The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-05-22
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than it stood in the nursery.
In the case of the apple and tn;
pear the fruits are borne upon ''spur;
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. 1t is the
wood Of the last seasons growth upon
which the fruits are directly horne.
and with them heading in may be sue
cessfully employed to limit the quanti-
ty Of fruit borne by the tree. Japanese
plums 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
therefore Of little value: hence the de-
-elopment Of so many systems OF
training which maintain only single
permanent trunk. from the top OF
which the hearing canes are renewed
each year.
BY planting the vines closely and
carrying up single trunks to fixed
height and from the top Of the stalk
carrying out horizontal arms along
which "spurs" are maintained a short
growth from each spur will be suftl'
Gent 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 axillary growths from the shoot IT.
self, and wood three years or more Ut
age is Improbable and should he 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 t"
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 in which the garden
is located. The most hardy sort should
be selected, in addition to which the
fruiting shoots may be wrapped in
mating, covered with straw. and the
fruits thus successfully protected. or.
if it seems desirable. temporary sheds
may be built over the plants and these
| matched with straw or fodder s'fii'
GENTLY to protect them from frost
Then. again. semi-hardy sorts may be
tipped over by cutting the roots on one
| side, bending the branches close to the
soil, pinning them down and then Gov
ering the whole plant with mating and
earth or straw thatch and earth.
The fact that trees can be grown Il.
dwarfs rs we'll rs standards will EN-
able one to utilize a space which had
| previously been considered unsuited
for the development of n tree. In pro
portion to size dwarf trees are more
fruitful than standards. and they come
into bearing sooner.
Dwarf1ng is accomplished by bud
ding or grating robust growers OF
slow growing stocks. and most tree
fruits lend themselves to this treat
mcnt. Besides this method of mo1iti
cation. there are other methods quite is
important to the owners of small areas
Standards may be grown as bushes
or as pyramids" thus making it pos
sible to grow them much closer togetll
err. Pruning and training used in com
bination have shown the possibilitie:
of restricting plants to the ''espalier.
Gordon" and other styles Of training
employed in growing fruits asains
walls These methods not only ALLOW
plants to be grown more closely thar
is common In orchard practice. bu
they allow the grower to take advan
tage Of locations and conditions nnde
which trees could not develop nor
mally.
Besides the advantage Of dwarfing
grating may be turned to good &c
count to enable the owner of few tree
to increase his sorts beyond the limit
Of the trees he possesses. There ar
single trees known which bear as man
as $50 varieties of apples.
In addition to the advantages to b
gained from restricting the growth o
plants by training and dwarfing. som
of the methods of training offer adal
tations which allow of combinin
plants Of various habits Of growth t
the advantage of the grower and wit
little or no disadvantage to the plant.
, To illustrate this. currants may
combined with grapes. apples with Gil
rants or raspberries, grapes and straw
berries.
The advantages of these methods bt
come apparent at once when the oil
, ject is the most economical utilizatio
: of limited land area.
Besides the special adaptations a
o forded by dwarfed trees and by sp,
j, cial combinations of low growing an
. high growing plants. certain we
known systems Of pruning and trainin
r allow additional liberties to the skillf,
e planter. The vine may he utilized a
q cover for walks and drives or as
t canopy over small outbuildings.
t cozy summer veranda may be covere
e by grapevines. thus securing the do,
e BILE advantage Of cool. shady moo
: during summer and supply of fruit
G autumn