The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-07

dnolnef we must ann at succession be-
ginning with the earliest and ending at
the latest paying kinds. To beginners
this is no light task. owing to the fact
that different nurserymen often have diff
ferent names for the same peach, ana Il
great care is not used we viii have large
quantities requiring many laborers at one
time who must be idle when the hurry is
over or Kept at loss.
1t is to the interest of growers to en-
courage the restriction of names to well
defined varieties; for to buy, plant and
cultivate trees for three or four years,
only 10 find that we are deceived in the
KINDS IS an experience more common than
pleasant, and to lessen these losses we
should buy only of such men as have
regulations at stake. And we recommend
this society for the protection of fruit
growers to endeayor 10 have such laws
as will make tree peddlers liable TO fine
and imprisonment for knowingly defrdud-
ing purchasers in such matters.
1t is a well established fact that loca-
ton and soil have very much 10 do with
variety should be largely planted in any
locality unless tested and proved TO be
successful there.-Ed.J
Selecting Trees.
Medium sized trees, free from insects
and disease, are the most desirable TO
plant. Although large ones are more at
tractive they are more liable 10 ole the
first summer. The custom of topping
newly planted trees down to a uniform
height OF about three feet prevails on our
out along the stock. the larger ones being
left to form the fruting part of the tree.
III after years growth one, or any num-
Der, OF these side branches be cut off, it is
found to be white and solid with & live
pith which indicates or proves that the
branch is healthy. But cut of the main
and so topped. and you find q dead plth
and a dark center in proportion TO the size
OF the tree when topped which tends to
make a hollow, short tree.
Time of Planting.
Spring is the safest season to plant the
peach The only advantage, and there are
MANY disadvantages, of fail llanIlng, is
the saving OF time during the rush of
spring work
To procure the trees in autumn and
carefully trench Them will greatly lessen
the hurry of spring work and secure
nearly all the advantages of autumn
planting, as the roots will be as well
as they would have been had they been
planted in orchard rows and will start
quicker and grow more rapidly the first
year than trees dug from the nursery in
the spring.
Cultivation OF Young Trees.
The cultivation of young peach trees is
so plain and simple that Il is scarcely
necessary to say much, only that it should
DC thorough, and to insure this and to
pay its costs during the time the orchard
is growing to paying age, corn is the
best crop to be planted between the ro-2s
of trees. allowing the land to be titled
each way, avoiding the necessity of much
hand hoeing, till after the corn is too
large to go through with horse and cult
vator.
But if weeds or grass should start under
the trees after this it should De carefully
damage, particularly If the season be-
comes dry, by pumping up moisture that
should nourish the tree, and it affords
shelter for vermin that are enemies 10
fruit trees.
Pruning Young Trees.
Peach trees well titled grow vigorously.
and bear well under any system of train
ing. But years of experience and close
observance with an eye to profit teach
that low set tree not only comes earlier
TO heavy bearing, but is q healthier tree,
from which fruit can be picked with
greater ease and economy. Any such
shape is easily obtained.
After the usual topping leave as many
sprouts as may start, until the cultivation
OF the corn is over, then shape the tree,
by cutting, all the young branches except
and nearest the ground, but not below
the budded stock and leaving Them SO as
TO balance the tree, and cut OF the old
ste9 at the edge of the upper sprout left
10 form the bearing top. It is best to
defer this shaping until after the horse
work in the corn IS done, because if
done before, a little. carelessness by the
men cultivating will knock off young
branches intended TO grow, and thus
spoil the shape and endanser the life of
he treee
high winds and shade from the midsuni-
mer sun, as stripping the tender tree of |
wigs and leaves when the sun shines |
l 0d sls1 has ga tendency to stick the bark
'r early spring they should be pruned to |
take out weak and superfiuous branches /
70 as to maintain symmetrical. open tops; !
IND this should be repeated each fall or |
prlng while the tree is young, avoiding !
he necessity of cutting large limbs as |
ong as. the tree can be made TO bear |
Inc fruit without ii.
Pruning Old Trees.
j. When by reason of age the struggling
lmbs cease TO produce fine fruit its /
luallty can be greatly improved by top |
ling which is safely done by saving off 1
lat the top OF each tree one or two |
ards above where the limbs branch out |
:et this be. done with uniformity on one |
ide of each row.
II the entire top is cut off, all chance of |
rop for. two years is destroyed, ana H. |
bearing branches are more liable to be |
blown oil by wind storms while tender. |
The fruit on the remaining half being |
greatly improved; while the growth of |
wood and buds on the ends of the old |
lmbs Is made more vigorous for improved |
rult. during the time the new bearing |
Tood is growing on the shortened half. |
Cultivation of Fruiting Trees.
The cultivation of bearing trees should |
'e thorough, keeping the ground clean |
md line by frequent stirring, from the |
lnle Vegetation starts in the spring fill /
he weight OF fruit brings down the limbs. |
10 as TO prevent going through with horse |
ina cultiVator; but 1t is not desirable to |
continue cultivation during the late sum |
ate growth of soft wood and buds liable |
O be injured by intense cold in winter,
Successful fruit culture with healthy |
rees, on we'll drained land depends more |
n thorough tillage than on anything |
Use and 1t matters little whether il ne |
II plain tools, SO it is thorough during the |
roper season.
Pruning the Peach.
The peach tree. as a rule, receives less
running than any other fruit tree, while |
uces its crop on the wood of the previous |
ears growth; and as the terminal buds
re most inclined TO push, the height in /
reaseS year by year. until in time the
rec has put few long branches stretch
og away, up, or out, with leaves, or |
Instead OF this, the tree, by correct
running, can be kept in good FORM rather
1w and round-headed, or spreading ali
he limbs fairly within reach, with the
ruit evenly distributed and easy to
ather. The pruning, which should be
one annually in spring, consists in cut
ing back the previous seasons shoots
emoving one-third TO one-half in length
nd in addition to this, after the second
r third year, cutting out about one
ourth of these shoots as they become too
umerous.
Three things are to be gained by this:
First-keeping the top of the tree in
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