The news & observer., 1905-11-19

trees YOU have got to accept the nur-
sery head and the tall stem.
But if you plant a yearling tree
it is a mere switch full of live buds
all ready to start. Then you can
cut it so as to form the head of the
tree where the head always should
be in the South, only few inches
from the ground. AS Mr.. Hales, the
great Georgia peach grower said last
winter at the meeting of the Virgin a
Horticultural Society: what do you.
want with a trunk to a fruit tree more
.than enough to hold the head? In
my big orchards in Georgia / have 10
such thing as Step-ladder and do
not need any Last summer man sat
on the ground under one of my trees
and gathered half the crop on the
tree before getting on his feet.
Pruning the Sprouts.
Therefore in planting a tree !
would select one year tree, would
prune the rotts carefully, and thea
set it, if possible, when the earth is
not wet / would put the top soil in
the bottom of the hole. but never
anything like a manure in contact with
the roots. | would ram every inch
of soil put in as tightly as setting a
gate post and would never allow the
earth to be settled by pouring water
in the hole Then when the tree IS
set cut the top off about eighteen TO
twenty inches from the ground. Il
is very common to see tall stemmed
trees here win the bar killed by sun
scald on the southwest side. With the
short stem one can easily stick q
Shingle on that side to keep the sun
off till the top spreads to shade IL,
as it will in one season with such
"a, hnr
head not over eight or ten inches
from the ground. Not only does the
low head soon protect the stem from
the sun, but the tree is more acCes-
sible for spraying and gathering the
fruit. and a tall trunk merely makes
the reverse of this. with the added ten
dency to blow over by the wind.
What Varieties Of Fruits to Plant.
And now let me suggest to you
the varieties best suited to the Carroll
mas and adjoining States.
Apples.-Plant some of the sum-
mer varieties for the home markets,
such as Early Harvest, Red Astrakan
and Carolina Red June. Then for fall
and early winter use plant the Bonum,
the best fall apple grown anywhere,
and a native of this State. Also Fan
Pippin, Jonathan and Grimes Golden.
AOl NlIittI PAM Aec'S iiAt1'i ~ 80 -
York Imperial; few Lady Apples, d
little apple which sells for higher
prices than any other apple, but is
rather uncertain as to bearing, but
good specimens will often bring $40
a barrel at Xmas. l should have said
that for fall some OF the old Horse
apple should always be planted. The
Royal Limbertwie nor the Ben Davis.
for people are finding out how poor an
apple the Ben Davis is, and it is GER
tain to sell for low prices in the fu-
ture. Do not plant too many varieties.
Peaches. the home. market
plant both the earliest and the latest
while for the northern shipping there
is no use to plant any later than Ell
berta. Sneed is the earliest peach,
but small and generally poor. But its
earliness sells it, for it ripens here the
last of Nav. greensboro is good
early peach and quite SNOWY one for
an early peach. Mary Cholce' reeves
Favorite. Crawford Late, Lady Ingold
and EIberta are all good. Elberta IS
great market peach and sells on its
showy looks. though it is not of high
quality. Late ones for home use are
Beers Smock, Chairs Choice. Algiers
Winter and Ringgeld Heath.
Plums.IPlant the Japan varieties: