160 TKANSACTIONS OP THE HORTICULTURAL 



covering, with care, and the loose earth about the roots. Lift the 

 tree to nearly an upright position, and with a cord fasten to a stake 

 driven firmly in the ground. Put a paper padding around the tree, 

 under the cord, to prevent corrosion. 



A good workman in this way will secure twenty trees in a day, — 

 enough for the use of a family. Last fall I laid down six, two of 

 them were too young to produce fruit, four are bearing, and these 

 are heavily loaded. 1 have passed my seventy-fifth winter, and can 

 still secure ten trees in a day. 



■I^The peach is one of our best, most delicious and health-giving 

 fruits. The tree, aside from its bloom and fruit, is not a desirable one. 



APPLE AXD STRAWBERRY-GROWING OX THE SAME LAND. 



BY A. H. GASTON, LACON. 



\3The apple and strawberry, at this time, have the greatest com- 

 mercial value of ativ two fruits grown in Illinois. Their extended 

 production should demand our special attention. 



We will commence with one acre, then it can be multiplied by 

 ten, fifty, or one hundred acres, to suit the planters. The land 

 snould be dry and rich enough to raise corn or vegetables, and well 

 fenced with lath and wire fence, in order that fowls, stock of all 

 kinds and rabbits may be kept out. Plow the land deep, and harrow 

 well; select a northern or western exposure, if possible. 



Plant the land first to strawberries, putting the rows four feet 

 apart; then, set the plants from two to three feet apart in the rows. 

 Then set every eighth row to apple trees, putting the trees sixteen 

 feet apart in the rows. This will put about eighty trees to the acre. 

 When the apple trees are three or four years planted, take one ring 

 of bark, one inch wide, from the stem of every other apple tree, 

 some time in the month of June. This operation will check its growth 

 and bring it into early bearing. Serve in the same way each year, 

 and in the course of ten or fifteen years it will have exhausted its 

 strength, and should be cut away when the other half of the trees 

 will require all of the ground, making them thirty-two feet apart 

 each way. 



To make apple and strawberry growing a success, very much 

 depends on the varieties planted. From the experience and observa- 

 tions that we have had in strawberry growing, we would recommend 

 planters to plant of the old varieties. Crescent Seedling, poUenized 

 with Cumberland Triumph, Sharpless, Glendale, Lacon or Wilson's 

 Albany. Among the more modern or later introduced varieties, we 

 would recommend Bubach's No. 5, pollenized with Buhach's No. 132, 

 for family use or the home market. For shipping, Warfield's No. 2 

 is now very promising. There are two new seedling strawberries 

 that originated at Lacon, Illinois, which were exhibited at the last 



