The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-11
ORCHARD NOTES.

Nut culture in the United States mas
been kept in the background from the
fact of the existence Of the popular fall
lacy that transplanting in the nursery IS
an operation quite out of the question
with nut bearing trees.
Raspberr.es do well in orchards while
the trees are young. Black raspberries
are usually planted two and cne-half
to seven feet apart. according to the
| strength of the soil. A row of raspberr.es
may be planted in each tree row The
next to the trees ought not to be nearer
than eight feet, and this leaves strip
twenty-four feet wide between the trees
or space for five rows six feet apart
If the soil is sandy or gTaVelly and there
IS ample irrigation SO late in the sea-
son, the best time to plant is in the
fall. but # it is heavy clay. the spring
Is the time. Palmer. Eureka, Hilborn
and Gregg are the best varieties named
in order of ripening.
E. F. Barnard, who has a fine prune
orchard is probably favored with the best
crop of prunes for five-yedr-old orchard
in this productive country, says the Tenn
pleton (San Luis Obispo county, Gala
Advance. He has about four acres set
out with about 14U trees to the acre. 1t is
estimated that the yield will be upward of
twenty tons to the acre. This, at current
prices would make the income from one
acre Of ground $3.50. Mr.. Barnard has
the trees. AMI has refused, for he is con-
| fident that lie can do better. The success
! Of MIR g. means change from the IN
| satisfactory mode of tiIling the soil and
! Just able to make both ends meet to the
easier mode of fruit raising.
There is no better soil for an orchard
| than that which has been in alfalfa, but
| before setting out the trees the ground
must be thoroughly rid of it or there
! will be trouble. The alfalfa roots pene-
/ trate the subSoil in every direction, Of
/ ten to considerable depths. Mineral fer
GRO hrnfloht h4nThC
! which roots of other than leguminous
| plants do not penetrate. The soil is
/ opened up and becomes porous. and the
| dead and decay:ng roots furnish organic
/ food in the best form for RAPID abSorp-
| ton by the roots of trees. The alfalfa
I roots also collect nitrogen from the air.
| so that when the field is turned under
| large quantities of this element, so ne
! cessary to the life and growth of plants
| are left stored for the use of the next
| succeeding crop. By growing a grain or
/ hoed crop for one season the alfalfa IS
] generally erad:cated, when the soil is IN
prime condition for an orchard.
In the course of an article on Green
/ saws: l.. A. Maddocks has a living wit
ness N his splendid orchard to the as
sertion that the life of peach tree can
be prolonged to from twenty-five to fifty
years. When his peach trees have grown
! so tall that the fruit IS hard to pick he
( saws off one of the mein branches two
or three feet from the trunk. This causes
] a
same thing is done to another of the
main limbs. A tree thus treated grows
fat and bushy, spreading out On all sides
| Mr.. Maddocks believes the death of a
tree IS most frequently caused by over
exertion in carrying the sap to great
height Not only is this danger averted
! nv treating the trees as above described.
but the yield of fruit is probably in
creased and can be more easily gathered.
The Smock peach stands the extremes
of temperature the lest Of any variety
! In my orchard, it grows much larger
than in the east and loses much of its
acidity and is inclined to be summy
which may be remedied as follows: Grow
! your stocks from as sour a peach as you
can find, obtain your buds from a tree
as free from gum as possible Another
handy peach is Lees October; it has a
i une appearance, its quality is not as fine
as some more tender sorts, but Is a goou
market peach and the last on the mar
ket. 1 nave always sold 1t at 81 per
hushel-A. J. ridden, Stone county, No.,
in Farm and Home.