Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-12-02
Planting Trees IN Old Orchards.

A writer in late number of YOUR paner
has said that planting young trees in an old
orchard is failure, because the ground /,
filled with the roots of the surrounding
trees. If such are the conditions. no trees
should be planted, as the ground is already
occupied; but presume in the majority Of
eases such conditions do not exist II the
trees are 80 or IS feet distant from each
other, there should he no failure from
citing in young trees, provided that the
ground is properly prepared. To dig
small hole beside the old stump, in which
TO place the Young tree, AS | have seen
done many II time, leaving i, TO fight the
battle for life against the encroachmen,s
of s,lif sod and the dcprcdatons of the
insect enemies that make their home about
the old decaying stump, must surely give
every reason To expect failure.
Reason teaches and experience proves
that the most successful orcharlists are
those who both fer,ilize and cultivate their
orchards. If such be the needs of thrifty
growing trees whose roots have obtained
firm hold upon the soil, how much more
necessary is it to deeply pulvcrize and fer.
tilize the soil where the young tree, whose
roots have been bruised and broken, is to
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can be seen in a row of my trees set about
20 wears since, one of which was set where
large tree had been dug out and the hole
| filled up, the soil having been loosened to
the depth of three feet and six feet across.
When the, ees were 10 years old. this par
teular one ad made four times the growth
of those next beside it of the same kind and
at the present time is fully 80 per cent
larger. In no particular point is the average
| farmer more at fault than in planting, In
GLIDING in this connection the preparation
of the soil and the slipshod manner in which
it is done
Now to the subject of GLOW plant we the
applc tree | would say that ! would
pillow, if not already plowcd, the whole va.
cant space between the trees, having frs,
dug out the old stumps, put on u coat OF
manure this fail, next spring pillow and pull
vcrize as deeply as possible, set my tree,
and expect it to grow, not forget'ingio
cultivate and keep the ground mellow and
fine as we would our corn field, for surely
the apple tree is worthy of our bcsr care.---
W. T. TkntR, in Rural New Yorker
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