DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE, &C 



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DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 

 OF FRUIT TREES, &c. 



We will commence by snting that all affectation of mystery by Horticulturalists is 

 mere chicanery. The operations of nature are uniform in the vegetable kingdom as in 

 [all her other works, and it only requires the exercise of a moderate portion of common. 



!' sense to comprehend her course. 

 Transplanting. — Spring is the season when we enjoy the most pleasure in rural pur- 

 suits, and it therefore has been adopted as the most general for transplantation. The fall 

 .however is much to be preferred, as it allows the ground to become settled durirg winter 

 land the roots start a fi-esh at the first opening of spring. In regard however to those 

 I Fruits obtained from warmer latitudes, it is necessary for us to consult climate, and we 

 Ihave therefoie come to the following conclusion. In localities south of New -York, the 

 fall is preferable for all trees — north of New-York, the fall is preferable only for the Apple, 

 Pear, Plum, Cherry, and other trees of northern latitudes, and the spring is to be pre- 

 ferred for the Peach, Apricot, Nectarine, and Almond. 



In planting, make the holes large, say 2^ feet square and the same depth; place the 

 surface mould aside by itself, and cast away the poisonous bottom mould as useless; mix 

 with the surface mould a portion of other rich mould and about four shovels full of well 

 rotted manure to each tree ; then spread a few inches of this compost at the bottom — place 

 the tree — fill in till the roots are covered and tread it well; then fiU up the rest without 

 treading, as it must be left loose to receive the rains ; after thus planted, water each tree 

 well and occasionally afterwards if the weather proves dry. 



In regard to distance Apples should be planted in orchards at a distance of 30 feet 

 Pears and Cherries, 20 to 25 feet, I'eaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Almonds and Plums, 

 10 feet. 



Culture. Asa general rule orchards should be kept in a cultivated state and receive 

 occasional manurings, and their produce will always be in proportion to such attention. 

 That manure which is decomposed and has lost its heat is to be preferred, and this 

 should he most plesiifully distributed in the immediate vicinity of each tree. 



The prnning of trees in open culture is necessary to a certain extent, but far less so 

 than often practiced. Nature, as a general rule, produces no greater development than 

 she is capable of sustaining. All that is really called for, therefore, is the occasional thin- 

 ning out of those branches which are so close as to prevent the sun from fully penetrating 

 or that might by friction injure each other. 



SOIL, (fee. 



For the Apple rich strong loamy lands are the most appropriate, and as the roots are 

 more horizontal than perpendicular, it does not require so deep a soil as the Pear. In 



I fact the Apple will succeed in any soil except a quicksand or a cold clay if the ground is 

 kept under cultivation and manured. — Those soils that possess a very considerable degree 



lof humidity, but are not ab.solutely wet, suit the Apple very well, whereas they would be 



I destructive to the Pear. 



ITIie Pear flourishes most on a deep rich soil that is comparatively light and porous 

 so as to allow a free filtration, and through which its perpendicular roots can easily pene- 



