The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-26
PLANTING ORNAMENTAL
AND FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS,
AND FRUIT BUSHES
Some Suggestions as To Drainage, Plant
ing, and Pruning.

| <AAsD . $780,
Some Suggestions as To Drainage, Plant
ing, and Pruning.
Before placing orders for fruit, orna
mental trees, canes, and shrubs, this
spring, note if the soil in the garden is
heavy or inclined to be damp. III this
is the case it must be undcrdrained. not
a difficult undertaking The main points
are to lay the tiles from three to four
feet deep on a well-regulat ted fall of
about three inches in 100 feet. All the
| laterals SMALLER tiles carrying the wa
| ter to the main should in general run
at right angles to the main drain, but
| be given a slight curve before joining
the main, that the water may be car
ried in obliquely with, and not direct
| ly across the stream in the main. Ii
the land has a decided slope, give the
| laterals an oblique direction down the
slope. always towards the outlet of the
main drain An outlet, either in the
shape of cement box four or six feet
deep, with an iron grating, will answer
for a small area or the main may be
carried to the public highway drains.
The distance between the laterals will
depend on the land to be drained. If it
is inclined to be cold and wet, the tiles
must be laid nearer together. Under
average soil conditions distance of 40I
feet apart, with depth OF not less than
three and one.half or four feet, is the
general rule. Another hint as to drains
be sure to mark on the drawing of the |
property lust the spot where each drain
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Have the measurements accurate, in case
it becomes necessary to take them up.
A Less Expensive Way To Drain.
For those who haven't time or money
to spare for extensive draining opera
tons, good results may be obtained by
making the hole for the tree, shrub, or
fruit bush both larger and deeper than
would otherwise be necessary, and by
throwing in some old mortar, road scrap
ings coarse stones, leaf soil, and lime
rubbish, which provide draining and lime,
and is essential to stone fruits. Over ,
this NAV be thrown top soil, mixed
with some decomposed sod and good gar |
den loan. Do not try to incorporate /,
large quantities of manure with the soil 1
in setting out trees, and never place II {
in the planting hole. A word as to the :
kind of soil most congenial to fruit trees. $
Apples will succeed in most soils which a
are not very wet, and may be grown
as standards. bushes, pyramids. and cor n
ions. Cherries and peaches should have /
a rich sandy soil, and are especially v
suited to growing on walls, a. well as c
IN the open Pears need a rich soil and +
plums thrive well and grow easily in b
my well-drained soil. b
After the little tree or shrub is taken o
rom its package, examine il carefully I
or insects and scale; then prune all a
cots that have been injured. Standard n
uit trees will vary in height from five n
o seven feet. with naked stems or n
rlnks. and number of branches form
ng a head. These branches should be
at back TO within three or four buds !
# the ba Sc. and cut to an outside bud.
With short. clean. slanting. upward
ut. starting near the bud. using a sharp
running knife or stout iackknife.
Some inexperienced gardener may want
o know why il il necessary TO cut to c,
n outside bud. Because the growth is q
rom this bud. and the top, or upper :, :,
lost, Of those remaining viii then grow q
way from the center Of the tree, and b
bus tend 20 keep Il open for the sun
nd air to enter. which j. very desirable
, a fourishing growth.
Dwarf Trees
For small place dwarf trees arc most
iitable. a. they are ornamental. easily
,rea for. early maturing. and bear fruit ar
the finest quality II y best 60 or. ~
~ those of two or three years' growth,
iih number Of side branches. and Or
,ese will require e. be pruned with 4 m
20. fold object in view, the growth Of a.
% tree and the desired form Of t. a. b.
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