Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-22
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The tme of year is almost at hat to begin work in the orchard. T failure of . fruit crop would dlss point thousands oR people. moro than most any other crop of the far Many farmers get good varieties of q pie, peach, pear. plum and cherry trs( take them home and dig . hole each and set them in, and that is last bit of care they get And mO than likely that is the last of the tred tea xAl \ .xs
 FarmerS say 1t fs hard to get m d chard started. Awriter in FarmeI Guide claims there arc thousands dollars lost annually by not setting at caring for orchards right. In % doifI farmers have trees of all ages. froI three to twenty-five years old. in Il same orchard. The stock on the far is allowed to roam at will in tho o chard, breaking down and destroyin many valuable young trees. Much also lost bT farmers setting trees fence corners. and giving no cultiv ton whatever. Suppose we shou plant field of corn and never cult vate it. What could we expect? Ju4 so with the orchard; it needs cultiys tion.
 Good fruit brings good prices at til present time. Select good varieties an| take more pains in setting the tree3 Never cramp the roots down in setting but go at it right. Go to the fores| and get rich soil and use about ond half wheeIbarrow full to each tre1 Then get right down and straightel the roots out In their natural shape.
 Wash all young trees with soapsud each spring and fall. It will destro| many insects and also keep rabbits an| mice from gnawing the trees.
 Cultivate the young orchard Trucl crops, such as potatoes. melons, cah bage, etc, can be grown until the tree begin to bear fruit Then it can b sown to clover. In old orchards prun in April. Thin the underbrush an, water sprouts out pretty we'll. thel plpw, with the ordinary breaking plow Seed to Wheat or oats. then SOW dow to grass. Then see what nice fruit yo) will have. It will pay you ten time over for all your labor.
 Wood ashes is a most valuable fertil izer for bearing fruit trees. Therefort save all ashes and apply one-half gkl Ion around each tree. They tend t cheek the thrifty growth and help ma ture the fruit buds. They also harde, the wood and the trees are then no 50 apt to be winter-killed. Then, thei application will destroy many insect which burrow in the ground.
 There has been much complaint dui ing the past few years about worm fruit. especially apples. This can b avoided considerably by letting tn pigs have the run of the orchard dul ing the summer months to take u all wormy fruit that falls before It i matured. It certainly destroys man millions of eggs deposited therein. The question is asked: What fruit most in demand. would say that th following find most ready market Apples. peaches and cherries. They ar rss6 A6te eoth1n other kinds of frdt The demand is very great for all thea fruits.
 If you are going to raise fruit. 10 | it right What is worth doing at d Is worth doing we'll Do not put muc stable manure around peach trees. ( it is injurious to both tree and frui If you wish to raise seedlin8 peaches put the seed in the ground immed ately after taken from the fruf Never let them get dry. The seedlin peach is much hardier than the grafte or the budded peach and will stand th winter better. Much choicer fruit ma be had by thinning the fruit whe young by picking out some of the clu, ters
 The orchard ought to be the mo. valuable piece of ground on the far, If kept in good condition