The Delta independent., 1907-02-15
PLANT MOTHER
VARIETY OF TREES
Practical Nurserynan Gives Some
Sound Advice About "Graftine."
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''>ss''s INV W pant JoHdIHdn
plant some strong growing sort like
Black Twig, Ben Davis or Northern
Spy and graft them to Jonathan. But
! take issue with them right now. II
you DO not want Jonathan on its own
roots, then graft it on a natural tree
A seeding is a natural trec-a grated
or budded tree is an artificial tree.
That good man. and eminent horti-
culturist, Patrick Barry. writes that an
ARTIFICIAL tree Is not a good stock to
PROPAGATE from, nor the seed even from
budded or grated tree will not pro-
ducc good stock to work on. But say
if you want to raise Jonathan apples,
plant Jonathan trees.
While it is not as robust and hardy as
Ben. it is fair grower. Though it
is a more refined and finer blooded stock
and requires a little better care, cult
vatc and irrigate carefully. and prunc
intclligently and never allow it to over
bear. and you have good tree and a
good yielder and the best all-round ap-
pie ever produced. OF course. mean,
if grown in Delta County it is dirty
brick dust red. grown elsewhere. and
NOWHERE on earth does it take on
that brilliant red .all-ovcr color that it
gets in Delta County. II every cedar
tree in the foothills was Jonathan
New York City would take every one
at an advanc ed price and pay before
picking. In it Delta County has real
monopoly stick to it.
hear some say it is not an annual
bearer. When you permit any tree to
carry an overload. it will be shy the
next year. Make your trees all annual
bearers by thinning. and never allow
them to ovcrbcar and they will yield
every year. 1t is SO with all kinds of
flowers rs well as fruits. saw lady
and two gentlemen admiring John
Hopper rose bush with $50 roses. NONE
of them PERFECT. yet they called it
wonderful. One asked if it was an
EVER bloomer and where could he get
one. felt like saying shame on you.
To impose on the noble bush in such
manner. II ad they picked three
quarters off. the remaining quarter
would have all been fine specimens and
it would have put forth roses again in
July. August and September. AS it
WAS, it stood all summer and autumn
without ever producing another rose.
The leaves too were small and the poor
bush had sickly look the balance of
the year. Use the shears freely and
thin the roses too. if you want fine flow
crs and healthy bushes. and ever bloom
crs. the same as you would your apple
trees il you expect profitable results
Get the apples off the ends of the limbs
and let them get their heads up-sap
wont run down. One apple in spur
is cnough-ncver leave two on one spur,
though some leave great clusters and
expect the tree to bear again next year.
Another thing about these double
worked trees is. they will require three
or four years constant care and watch
ing after grating less shoots start from
your original stock. They will steal
growth on you here and there through
the orchard with all the care you can
give them. and then when they do be-
gin to yield. low and behold you have
two kinds of applcs-a great vcxation.
this.
SO if you must get your orchard in
this way. the better way is plant strong
seedlings and graft at the collar and
grow a new top starting at the ground,
and then you will meet with many dis
couragcmcnts before you see them bios
som. Some of the worst to encounter
are our knowing advisor 3 and we al
ways get the most advice from those
that know the least.
II is amusing to see our wise men.
with their magnifying glass. swimming
through the sun flowers and sweet clov-
cr TO tree that has not been pruncd,
to look for brown mite. aphis and every
thing else, when you and | know it is
all there without looking for it. and
then instead of telling the very first
remedy to apply. is the cultivator and
to get the shears and cut out the water
sprouts and do a general thinning
and let the sun have chance that will
rout bugs by the millions: no. he tells
you nothing of the kind. but begins to
howl Whale Oil soap, arsenic, Paris
Green and corrosive cmulsion-w men
thcsc-thcy never tell you what jon
athan orchard requires and must have
to make it profitable. Now | have told
you, If you will do it.
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