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PLAi!TTI2s^G BETWEEN TKEES. 



When one is planting a new apple orchard, we think he can scarcely' 

 do better than to plant the spaces between the trees with the bush fruits, 

 raspberries, blackberries and currents, as the cultivation given these fruits 

 will also be such as is best adapted to apple trees, and w^e would saj to 

 pear trees also. 



The manuring given the small fruits to keep them thrifty and pro- 

 ductive will not be too much for the best growth of the trees, and will 

 not make too rank a growth of wood, as might be the case if root crops 

 were put in and heavily manured, while the plants will not rob the tree 

 roots of moisture or keep the ground between the rows too much shaded 

 and too cool, as would a grain crop. 



A number of good crops of these berries could be taken before it 

 would be necessary to remove them, or before the trees would get in 

 bearing and occupy the whole land. In fact, we have seen them after 

 the trees were quite large, and when a part of them were much shaded 

 by the trees, and the owner liked it because, as he said, it prolonged the 

 season of bearing for the small fruits, those in the shade being made 

 nearly two weeks later by their position. They w^ere kept well manured, 

 enough being put on for them and for the trees, and the grass and weeds 

 were kept dowm. — Am. Cultivator. 



HISTOEY OF THE YORK IMPERIAL. 



During forty years of fruit culture I have become familiar with the 

 characteristics of many varieties of fruits, and of no one has there been a 

 greater diversity of opinion than the apple generally known as the York 

 Imperial. This variety originated in the neighborhood of York, Pa., 

 and was introduced by Jonathan Jessop early in the nineteenth century. 



Mr. Jessop was born in Xorth Carolina in 1711, being the son of 

 Thomas Jessop and Ann Matthews, Quakers. 



He established the first nursery in York county and was the first 

 fruit grower to recognize the value of the York Imperial. This was a 

 chance seedling on the farm of a Mr. Johnson, and for several years after 



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