Year: 1877

industry in King county. All
of the fruits common to the tenn
! perate zone can be profitably
grown in this locality. Persons
owning small farms within a
convenient distance of this city
will receive fair returns for
small fruits, always bearing in
mind that the varieties that
come to market in the best con-
dition bring the best prices.
Peaches will always bring good
prices in Seattle; only a small
per cent. of the persons engag-
ing in peach culture will sue
ceed, as all depends upon the
varieties of trees, kinds of soil,
methods of culture. If the kinds
which have been tested in this
county and found to contain the
desired flavor and appearance are
planted on fir soil, and the trees
severely pruned while young,
the soil being enriched and fire.
quently stirred, peaches will
prove a very remuneratlve crop.
Recently while looking at a
peach tree that was planted one
year ago last spring, and was
only one year from the bud at


the time of planting, the owner
remarked, "That little tree bore
two dozen peaches as large as
teacups last summer, and they
were as fine and juicy as any
ever grown in California" In
looking over the orchard we dis
covered some older peach trees
with a few yellow and curled
leaves - evidences Of disease.
Nearly all of the peach trees in
this county Of any age are simi-
larly affected. The remedy is
simple and effectual. When the
trees are very young prune them
severely; you cannot be too Sc
we're in your treatment Of them.
By pursuing this course peach
trees will reach a good old age,
instead of dying after bearing a
few crops of worthless fruit. =.


The staple fruit Of the world
is the apple. There is so little
difficulty in making apple trees
live in any Of our soils that many
simply set them out and allow
them to take care Of themselves.
AS well plant any other crop
and give it no further attention.
In inspecting the orchards in the
county one discovers that many
of the best varieties of the West
are inferior with us, while the
standard sorts of the East devel-
op like good qualities in our or
chards. Apples raised on our
fir lands are of much better fla
vor than the same kinds raised
on river bottom or swamp lands.
Good trees of one and two years
from the bud or graft are much
better at the same price, if prop.
erly cared for after planting:
than older ones. The matter o1
low or high heading has been
much discussed by able writers
on both sides. Low heading has
the advantage Of keeping the
trees near the ground, making
the labor Of gathering the fruit
and pruning comparatively easy


Some also contend, and We in.
cline to the opinion, that toe
much vitality is wasted in grow
ing a large trunk. On the 9th,
er hand it is claimed that where
high heading is practiced q
larger and better tree is the re.
suit, and that by allowing the
sun to strike the ground at the
base of the tree better fruit can
be grown. This method also ad


mits of driving close to the trees


After considering the advan


tages of both methods, we prac


tice low heading. The distance
apart in the orchard row is gov.
erned by circumstances. If the
object is to raise the most fruit
from the least space trees may
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