Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-13

Have you home orchard? If not,
what do you expect to do about II?
!, Dietitians tell us that the acids
and mineral salts whict fruits con-
lain are essential to the welfare of
the human body. These statements
apply to both the young and the old.
/. Undoubtedly. if we would reduce
the amount of meat in our daily ra-
ton and increase the consumption Of
fruit, we would be healthier and bet
ter off in all respects; not because
fruit would supply us with so much
cheaper food, but because we might
derive from it more easily digested
sand essential elements than we obtain
EDITION thereto, there would be much
sless likelihood of toxic poisons de-
veloping in the system.
The orchard should constitute an
important feature in association
with every farm home. Statistics
show that the great majority of our
farmers do not possess a satisfac-
tory orchard; hence, the family is
being aenied an essential part of the
dietary to which it is entitled.
The community in general suffers
on account or the lack of an adequate
number of home orchards. Towns
and cities can not be supplied with
amy surplus of fruits, and SO we
continue to consume thirty-f1ve per
cent of meat in our daily diet; where
as, this quantity should be reduced
for health and efficiency's sake to
fifteen per cent.
An orchard is not difficult to es-
tablish, nor should it be such a very
costly undertaking. Even in these
days of high prices from fifty to
seventy-five dollars will purchase a
sufficient number of trees to provide
the family with all the different va
rieties of fruit adapted to the par
"a in JUbj ri
1t resides.
If. this orchard is given proper
care and attention, there will be a
surplus for sale. This might very
appropriately be "iven to the chill
,dren on the farm. Let the boys and
girls care for the home orchard and
be partners in the revenue obtained
therefrom. This will stimulate their
interest in horticulture; offer them
a reward for the time and effort de-
caring for the trees, and tend to
make life in the open country more
attractive to them.
From any point of view, the farm
er can make no better investment
han in the establishment of an or
chard The area selected should or
dinarily be about one acre in extent.
It should be relatively high and we'll
drained. The richer the land the
better.
The site selected should be free
from grass and stubble and the
ground should be turned this month
if possible. Planting should be done
as soon as the leaves fall. If the
land is thin, rye or rye and hairy
retch may be planted on it as
cover crop and turned under in the
early spring.
The young trees may need some
fertilizer in order to insure their
growing off vigorously. but not much
money need be expended in this di-
rection when the orchard is first set
out. The orchard should be given
good, clean cultivation and an at
tempt should not be made to grow
very much in the way of intertilled
crops between the trees unless he
land is very rich.
Those who want to make a begin
ming in the home orchard will find
that if strawberries are set out this
month";. they will become we'll estab-
,lished before cold weather sets in,
and one may count on a light yield
the next spring. This crop will re-
spond to the enrichment of the land
and to heavy coating of yard ma
nure before it is plowed.
Things to Avoid
One reason why many of the or
chards have failed is because the
proper varieties were not selected,
nor were they set out at the right
time or the correct distance apart.
A failure to prune has also resulted
in many orchards proving unprofit-
able, and the farmer who is not will
ing to spray Or worm his trees can
not hope for his investment in the
home orchard to prove a financial
success.
In Georgia we have three quite dis
tinct soil and climatic areas. Horti-
culturists have given much consd-
aration to determining the adapt
ability of various fruits to these
areas. So much work has been done
along this line that safe recommen-
1ations as to what ia select and plant
can now be made for the guidance of
he farmer. For the information of
rr readers these lists as prepared
Id approved by the horticultural di-
sion of the State College of Agri-
lture are printed below.
This constitutes expert and relia-
advice. It has taken a great deal
money and effort to gather this
attenuation together and cOllate it.
Any one who is interested in es-
.ablishing a home orchard in north.
middle or south Georgia should study
these recommendations very carefully
and be governed largely thereby. Keep
these lists in a convenient place ps
you Will need to refer to them often
n the near future.
Expert Advice
Varieties suitable for a one-acre
home orchard in North Georgia:
1st row: apple and 8 pear trees:
''arieties: . Yellow TranSp" rent and
Early Harvest apples: 1 Keiffer, l
TeConte and 1 Seckel pear. Set 80
feet apart.
I'd row: 7 apple trees. Varieties:
. Kinnard, 2 Rabun, Yates, and
Stayman. Set 80 feet apart.
Sd row: 7 apple trees, Varieties:
? Ferry. 2 Yates, 2 Winter Queen and
1 Stayman. Set go feet apart.
les; Carmen, 4 Mayfiower. and 4
Greensboro. Set IS feet apart.
5th row: peach ard pecan
trees. Varieties: 4 White English
end 8 Hiley peaches: 4 Stewart pc
cans. Set peach trees IS feet apart
and pecans 81 feet apart.
9Th row: II peach trees. Varie-
ties: 6 Elberta and Georgia Belle.
Set IS feet apart.
7th row: 4 plum, cherry and
figs. Varieties: 2 Wild Goose and ,
Abundance plums; Blackheart and
2 Early Richmond cherries; 3 Celes-
tial figs. Set IS feet apart.
Sth row: % grapes. Varieties: 8
Concord, Delaware and Dia-
mond. Set 10 feet Between rows and
81-2 feet in row.
9Th row: 16 grapes. Varieties: 7
Niagara, set 10 by 1-2 feet; 4
Scuppernong and 5 Thomas (musca-
dines), set 10 bq IS feet.
1Utb row: 10 blackDefrleS ana 10
'dewbcrries. Varieties: 8 Early Har-
vest and Erie blackberries. and Is
Lucretia dewberries.
18th and 18th rows: 500 strawber-
ries. Varieties: Aroma, Klondyke
Missionary and Lady Thompson. Set
. feet between the rows, and 18
inches in the row.
Varieties suitable for a one-acre
home orchard in middle Georgia:
list row: pear and 4 apple trees.
Varieties: l Keiffer; l LeConte and
Seckel pears; 2 yellow Transpar-
emit, 1 Horse, and l Early Harvest
apples. Set 80 feet apart.
End row: apple trees. Varieties:
Terry, 2 Winesap and Yates. Set