The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-03-18
GROW YOUR OWN FRUIT
Starting The Home Orchard; How
To Plant And Care For The Young
Trees So As To Get \ Strong.
Early Growth.

This is the second article in Mr.
Rockwell's series telling how to have
an abundance of apples, peaches, anC
other tree fruits and small fruits
from a small space. Watch for neN1
weeks articles tell how TO have rasp
berries this season from plants sci
this spring.
Last week We talked about the Sc
/ lection of varieties of apples, peach-
| IS. pears, plums and cherries, FOR 4
! small home orchard. Also, of the
/ Vital necessity of getting your plants
| from well established. dependahle
! firm, whether You buy from an agent
/ or by mail.
Now comes the next step:-the lm-
! pOrtant one of preparing for your
! little trees, and planting them-
! This part of the making of your
| orchard is in your own hands. Inc
nurseryman of whom you bought,
! may have sent you good trees and
he Lord may send you good grow
ing season. but unless you plant your
! trees with reasonable care. disap-
pointing failure is likely TO be the re
suit. Every good thing is worth
some effort; and good home or
chard is such q very good thing. that
it's worth a hundred times over, the
effort needed to make sure OF us
success at the start.
The First Step coward msurins
SUCCESS
It's not necessary to wait untll
YOUR trees are actually received be
fore beginning preparations 10 start
OF right.
TIL first thing is TO make ready the
places where they are to go. An ap-
p(o Tree will require Il space ~ 10
80 feet in diameter; a peach 10 10
% feet; pears. plums. dwarf apples
and cherries about the same.
Perhaps the commonest mistake
in planting trees is in failing TO pre-
pare Il large enough space 1or th'
Roots. Very often. all that is done
is TO dig out small hole, just Dig
enough and deep enough to take the
roots even when they are bent ana
curled around. In many soils, such
:, hole will act almost like pot or
tub. and after year or tWo's growth
practically all the roots will be still
confined within it.
The proper way is to dig space
several feet in diameter, just as you
would prepare a bed for plahtinS
seeds. Then in the center oil thlS
dig out q hole large enough 10 take
fh,. roots of the tree 10 be planted
In their natural position. This Will
not require Il very big hole. because
any long struggling roots the trees
NAV have should be pruned back, pc
fore planting. to conform with the
rest. And any broken, bruised or
rough-looking roots should be cut
back to clean. live wood.
Trees.-like vegetables or flowers.
must be provided with soil that Is
we'll enriched. if you would nave
them make thrifty growth. Well
rotted manure. thoroughly mixed
with. the soil where the trees are 10
be set makes a good preparation for
nlanting. Wood-ashes, which con-
lain q considerable amount of pot
ash-one of the plant foods ,m2st
no used generously, if available. Two
or three handfulls of bone meal, 10
each tree may be added at the time
of planting. The bone meal VIII
helm their growth for two or three
wears after planting.
How To Take Care OF Your Trees
When YOu First Receive Them
Many trees are injured between
The time they are first received from
the express company or the nursery
agent and the time they are set out.
Keen in mind that your trees are
living Plants. even though they may
he in a dormant condition. ana
not like seeds or bulbs.
The first thing to do therefore,
when your trees reach you, is 10 keep
the roots from drying out. Unpack
them at once; remove glndlngs, anu
heel them in" This consists
merely of digging trench foot ana