Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-04-10
HOW TO GROW PEARS N THURSTON COUNTY
Series OF Articles Giving the Facts the Pear
Business Written You Can Understand Them and
Prepared Particularly to Fit Conditions Here
Series o.
he state eDepartm ment Of fAsricul
BY Eagle Freshwater-For the Man on the Farm


Starting off with discussion of whether not would be profit
abe to grow pears IN this county have settled a point very
satisfactorily and armvey, have up the
Yao's things of general nature that into the pear
conditions herethe Anou the Bartlett the Bose the Winter
them IN and then stopped consider whether plant
filters or not and last week. to gather little advice pruning and
spraying
SO we've had heeledin, for quite while
ahout ABOUT time we started to an them ana h.s Just what we
filters in the orchard discussed the different plans
planting but just refresh the subject in minds Mr. Morrison
starts Oft his interview this week in this wise:
There are several plans for setting out orchard though the
distance apart each Another plan the hexagona which
the greatest number of trees per and divides the soil
several points in favor of each plant be said that the
square rectangular system apparently all
the the orchard will into the details
r laying m % out the base lime and especially the points where
order to have the reerow straight and good alignment of
throughout the orchard
1T is practice in stalking out the orchards
No. 10 guage galvanized iron wire with iron washers oerd to the
WIRE at @ the same distance apart ta the trees are tt stand the
and having marked the field afterwards the planting board
noched in the middle is presume familiar to you all planting
fruit trees and will therefore bother with the details of
Give Trees Plenty of Room.
The distance apart plant trees must be determined wholly
The question of habit of growth of the variety varieties
you you want to grow when they M reae matny the % ant
AS know the habit has been to plant the trees
plant Anous your trees you plenty
because 20 years they will be size
You will remember that when talked about filters Mr.
Morrison quite emphatic this point of planting
enough and draw little will
recall that the objection filters he stated the
reluctance the of the tear out the filters when
they began take intended for the
And he emphasized the necessity of planting the trees
far enough them plenty of which to and
important this point that he has repeated it here
The Time of Planting.
week Mr. Morrison mentioned the that there
points which wide difference
opinion that respects there has been established
hard and fast rule that can be laid down You will recall that he
said variety of need certain amount of ru
and while another variety much
much with this question of when to plant
trees There who strong for the early spring
others who fall but both dependent wholly
the climate and conditions in the particular locality in which the
planting is to be done. AS Mr.. Morrison
n the colder wherehe winter and
the ground freezes early in the fall is usually advisable to plant
in the spring However, Thuon the climate will permit
fall planting there why fall planting here would
be preferable to spring planting unless it early spring plant
If in the time after the soil had lost
its moisture there chance that the tree roots might not
caus and they should especially the
became excessively dry e trees planted in the fall have