The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-18
4 Peach Orchard From the seeds

Agricultural Editor Morning News: /
have made a beginning toward establish
ing a small orchard of Seeding trees.
Last year I saved seeds from such nice
fruit as 1 could procure from time to time.
These seeds We're dropped into a large
flower pot, which was kept near my wash
stand in the dressing room. The pot was
first half filled with loamy soil, and after
the seeds had been planted on top of
the soil they were covered with several
inches more OF soil. At least once or
twice week during the winter water
was applied from the wash basin. Along
in February examination was made of
their condition. and this was repeated
weekly. II was not until the ZJth OF
March that they were found TO be in
condition for planting. If ] had not neg
lected 10 make an examination some ten
days previous. they would have been
planted out that much earlier and would
thereby have saved several dozen that
were lost from having been allowed to
advance a little too far in termination
in such a mass in taking them out that
many were even so badly broken as to be
unfit for planting.
AS il was, l saved couple of hun
bred which had just burst the shell open,
and had thrown out a few roots.
The land had been made ready for the
reception of the seeds-rows twenty. feet
apart. With blunt pointed dibble holes
two inches deep were made every two
feet more or less. and a seed or tiny
plant inserted. The soil was pressed
firmly on It with the foot and the work
was done. This was March %. Ninety
five per cent grew and thrved. All l
may say, were up m ten days time. o.
day MAY 50 the average hight is about
twelve or fifteen inches. From April TO
May 4 not a drop of rain fell, but the
young plants We're hOed shallow several
times during April.
on MAY IS two good rains occurred.
In four days time they had made marked
growth. This fall when they shed thelr
leaves I will %. W report what grown
they have made to that time nave
read of trees having made a growth OF
five feet in six months. l nope TO see
something of that kind in this instance.
Except just a few for the sake OF expert
ment, the young trees viii not be pruhed
at all Some, of course, VIII have 70 ne
taken up and transferred this fan Most
of these will be grated or budded upon
to insure the possession OF certain desir-
able and well-known KINDS such as FL
berta. ~, :.
left entirely to nature, so lar as the use
of the knife is concerned.
From a long observation Of peach grow
ing, I am quite sure that there shoulu pe
i'm Georgia a hundred trees so grown
where there is only one now. Inc
chances are good that four-hfths OF these
Seeding trees will produce Satisfactory
fruit fou home use and market Anu
nine-tenths will yield fruit suitable Tor
canning and drying. More of our peaches
should be utilized for drying. My pro
fticina ID, show a most remarkable vari-
etv Of fruit I shall leave one row TO
stand at ten feet distance. Another :, at
fifteen, but the majority at 20X2O tor
a wear or two will grow some crop that
calls for mineral fertilizers-tomatoes, for
instance. until the tree roots require all
the room.
tach a moral thereto which will appear
as a simple piece of advice to your farmer
readers This summer save thousand or
10 choicest fruit that YOU
can Drocure. and treat them just as
aid mine. and next spring start you a
seeding orchard, if only an acre You
can graft a bud to the rest of the trees,
if - do not care to risk all seedlings.
Save the taproot and you may count on
natures doing the necessary pruning.