The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-01-06
GET BEHIND THE
ORCHARD MOVEMENT
Prune, Spray, Worm, Cultivate And
Plant-Ask Your County Agent
About "Orchard Week.

is one thing that farmers should bear
in mind. The orchard requires at.
tention and must receive such, else
all trees and vines put out will soon
so like thousands of others have
done in the State, and all the farmer
gets for his labor and money put into
the trees is a case of disappointment.
We urge you to give the trees a fair
trial and see the results. Tie methods
of caring for an orchard are indeed
simple and inexpensive and any farm
er in the State, who is not thoroughly
familiar with the methods, will get in
touch with the county agent or drop
him a card and asking for the infor-
nation. This will be gladly gi ZEN. The
profits will greatly exceed the ex-
pense.
The work to be done this fall and
winter can be summed up briefly as
follows:
l. Select the site for the orchard,
which should be an elevated section,
not high hill, but simply, as the far
mer would speak of it, little knoll
This gives good air drainage and les.
sens the danger of frost.
2. Prepare the soil thoroughly be-
fore setting the trees. Break deep,
following with a cutaway in order to
get the soil as fine possible. 1t is bet
ter to do this from two to four weeks
before the trees are set out.
}. When setting the trees, if soil
is not in good state of fertility, it
will be well to haul a little woods earth
to place about the roots. If this cam
not be secured, get little barnyard
manure and thoroughly incorporate
with the soil that is placed around the
roots. This will enable the trees to
grow faster the following spring.
4. Be sure to dig the holes in which
the trees are placed deep enough to
allow trees to be about two inches
deeper than they were in the nursery
row and wide enough to allow all
roots to spread out full length.
5. Be sure to trim off roots that
were injured while removing from
the nursery row. Cut them off Just
back of the bruise, leaving smooth
cut. This enables them to heal quick
er and also lessons the danger of dis
eases. Also trinp~off small branches
and in case of peaches, cut them off
from 10 to 1S inches above the
ground, apples should be cut off about
two feet ahoya fbo ,-,o,,I
6. Give the trees the proper dis
tance. The following distances do
well for the home orchard; peaches,
IL feet each way; apples 80 feet each
way; pears same as apples; plums and
cherries 20 feet each way; blackber-
ries and dewberries make rows 5 feet
wide and set three feet in drill; dew
berries arc often plant AKA and cranes
8x8.
z. The following varieties are rec
commended for the home orchard: Ap-
pies, Red June, Horse, Early Harvest,
Staymen, LeConte, Bartlett and Seek
ell. Plums, Wild Goose, Climax and
Abundance. Cherries, Early Rich
mond. Peach, Mayfower, Green's
boro, Red Bird, Hileuy Belle, Carman,
Elberta, Old Nixon Free, Crowther's
Late. Blackberries, Early Harvest, FL
dorado and Wilson. Dewberries, Lu-
cretia. Grapes, Moore's Fairly, Lutte,
Lindley, Delaware, Niagara. Concord
and Brighton.
The outline given above is all that
is necessary to get the orchard start
ed. Let's have an orchard on every
farm, raise our fruit as we'll as other
things to eat at home.
Work on the old orchard should be-
gin at once, and should consist of
thorough and careful spraying, prun-
ing, worming and cultivating. Why
these operations?--
|. Pruning. Preserves the life,
health, and vigor of the tree by re-
moving dead, diseased and intcrfer-
ring branches, concentrate the growth
into the fruit forming branches and
encourages new wood growth in sup
port of the next crop of fruit.
2. Spraying. Safe guards and pro-
longs the life of the tree by rcpelling
insect and disease attacks, and de-
creases the per cent. of decayed and
wormy fruit. However, it must be
clearly understood that different pests
require differnt sprays and that the
winter application of spray is mainly
for preserving the life of the tree.
3. Worming. mo legs. nor horses,
no root no tree" Therefore the
worms that burrow into the roots of
the trees (the presence being indi-
Gated by sap exudation or jelly near
the ground in the peach and plum and
yellowing of the apple and pearl must
be dug and cut out as spraying does
not control this insect.
a. Cultivation. Aids in destroying
weeds and grass, reduces the harbor.