The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-08-09

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More on Observation-Disclosures Of KisSsr.
From Farmers Review: I:l1ave, been
reading In the Farmers Review the
many opinions on the cross-fe rtilixa-
ton OF Kiefer. Now It does seem to
me that Il oss-fertilixing Is 40 nee
essary and useful among our large
fruits I should have trees loaded to the
ground with apples and pears nearly
every. year. II 500 varieties Of bear
ing trees IN q forty-acre orchard Is not
enough TO insure rehabilitation, for
goodness sake how many are neces-
sary? Again wouldn't you suppose that
where hundred varieties are grated
on one tree. and the tree filled with
such gratis had reached spread Of
thirty feet. there. 10 . good chance for!
fertilixation without adding any more
grafts!s This tree should be pretty full
OF :ruit. shouldn't 1t, -ye scdentihc men?
We'll. it: did bear three. or four BUSH
els of fruit one year.: but it, never so
over-did itself before. nor has It since.
I have several such trees and they do
not bear BIT better than: the, other
trees OF my orchard How much does
the orchard bearf Well, I will tell you.
From thousand and more Of bearing
trees. we have not had, enough apples
tor. family use nine months in the year
for several years., and l. am, not ex-
,pectfng enough this year: The family
.ts quitelarse it is.true, but I do; think,
that, scounting inssthis great benefit of,
cross fertilization, we !, should have
enough to eat for ten months in the
year. am striking for an extra
month at same wages.
~ a. part of the. orchard is IN weeds
and grass, which are mown and the
crop left on the ground, moved twice
year. part is in strawberry bed
and is partially cultivated and mulched.
Another part is well-cultivated and yet
another part is in a,hog pasture or lot.
Another part of it is a. calf and horse
pasture. A part Of the orchard is
usually sprayed (not this year) with
Bordeaux mixture and London purple.
Another part is not sprayed at all.
Some Of the trees are in rich soil and
some In thin soil, all, however, are in
the black soil common to Central I'LL
nois. have tried considerable guam
titles Of ashes, bone meal and stable
manure. separately and together with
no apparent result.
I will add that keep bees. Not that
want to-they are my neighbours bees,
and in grape time have frequently
wished that lightning or something
would strike one or two of them-or
more.
Pears with tail hedge on the west
have, lived longer and borne better
with me than anywhere else. A hedge
on the south has not beea Of any bene-
fit. So I have concluded that pears do
best when fortified with an Usage or
ange hedge on the west.
There is at least one pear that bears
earlier than the KieRer-the aha Lea.
Among those that bloom at practically
the. same time are CARRIER Duchess,
Bezi de la Motto and sCoeklin. It. is
my belief, however, that rather than;
pin our faith to Observation-Disclosures
any kind we had better look more to
the weather at blooming tin,e; to
blight, curculios,, and; the different
aphids and fungi for the cause OF fail
ure. 4@E<s ",
+ OF course there Is great difference in
the producing power OF different va
rieties, but heavy: Continued rains dur
ing inforescence get away with most
Of our apples. AsrainE summes and
TALL bring out the fungi, which can
oaly be controlled by spraying, and hot
weather and daily thunder storms
often, bring aggravated cases Of blight,
which cannot be eradicated by any
thing that humans can do, that I am
aware Of. To be sure. the department
at Washington says, "Cut out and burn
all blighted twigs az soon as They ap-
pear" but suppose 1t would take 100
men q. full year to cut out the blight
(the new cases) that appeared in my
orchard last night. Buekma1,,
6angamon county. Illinois.
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