The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-06-01
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Indeed Interesting MF Phelps Raf.
tAs iaHd IS year. ago from
yoAa il Hun ~ slockhrldEc iie
heEAu TIE nnfeefict a. much 10 pnr-
kaig ~ health - any deAlte IL mAk'
iug q blE business. and IL has grown
oath today he has customers an
through the county. aud in The
surrounding AiAiea 70 whom ~
sbil.s nnuefy stock each year a
large quantity goes 10 ihe hlg ~
tatts in Lemon
Applo trees are o. demand aud
A. Phelps has three years plant
logs Including 80 10 40 different
kihds. some t0oD young trees IN
one field and 7,oOo IN another aud
a large number Of seedlings The
apple agitation which has been grow
iBg has furnished 70 the farmers the
last that the Ncw England farms
can produce better fruit than the
much Wanted Oregon apples aud
the demand for young trees II
steadily growing Sir Phelps has
made special study Of the var
leilos best adapted To this section
agd planted accordingly Ills OK
p,lience Is that apple trees are not
cartd for and compared with the
western results he believes that one
tlird Of the same amount ~ work
would give results IN Berkshire su-
pcfior % the Oregon product There
e also a good field OF pears, cher
ries and plums, notably Hearts 8
Morrcils cherry. but there Is not
tie demand for these smaller fruits
thar there Il for apples
There IS half acre d currants
abd goosebcrries and about the same
80 different kinds, twenty varieties,
Va believe. and something ike 1900
10 1900 plants,
The decorative trees that are
most III demand are the Norway
spruce. very pretty hardy and the
trade Is growing In this there arc
four fields containing over 1000
trees Next ia demand are the Aus
triau aud Scotch pine. Douglas
spruce and silver Fir. Then there
are Roster Colorado Blue spruces
which are destined to find place
Tor Themselves aud which viii bring
the beat price OF all when they arc
fairly well grown The white
birches are always attractive and
there Is q large planting " them
The study ~ naples alone Is inter
esting. there is the Norway. Silver
Lear Maple. and Sugar Maple. Ia
five or SIX fields containing several
thousand trees, and all appearing
remarkably healthy and hardy at
this tine OF the year Another tree
which comes under this head ar,
the poplara. and IN this there are
five paintings. Including the Silver
Carolina and Iombardy, and about
J 700 poplarH all told,
Obe u the losses which nur
rtrg Of this kind has 10 Withstand
Is the etock that fails Ia winter
The closest watch must be maintain
ed and the inferior stock taken out
Thus the nnrseryman e never sure
of his trees and shrubs until he has
Winterrd them. and sorted. and
teuded them. and then Il becomes
a case Of the survival OF the flttost
new field Is broken up each
year aud has TO 40 through a
years process Of making before Il
Is ready for the real nursery stock
Mr Phelps has been Is years IN
bringing his nursery 10 It's present
condition aud building 40 trade
which he can hold In the future. 1t
Is most interesting pursuit and
the field IS well worth visiting
Berkshire Cleaner.