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RICHARD FEOTSCHER's ALMANAC AND GARDEN MA^•UiL 



Thiboueaux, La.^ will give additional 

 light on the cultivation of same.- -In 

 describing his experience with Teosiote, 

 he advises planting the seed in Febru- 

 ary, so as to have the plants up early 

 in March, as it takes some 14 or 20 days 

 for the seed to germinate. He prefers 

 planting in rows, as giving a heavier 

 crop than when in hills; and as its 

 growth during the 'first month is very 

 slow, he gives it a good hoeing for its 

 first cultivation, using only the plough 

 thereafter. 



He also advises cutting the stalks for 

 green food when about 4 feet high, and 

 specially recommends cutting them 

 close to the ground, as tending to make 

 a much heavier second growth than 

 vv^hen cut higher. His horses, mules 

 and caitle eat the stalks with great 

 avidity, leaving no part unconsumed, 

 and prefer it much to green Indian Corn 

 or Sorghum. 



Price, SI. 00 per lb. ; 30c. per + lb.. 15c 

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List of a Few Varieties of Acclimated Fruit Fiee^ 



SUITABLE FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



HOW TO PLANT T^EES 



Although there arc numerous books 

 and papers published on arboriculture, 

 giving necessary informations how to 

 plant trees, and yet I am so often asked 

 by some of my customers how to plant 

 and prepare the soil for fruit trees, I 

 deem it necessary to .-jive here some 

 short instructions. 



Make the ground thoroushly mellow at 

 least 15 inches deep, and ;^ or 4 feet wide 

 each v>'ay, if holes are to be dug ; thor- 

 ough plowing of entire plat is preferable 

 if it can be done. Prune the tree close ; 

 straighten out roots evenly, having the 

 tree standing the same depth it was in 



Xursery : work fine, mellow soil (but no 

 manure) among the roots, and when 

 they are all covered an inch or two, press 

 the soil very firmJy down with the foot 

 or a broad ended maul, after which fill 

 up evenly with loose soil, over which 

 place a mulch of rotten straw, or man- 

 ure, 3 or 4 inches deep, extending 3 feet 

 every way from the tree. "Whether the 

 mulch is put on or not, keep the soil well 

 cultivated about the tree. In this climate 

 all trees should be headed low and 

 leaned a little to the norrjiwest when 

 planted. 



DISTANCES APART TO PLANT TREES, Vlf^ES, ETC: 



Peaches. Plums. Standard Pears, 



Grapes, such as i3elaware, Ives Seed- 



Apricots, in light soil. 16 to 18 feet; in | ling, which are of slow growth, 6 to 8 



strong soil, 18 to 20 feet each way. 



Figs should be planted 20 to 2i feet 

 apart. 



Dwarf Pears, Quinces, etc.. 10 tn 15 feet 

 apart. 

 Japanese Persimmons, l.'i to 12 feet. 



feet apart each way. Thrifty growers, 

 like Concord, Triumj^h. Goethe, etc., 8 

 to 10 feet apart, 



Herbemont, Cynthiana, etc., which 

 are the most rapid growers. 12 feet apart 

 in rows S feet wide. 



DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING LE CONTE PEAR TREES 



Plant the tree ui:' to the collar in a larse 

 hole, fillins it with a rich loam in v.-hich 

 some fertilizer ha.s been mixed; press 

 the earth in firmly around the roots, 

 usins: water in dry 'weather; trim back 

 one-half of each year's growth till the 

 fourth year, then trim only in-growing 



and chafing liml<s with a view to spread- 

 ing the head. Plant thirty feet each way. 

 Clean culture and broad-cast manuring 

 are best. For best result? plant large 

 one yea?' trees, and only those growyz 

 from cuitiriqs. 



