The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-12-29
.'Fruit,, Discussed bv Farmers.-At the

Fruit Discussed by Farmers.-At the
last meeting OF the Junior Gunpowder Agri-
cultural Club the subject discussed wa" Fruit"
awe append the views of some of those present !:
Mr.. George E. Shelley said: 1.-THE average
farmer should have variety of fruit 40 to 5O
apple trees; one early red Astrachan, few
summer apples, and more of the fall and win
ter varieties are enough for family. think
0 TO ~ acres in apple trees is mistake. 1t is
necessary now to spray trees for perfect fruit.
have not been very successful with peaches,
as they die very soon and must be replaced by
planting or every year. We should have
small fruits grow from 300 to 400 quarts of
strawberries each year. Iprefer rolling ground
for an orchard. Orchards need manure.
have done so every or years and applied
barnyard manure favor cultivation of trees
when young. Hogs are good insect-destroyers
when they roam the orchard"
Mr. Edward E. Scott said 81 set out a few
trees every year so as to keep up supply of
fruit. 1t is necessary to plant several varie-
ties so as to supply the family through the
year. 1t seems useless to make a speciality for
market, as the pests are so bad, and to fight
the pests is very expensive. We get the best
apples where there is liberal application of
potash. l favor planting trees closely.
Mr.. .. II. Tarbert said II have thought
that good winter varieties of apples would be
profitable to MS. Why should New York sup
ply our markets? | have heard of cherries
selling well, giving the grower here profit.
Grapes do well here too. We should give
more attention to the cultivation of fruit.
Knowing how to bud and graft fruit would
save us much expense. have small fruit in
the garden and have several apple and pear
trees"
Mr.. T. V. Richardson said 1--WE should
grow fruit, especially for the family. l think
fruit can be grown in our county very profta-
bly, for market. 1t is all hard-work, which
makes it expensive. A man should be in a
position to market his fruit in good condition.
The time is coming when that which requires
more labor will be most profitable. | have
nice apple orchard and have had good sup
ply of peaches. Had so many grapes that
many went to waste. | endeavor to keep
supply of small fruits"
Mr.. D. s. Pearce said: 1--WE should have
enough fruit of all kinds. have an abun-
dance of summer fruit. let the hogs run in
the orchard. have not plowed it for seven
years. The hogs could not eat all the apples.
The peach tree does not live as long as in for
mer years. have been very successful with
smaller fruits, especially strawberries"
Mr.. W. D. Curry said: This locality is adap-
ted to fruit-growing and the market is favora-
work together. The great disadvantage to
growing fruit is the expense of spraying or
otherwise to keep the insects from destroying
it. l had intended to plant Is to 20 acres in
apples have never tried to prevent disease
by spraying. had one tree of the York I'M
peTldl apple Ludl DGSu6l6 ILLS year.
l have grown some good peaches, but trees are
not long lived. Budding or grating can be
soon learned. Care should be taken in not
getting buds from water sprouts on trees, or
from trees that show any imperfection."
Mr.. T. NJ. Pearce said: Apples or peaches
will not do well on heavy clay soil. l have
found more disease among trees where manure
was put. l think woods earth and leaves give
better results The great secret is in cnltiva-
ting what is planted. grow Strawberries and
other small fruits and think the farmer should
not neglect to keep up supply of them"
Mr.. B. M. Brooks said: II have been dis
couraged in fruit-growing from the expensive
outlay and no good returns. | have enough
trees but little fruit. l have put potash and
manure on the ground. My trees are where
my father grew fruit. He had an abunance
then, but in later years fruit seems not to do
we'll. The most successful orchard ever saw
was on a southern hillside and protected by
woods"
, Mr. Joshua G.. Bosley said . Peaches should
be planted on a northern exposure so as to
keep the buds back. Farmers should not over
look the planting of fruit of all kinds and to
keep up supply during the whole year. l
have an excellent supply of Concord grapes,
which have kept very well and without
cold storage. Strawberries raspberries, &C.,
give pleasure to the home and IN sanitary
point of view are helpful. Strawberries have
the effect to throw off the poisonous matter in
the system. Fruit of all kinds is good for
sluggish systems. owed my good health last
winter to the free use of apples Orchards
should not be planted on billy soil, as the
earth will wash away from tree roots. They
should be planted on well drained land.'
Mr.. Asa B. Gardiner, Jr., said: Every
farmer should have an assortment of fruit. 1
have planted Spanish chestnut, which was
three years old when planted and this was two
years ago. The burrs are large and contain
three nuts each. am encouraged to purchase
other trees"