The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-01-05
GET BEHIND THE
ORCHARD MOVEMENT
Prune. Spray, Worm, Cslsiv.t. and
Pl.nt-A'k Your County Assn.
About Orchard Week"

one thing that farmers should bear in
mind. The orchard requires attention
and must receive such, eise all trees
and vines put out will soon be 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 q fair trial and see
the results. The methods Of caring for
an orchard are indeed simple and in
expensive and any farJner in the
state who is not thoroughly familiar
with the methods, will get IN touch
with the county agent OF drop him a
card and ask for information. this
will be gladly given. The profits will
greatly exceed the expense.
The work to be done this fall and
winter can DE summed up briefly as
follows
1. Select the site for the orchard,
which should be on an elevated Sec
tion, not high hill, but simply, as
the farmer would speak u it, little
knoll. This gives good abr, drainage
and also lessons the danger of frost.
2, Prepare the soil thoroughly be-
fore setting the trees. Break deep, fol-
low it with cutaway TO get the
soil as fine as possible. 1t is better to
10 this from two to four weeks before
the trees are set out. s
8. When setting the trees, if soil
IS not in good state of fertility, it
will be well to haul in little woods
earth to place about the roots. If this
.annot be secured, get little barn
yard manure and thoroughly incor-
porate with the soil, that is placed
around the roots. This will enable the
trees to grow faster the following
spring.
A. Be sure to dig holes in which
trees are placed deep enough to allow
trees to b about two hRchsg deeper in
the soil than they were in the nursry
row and wide enough To allow all
roots to spread out full length. .,s,..
5. Be sure to trim off all roots that
we're injured while removing from the
nursery row. Cut them off just back
Of the bruise, leaving a smooth cut.
This enables them to heal quicker and
also lessons the danger of diseases.
Also trim off all small branches and in
case Of peaches, cut them off from Is
to 18 inches above the ground apples
should be cut off about two feet above
the ground.
8. Give the trees the proper dis
tance. The observation-disclosures 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
wild and set three feet in drill; dew
berries are often planted 4x4 and
grapes 8x8.
2. The following varieties are rec
commended for the home orchard: Ap-
pies. Farley Sweet, Red June, Horse
Delicious, Terry, Yates, Winesap,
Staymen; Pears, Keiffer; Plum; Shi-
(ro, Abundance and Burbank; Cherry,
Montmorency and Early Richmond ;
Figs, Celeste and Magnolia; Peaches,
Mamie Ross, Carmen, Hiley, Belle of
Georgia, Elberta, Heath Cling and
Stinsons October; Pecans, Stuart and
Moore's Early, Lucille, Delaware, Nj
agara and Worden; Grape (musca-
dine) James, Thomas and Scupper-
nong; Strawberries, Klondyke and
Lady Thompson; Dewberries, Lucre-
tia; Blackberries, Eldorado.
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 well as other
things to eat at home.
Work on the old orchard should
begin at once, and should consist Of
thorough and careful spraying, prun-
ing, worming and cultivating. Why
these operations?
1. Pruning. Preserves the life,
health and vigor of the tree by re-
moving dead, and interfering
branches, concentrates 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 repelling
insect and disease attacks, and de-
creases the percent of decayed and
wormy fruit. However, it must be
clearly understood that different
pests require different sprays and
that the winter application of spray
is mainly for preserving the life of