Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-07
ORCHARD CULTURE.


J. n. Hale. Of Connecticut and
Georgia. perhaps the best authority on
successful fiut growing now living.
said IN a recent address before fruit
Eruwcrs' convention:
n you don't intend 10 give your or.
chlrda the cultivation they need. 90
Keep The soil stirred durluE the grow.
INK months. then don't plant nn orr
ohhrd. 4 Eeutlemun told me some time
since that De had planted an orchard
ot about one hundred peach trees. and.
nH De- uli not think they Would amount
o. very much anyhow he had seeded
no orchard down 10 grass. ] said Go
him, Your orchard has gone 20 gfass"
lie might nH wen hove saved The cost
ut tho trees. flr they would amount o.
nothing from the standpoint 0f o. profit
lhlr Orchard. You must cultivate for
Que foDi NJ the plant and flf moisture.
or course, tho fertilizer men will NOT
agree with mo Boz this. .lr th.y say
'huy terilllzor and put ID un your orr
chlflH.' But The soil o. Htu. ksl with
plant food, aud this can o. nude tyull-
able by cultivation ma by stirring the
eull a wonderful amount uf moisture
D. also Required Tor the gruWth nf trees
ana plants if were Co choose between
ihH culture uf orchards Cor thrco or
four months during tho FruWth 0f the
fruit aul O. ton OF ton ana "a haif of
f'riilllrr 10 the acre FREQ 1i cost with
uut No.. Z would toxic ths culture every
time. and set 4 am na much buyer 81
i.fulzer uH any fruitsGIwCg in Amer
Then ! would give the ground some
covofIng 20 The IAN Tor the winter. 4
nm MOT particularly o. believer I'm fan
rIuugh.ng, but would plough ln the
fIN N I had Co., rather than not plough
!t nll 7 would seed down with some
KIND OF Ffoeu covering to protect tho
ruHtlpH from quick frcozins and thaN-
ing. TINS alfo retains the piaut-f1od
which might otherwise escape. 1 cane
not say what win answer bsst ou your
particular piece ~ land. ~ may b.
clover or vCtchgs. but something should
Dee HoWn Tor O. covering after the SUM-
mcr cultivation ia over.
CLOSE PLANTING AT FIRST.
lf you viii thin out your trcea by
close pruning, us has been recommend
ga, then plant apple orchards fifteen
10y lfieou foot apart ] am now getting
ready 90 plant q large orchard ln thla
way fifteen by fifteen frot. but tho
very day they begin 90 crowd each
other they must hH thlnned out making
them thirty by thirty feet apart. ID IL
purely question uf gettlug double tho
crop during tho early years of the or.
chnrd, owing 90 the grratcr number NJ
trees and nu damage iH done until they
begin Co crowd each other. when they
must o. thInnei without delay Thrre
urp precious Few mon lu tho country
with nerve enough 10 take thom Out nj
tho riTht umr They think they will
lnt u 800 another wear and got 20 bigger
: turn. uni thus the thinning out o. DO.
llyrh. uul tna result u not ns altlafIc-
tory as q thinnrd nt tho proper time
10 ls The same with black-cuu rasp-
berries. This lH q profitable crop with |
u'' and We got some OF tho finest bor-
fl'1 nom tl0W one year after plant !
luf. ] make the most money out Uf l
th"m hN planting them three feet by /
three iHHt You say that is too close. /
'li cuufHr 10 lH, but ] do II, ANA mike I
money ut TO- We prune Thorn back hard ]
lu about one foot, Tor thoy mako |
wnnlrlus growth, and each little bush /
fINos from % pint Co quart OF mag /
Indecent hHrriHH Then out comes pyery |
lihgr plant unl they stand ak feet by |
N tcet The advantage OF this method |
r. ihHi i Ent double crop the second .
'olr aficr planting, The trouble would |
hey could do the same thing the nrvt |
year and gut more OF "a crop, but There [
would b' The mistake Tho distance |
etWetn plants depends, uH you see.
upon TIE man, m man "a n believer ln
lose planting and knows how 90 curry
nut hls belief, by thinning out nt tho
proper time. De Us an right. hut h.
should not advice tho other fellow loat
ln make mistake. A good distance
lpart glvol tho plants more chunce 10
.htive' Tor thoy must have tho nccos-
ary moisture. n too close the ground
cannot DO stirred properly. ana this