The Holly chieftain., 1900-03-23

recommending them for Planting
here. Peaches are u rather unccr-
tain crop and can not be racSoued on
to bear fruit with regularity, however,
they are desirable and shuuld be plant-
ed when possible. The Eiherta sue
ceeds best of all. The Alexander ear
ly, and the Old Mixsn are also good
varieties.
| This seems to be the n .tural home
OF the plum tree, and any and ali va
| rieties succeed exceptionally we'll
Among those that are profitable for
market are the Lombard. Green Gage
the Damson as well as a number Of
Others.
Pruncs do well and grow to a large
size. The French, German, Italian
and Silver prunes are all recommend
! ed. Cherries do well, and may he de-
pended upon. Among the standard
varieties are the Early Richmond, the
Ostheimer and the Wragy. Til. large
MontmOrency is Il sweet cherry that
does quite we'll ounces are not
recommended as they blight very bad
ly, but If 4 few are desired for home
use the Orange and Anglers as well as
Meech's Prolific are probably the best.
or small fruits, the following are
recommended. As a standard and
suitable grape, the Concord takes the
lead. The Worden IL earlier and larg-
er. and succeeds well on heavy soil.
The Niagara and Duchess are good
white grapes. The Brighton and
Deleware are the best red ones, the
former being the most profitable.
The country is rather to warm for
currAnts unless they can be placed up
on the north or shady side Of a hedge
or building. OF Rlspberrics the Ty-
| Ter and Gregg in black ard Marlboro
in red are about as good as any.
Raspberries and black berries need lots
OF water and rich soil. the same ap-
plies to Strawberries. or Strawbcr-
| ries, the Captain Jack. Wilson and
| Jucunda are COED varieties. or black
berries, the Early Harvest yfclis well,
] and is desirable. Red rapsbcrrics
should be covered in winter. Black
caps are hardy. 4 qusGtity o! aspar-
and rhubarD should also be planted.
1 AS to The best size OF trees 10 plant,
statement is made that many two year
old trees were nursery killed by the
severe winter previous to this one and
that yearlings, or cut back two year
olds, that is, with two year old roots
and one year old tops. are the best
kind for the farmer to buy. He ad-
vises the planting OF small trees. as
being most liable to give good results.
The Importance of securing plenty of
moisture at the beginning of a trees
life is extremely important.
| AS to the method OF planting, he
recommends the running OF burrows
at proper distances for the trees and
! digging.holes for the trees in these
| burrows, running water in and around
the trees through them. The impor-
tance OF the ripening up OF the wood
was spoken o! No water should be
applied to the tree after September
lst. Irrigation after the wood had
ripened, that is, during the late fail
and winter, was recommended.
| CELERY GROWING.
| Mr.. McGlashen and Mr. Wiley cn-
gagged in a good deal of good natured
repartee ON this subject, both chasing
| themselves as robust celery failures.
The conccnsas OF opinion was that
this section is especially well adapted
( TO the growing OF superior quality Of
celery. The difficulties relative TO
handling we're discussed at length by
Mr.. w. y. Padley. Trenc.les Is inch
( es 10 feet wide and 4 20 inches
deeper than height Of The plant we're
recommended for storing celery: these
should be covered with earth and hay,
proper attention should be given to
the ventilation Of same. Celery should
! be set up in these trenches and not
laid down. llr. Padiey states that
the main difficulty during the past
season was caused by setting out
plants too late. He stated that from
less than one-half acre he received a
return of 300.
paIRYING. U
This interesting subject was dealt
with briefly by Professor Cooke. lIc
stated that good dairy COW should
be Of a large size Sc that she weuld be
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