Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-05-08


In the case of the apple and the
pear the fruits are borne upon spurs"
Of the previous years growth only,
these spurs appearing on wood one
year or more of age. Heading in or
shortening each shoot of the seasons
growth, therefore, must be done with
care in order not to reduce the bear
ing wood beyond profitable limit.
The bearing shoots are usually OBJ
scurely located upon the sides Of the
branches.
With the peach, however, it is the
wood of the last seasons growth upon
which the fruits are directly borne,
and with them heading in may be sue
cessfully employed to limit the quanti-
ty of fruit borne by the tree. japanese
pplums bear on both year-old wood and
spurs Pruning may therefore be used
to thin the fruit, the same as in the
case of the peach
The grape bears its fruit on shoots
of the season, which in turn usually
arise from canes Of the previous years
growth. Old wood on the grape is
therefore of little value; hence the de-
velopment of so many systems Of
training which maintain only a single
permanent trunk, from the top Of
which the bearing canes are renewed
each year.
BY planting the vines closely and
carrying up single trunks to a fixed
height and from the top of the stalk
carrying out horizontal arms along
which "spurs" are maintained n short
growth from each spur will be sulfi-
Client to give q uniform and sufficiently
dense canopy of leaves for the arbor.
Raspberries and blackberries both
bear their fruits on short shoots which
arise from canes of the previous sea-
sons growth.
In the case of the currant and goose.
berry the fruits are produced ON both
old and new wood. The fruits appear
as axlllary growths from the shoot It.
self, and wood three years or more OF
age is improbable and should be cut
away.
Strawberries are rarely produced In
profitable quantities by plants more
than one year old. Plants over two
years Of age should be rooted out IL
give room for new ones.
The interest of fruit garden may
be greatly enhanced by growing there
in plants not adapted naturally to the
climatic region I'm which the garder
is located. The most hardy sort should
be selected, in addition to which the
fruiting shoots may be wrapped II
mating, covered with straw, and 1.-The
fruits thus successfully protected, or
il it,seems desirable, temporary sheds
may be built over the plants and thess
thatched with straw or fodder suffi
clently to protect them from frost
Then again, semi-hsrdy sorts may b'
tipped over by cutting the roots on one
side, bending the branches close to th'
soil, pinning them down and then GOV
erlng the whole plant with mating an(
earth or a straw thatch and earth.
The fact that trees can be grown al
dwarfs as we'll as standards will EN-
able one to utilize space which hat
previously been considered unsuitet
for the development of tree. In pro
portion TO size dwarf trees are NOR
fruitful than standards. and they COM
into bearing sooner.
Dwarflng Is accomplished by bud
ding or grating robust growers ol
slow growing stocks, and most tre
fruits lend themselves to this treat
ment. Besides this method Of modifi
cation, there are other methods quite a
important to the owners of small areas
, Standards may be grown as bushes
or us pyramids" thus making it pos
, sible to grow them much closer togetl
er. Pruning and training used In CON
, bination have shown the possibilitie
J of restricting plants to the "espaller,
| Gordon and other styles of trainin
employed In growing fruits agains
: walls. These methods not only alloy
: plants to be grown more closely tina
is common in orchard practice, bu
they allow the grower to take advai
tage Of locations and conditions unde
t which trees could not develop no
l mally.
t Besides the advantage of dwarfinI
l grating may be turned to good a,
Q count to enable the owner of few tree
to increase his sorts beyond the limit
: of the trees he possesses. There al
single trees known which bear as man
as 100 varieties of apples.
In addition to the advantages to |
! gained from restricting the growth {
plants by training and dwar1ng. son
, of the methods of training offer ada
: tations which allow of comblnir
, plants of various habits of growth
. the advantage of the grower and wit
little or no disadvantage to the plant
, To illustrate this, currants may
= combined with grapes, apples with GU
! rants or raspberries grapes and stray
. berries.
The advantages of these methods h
J.. come apparent Mt once when the o.
r iect Is the most economical utilizatic
!, of limited land area.
Besides the special adaptations n
q forded by dwarfed trees and by SD
r. rial combinations Of low growing M
!. high growing plants, certain VIC
known systems Of pruning and trainir
p allow additional liberties to the skillf
o planter The vine may be utilized
O n cover for walks and drives or as
t canopy over small outbulldlngs.
t cozy summer veranda may be cover,
Q by grapevines, thus securing the do
o BILE advantage Of cool, shady noe
= during summer and supply of fruit
u autumn.
|, Where there Is more land at one
= disposal there may be both fruit ga
@ den and vegetable garden.
10 For specific recommendation as
al q =.