The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-21

ideas. This with industry and close
attention will almost insure success.
The careless, unthoughtful person
will very likely fail. We should
watch closely after the interests Of
our trees and our plants. One mis-
take We often make in raising fruit
is trying TO raise too much. BE-
doing this we are compelled to
slight some, if not all. We must
strive for the quality. We need
not expect to raise fine fruit from
an old, neglected, uneultivated or
chard. Thorough cultivation is
very essential to the welfare of an
orchard. This is too often neglect
ed. We should also look after the
fertility Of the soil. Keep the or
chard fertile, that the trees may be
thrifty and form large fruit buds
for the next years crop. Barnyard
manure, or other kinds, would be
beneficial. Plant peas in the or
chard; plant in drills and cultivate.
But, to insure large yields of per-
feet fruit, we must spray our trees.
Insects are the great enemies of
fruit. They are always ready to
attack any kind of fruit or vegeta-
ton that we may attempt TO grow.
There is but little fruit, if any, that
is entirely free from the ravages of
insects. We are not prepared to
say that any new species have orig
mated during the present century,
but it is apparent that as we extend
our orchards aud fruit fields, many
new species are recognized that
were before unnoticed. Spraying
is the most effectual way we have
for fighting these insects. We
must study their nature and habits
that we may be able to spray effect
ually. Fungus diseases are also
very injurious to fruit trees. This
effects the foliage and causes rust,
mildew and blight. This causes
the fruit to be faulty and to fall pre-
maturely. We should spray with
Bordeaux Mixture for all fungus
diseases and for insects spray with
arsenic and salsoda or lime. Clean
cultivation of the orchard is a good
precaution against insects and about
the best way to keep borers out of
peach trees.
In setting an orchard, we should
be very careful in the selection of
our trees. Get good varieties. We
can not afford to cultivate a tree six
or eight years to find that it is a
worthless variety. We should pat
ronize old, reliable nurseries, or do
our own prOpagating.
In the selection of apples for mar
ket, We should grow here in this
section mostly early and summer
varieties. We are somewhere near
the southern border of the apple
section of the United States, and
by growing the early varieties we
can get them on the market when
there are but few to compete with
them. Among the later varieties
the Ben Davis is equal if not supe-
rior to any we have tried. The
Jonathan is also a very fine apple.
We sold this apple at $500 per
barrel in 1898, while we were sell
ing other varieties on the same mar
ket at from two to three dollars per
barrel. The Benoni, the Summer
King and the Winesap are all fine
apples. The Black Ben Davis, the
Akin, the Mammoth Black Twig or
Paragon are considered fine varie-
ties.
Marketing. This is a very i'm
portant part of the business, and re-
quires considerable experience to
market TO the best advantage. We
should avoid as much az possible
shipping to overstocked markets, as
this causes low prices. We would
get better prices all round if the
fruit was more evenly distributed.