The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15
Pointers For Orchard Planters.

George G.. Croft: The family orchard
should contain summer. autumn and win
ter varieties of apples 1t is only the
winter varieties which can usually be
marketed with much profit. Hence. the
bulk of the trees should be of winter
kinds.
If one expects TO eat the fruit of trees
he plants it is desirable 70 plant varieties
which come into early bearing. as Yellow
Transparent. Porter. Smiths Cider.
Smokehouse Ben Davis Wealthy Pri-
Baldwin. the Russets. Rambo. Delaware
Winter and others will not bear much
under ten years. the list first named viii
begin to bear the second or third year.
and will be producing heavy crops at
six or eight years.
Among pears the Kieffer. Bartlett.
same useful character. If these varieties
are planted, a man can have pears in
abundance at the end of six years
OF plumS. the German prune. the LOm-
bard the Imperial Gage and Moore's
Arctic have the habit of bearing crops
when other trees contain nothing but
leG-eS
The Rea's Mammoth among ounces has
far surpassed the old orange. and should
generally be planted. Some peaches are
more hardy and more productive than
Stump. Smock and Crawford'S Late are
generally to be depended upon. The
Early Richmond is the most reliable and
most profitable cherry. The black sweet
varieties. as Black Tartanian and Wind
sor. rot much less than the white and
yellow varieties
Fays. among currants. is best to sell,
the white grape is sweetest and best for
home use. The Downing gOOSeberry IS
much more prolific than other varieties,
and is the best to plant.
The Russian aDricOtS are worthless,
good only where nothing else viii grow
The Japan plumS are yet on trial They
seem TO be about as hardy as the peach.
and about as reliable in fruiting- Some
of them produce fruit of very poor
quality. The Paragon chestnut is prob
ably the best of its kind. and every home
should have several trees.
Every home, besides the Concord,
should have vines of WOrden, Brighton.
MOore'S Early. POcklingtOn. Delaware.
Niagara. Black Defiance. and if it will
best red raspberry, the Gregg. Ohio and
Palmer stand at the head of the black
caps. while Golden Queen is the best yell
low berry for the masses. The best sum-
mer apples are Yellow Transparent. Early
Harvest. Mother. Queen. BenOni, Red
Astrachan. Primate. Summer Rose,
and Early Joe. The best autumn apples
are Jefferis. Porter. Rambo, Maiden's
Blush. SmokehOus9 sand Hayes. The best
winter apples are Baldwin. Smiths Cider
York Imperial Fallowater. Winesap
English Russell, Rhode Island Greening,
and Ben Davis. Plant a few trees every
year. The orchard can be made an
element of profit on every farm.
After the orchard IS planted. for at
least ten years cultivate il thoroughly.
keeping down all weeds Corn and po-
tatoes may be grown each year. if the
ground IS thoroughly MANFRED. There
must be enough manure for crops and
trees. After the trees come into bearing
the following mixture is a good applica-
ton for each acre of orchard: Forty
bushels of ashes. 100 pounds ground bone
200 pounds sodium nitrate.
Plant pear and cherry trees about the
buildings wherever there is vacant
space which can be utilized--GeOrge G..
Croft.