The Dermott news., 1915-10-07

vesting and Marketins au1 Fighting
Insects and Disease Extra PROOF
those who may decide later to under
take the course. II Miller. Dtte>tor
Cooperative Extension Work.
l. PLANTING A HOME ORCHARD.
Location.
II possible. the home orchard should
be planted upon a slopinG site. aiming
TO avoid frosty pockets" and places
where the land is apt to be wet and
frosty. II placed upon site where
the land IS APT to be rather Wet. the
soil should be tile drained, but, as
rule. l. is best 10 plant upon places
who're no artificial drainage is nee.
essary.
Good fruit can he grown upon
great VARIETY OF soils and II Is better
to have the home orchard on soil that
is not perfectly congeuial than not TO
have any al all NJ the same time
each fruit seems to have rs soil pr
ferences. and. II possible. We should
plan the different fruits where the SOIL
j. Congenlal. As rule. the stone
fruits. Like t'le peach ard cherry. like
a fairly SANDY warm soil while the
plome fruits. such as the apple and
pear. demand i heavier type ~ soil. In
any ease TIN soil for the home orchard
should Havr thu three essentials. good
drainage. GOOD texture and fair fer
THY
Choosing Varieties.
In choosing varieties for the homo
orchard. one should rot select the
same varieties tia h. would for com
mereiN planting The home fruit
grower raises fruit for pleasure and
for eating market value - not of con
corn This Is Important because some
varieties are good Tor the market. but
very poor Tor nome use The CONNER.
cial grower nigh, make more money
out OF the Ren Davis apple, but the
Grimes or Jonathan are much better
tor home use In the first place So
lect varieties that thrive in your To-
cality and Sive preference 10 varie.
ties OF high quality. Good culture can
not atone in the future for the selec
ton of poor varieties, and. for this
reason II Is important 10 select va
rieties OF high quality AZ the begn
ming Another factor to consider in
the varieties for the home orchard is
choosing the varieties that suit your
special taste Each planter viii have
TO decide these things for himself IL
in doubt as to the varieties best SUIT
ed to your locality and tastes send to
the Arkansas Experiment Station for
Bulletin ll6
Selecting Nursery Stock
One cannot be- too careful in select.
ing NURSERY stock for homo planting
The common mistakes made are 80
Iecting cheap trees and ordering from
unreliable nurseries Cheap trees are
poor economy and are very apt To h.
untrue 10 name. They are expensive
reliable nursery must be- expected 10
cost more than poor trees from poor.
Is managed nursery Patronl7e a
nearby nursery other hing being
equal 81 that YOU viii BE- able To "a
ard inspect lie ,stck Yourself before
buying
Planting
The ground FOR The orchard should
be as We'll II not better pr pared than
for any farm crop FAN and winter
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conditions @e have to deal with In
this state. Thi, enables the tree to
set we'll established before spring and
there i. less danger OF damage by the
summer drought Severe losses can
often be prevented by the proper treat.
ment of the trees nj the time OF plant.
ms Cut of the bruised and broken
ends of ROOFS and thin out the crowd.
ing and interlacing ones. \ large
part Of the root surface has been cut
OF at the time of digging and to meet
this loss the top should be cut back
one.third TO one.half In planting. too
much care cannot be given in placing
the trees in a permanent position. As
a rule. trees are planted in squares.
locating the position OF the tree by
measure or by sighting. After the To-
cations OF the trees ara found. il X
we'll to use a common planting board.
which consists OF a small hoard about
five feet long. with notch in either
end and a notch in the middle The
middle notch is placed At the stake
where the tree is to be planted and
other stakes are driven in the notches
at the end Then the planting board
is taken away and the hole dug Then
the board is placed back in the posi-
ton and this locates the position OF
the tree while planting and insures
straight rows II very impervious
subsoil is found. perhaps Il little dyna-
mite could be used TO advantage. In
most locations. however, dynamite
will not be necessary.