in
| ferior to Old sorts. We need careful seec
tions, and hybridizing to Improve our fruits
and vegetables, but it should be done with
| great care and by conscientious hands.
Another error many fall into is the selec.
| tion OF too many varieties and consequently
planting cut too large an orchard for
| family purposes and for the time likely 10
be allotted its proper care. The following
number aud varieties | consider best for
family purposes
APPLEs-Two Early Harvest, 9 Red AS
trachan, l Carolina Red June, ! Sweet
| BGugh, SGmmer Rose, l Niaiden's Blush,
Gravenstein, l Fallewater, Smok ehouse,
Wine Sap, , York Imperial These sixt
teen trees planted 30x3O or 24x36 feet viii
occupy only one third OF an acre. When
| properly pruned this distance is ample for
perfect growth and productiveness. These
varieties will give succession from June
till April
PEARS One Summer Doyenne, Dear
born's Seeding, 1 Wilder's Early, l boy
enue, d'etc, 1 Beurre Clifford, Duchess
| 'Augouleme, Seckel, 3 Lawrence,
| Butfum, l Idaho. Winter Nslis. These 10
trees will give the best favored pears in the
thousands of varieties and fill season
| from July TO March.
| PEACHES-O Amsden. Early Rivers,
l Troth, l ST. John, ] Mt. Rose, . Craw-
| ford's EARLY, Reeves Favorite, , Craw-
ford's Late, l Stump, l Smock, l Chairs
| Choice, Lalway, l Bilyeu's Late. These
are among the very best varieties for family
use and succession of fruit from June %
TO November. Plant 1Sx1S. These sixteen
trees will occupy one-eighlh of all an acre.
| PLUMS-One Wild Goose, . Wayland, .
| Wooten, l Indian Chief, l Lombard, l
Blackman, Shropshire Damson, l Wash.
iugton, l Ricblaud, l Princes Imperial
Gage. Plant l5xl5 feet and they will oc-
| cupy ore-sixteeuth of an acre.
| CHERRIES Two Black Tartariau, l Gov
ernor Wood, Napoleon Bigarreau, l Belle
de Chnisey, l DyehouSe, Early Richmond,
| l Olivet.
| GRAPEs-Two Champion (blac< and
eariy), , Brighton, Concord, , Catawba,
/ Delaware, > Goethe, . Maxat imney,
Moore's Early, Niagara, Norton's Va,
1 Worden. Plant these l0xIO ieet and they
will occupy one eighteenth of an acre. and
should bear with proper care every season
able year after they are three years Old
about 415 pounds. This is certainly all that
any family of moderate size couid use
BLACKEERRIES -Twenty FIVE Euly Har-
vest, % Wilson, - Lewton. Plant four feet
apart in rows eight feet apart, or all i'll one
row. These vines should furnish on an
average about four bushels per year.
RAsPBEREIEs - Twenty five Souhegan
(blacl< cap> late, - Cujhburt Cred cap
early). Plant AXIS feet.
STRAWBERRIES hundred hiay King
(perfect), 100 BuGach No, ;, (pistilate).
The ,reties being properly selected the
next thing to do is to prepare the ground
for them. This is a matter that many
make very strauges mistakes. OF all things
that is least understood are the relations OF
the plant to the soil in which it grows How
plant feeds, where it feeds on which il
feeds when it feeds, are questions on which
many entertain the vaguest notions in the
face of developed science. have not space
to elucidate on these points in detail. Will