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to have them well planted, but doubly important to have them well cultivated afterwards. Enveloped in 

 weeds and grass, what plant can flourish? What tarmer would think for an instant of raising a crop of 

 Indian corn in the thick and tall grass of a meadow? Such an idea, he would at once say, would be prepos- 

 terous. We will say that it is not more impossible than 

 R****«^*^rsr*r«^**-*rrr*r**^****^*Trrr*rfrfrrrrr«i the idea of raising a thrifty orchard under the same treat- 

 U T,T 1 i. i 1 -11 «? ment. It is indispenisably nece.ssarv that the eround 



^ ,W^n7.ff".t-^.n7ft '^°"'''^ i Should be well cultivated to Obtain ffne fruit. Fr?m the 



g. mg to tai.e care or it. i neglect of this arises so much of the dissatisfaction of tree 



it***A**AA*******A****4.*^*.*****AA*A4.***********S planters. Give to your trees for a few years a clean, mel- 

 low and fertile soil, and they will bend under copious 

 loads of fine fruit, and yield to the cultivator his reward. One experiment only is enough to convince any- 

 one of the advantage of good culture. Dwarf pe^irs, more than any trees, require a deep, rich soil, and clean 

 cultivation. In cultivating, great care should be taken not to injure the trees by rubbing the bark off. The 

 best crops for an orchard are those requiring summer culture — such as potatoes, beans, etc. Winter crops 

 are little better than no culture. Rj'e is decidedly injurious if left to seed. 



Treatment of Trees Coming to Hand out of Season, 



It sometimes happens that trees are received in a frosted state; but if they are properly managed they 

 will not be injured by it. I^et the package be put, unopened in a cellar, or some such place — cool, but free 

 from frost — until it is perfectly thawed, when it can be unpacked, and either planted or placed in a trench 

 until convenient to plant. Trees received in the fall for 

 spring planting should at once be unpacked, and a trench «*^rfy*Trrf*Try*T*Tr*r*rTrr^y*?T**r»rfr*rf*T?*» 



dug in a rather dry, sheltered position, when the roots |j t^;»^ ^ ^i„„„ ..„ ti, i. j i.-u ^ 



should be well covered. So treated, they will be preserved E „ Jth^hrnl l.H K,?A u^'^'S'^'t?' ^^^I^i!" t 

 without the least injury until spring. If they should come t Z L fr-^, .Lh Hn^n." .^^'''^ "^ ^^^ t 

 to hand late in the spring, and appear much dried, plunge I ^^"^^5^ ^^^^ ^"^ ^""^ °^ f'-^^d ^o ^^"le. | 



the bundle into a pool of water, there to remain for «***aa******^******a***a**^**44«.*a«**A4***4i****s 

 twenty-four hours, or more if very much wilted. After 



this it should be unpacked, and the roots and half the stems should be buried in soil made quite wet by 

 watering; there let them remain until the bark expands to its natural fullness, when they may be taken up 

 and planted as before directed, and we will guarantee you a good reward for your labor. 



Distance for Planting. 



Standard apples 30 feet each way 



Standard pears and strong growing cherries 20 '• 



Standard plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines — 14 to 18 " " " 



Dwarf pears 10 to 12 " " " 



Grapes rows 10 to 16 feet apart, 7 to 16 feet in rows 



Raspberries and blackberries 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet apart 



Strawberries, for field culture 18 to 24 inches by 3 to 3^ feet apart 



Strawberries, for garden culture i to 2 feet apart 



Nvimber of Trees to an Acre. 



10 feet apart each way 435 



II 684 



1,210 



1,74: 



' . ---2,723 



4,840 



Rule— Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in the 

 rows, and the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill, which, divided into the num- 

 ber of feet in an acre, 43,560, will give the number of trees in an acre. 



A Word to tKe Farmers. 



Those farmers who have not had orchards of the leading kinds of fruit trees certainly are behind the 

 times and are every year losing chances of making farming not only a profitable, but also a .-pleasant oc- 

 cupation. Kvery farmer has experienced the feeling that he is doing the same thing day after day, year in 

 and year out. He has to wait until winter before he receives pay for his labor. The farmers need to revolu- 

 tionize this. They must attend more to fruit culture. It has many things to commend it. It breaks the 

 monotony of humdrum farm life; if properly managed, it makes an income for the farmer the year round. 



MaKe Friends 



of your trees. lyive in your orchard. Watch, love and nurse your trees. Then they will smile on you, and 

 even blush when you look at them, and bow down to you and say, "Come and lift from us this burden of 

 fruit; it is all yours — yours for the kind treatment you have given us." 



30 feet apart each way 

 25 



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10 



70 



8 



no 



6 



135 



5 



205 



4 



300 



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THE PEACH. 



In the peach excellence and beauty are combined, and if given the attention due it, there is no tree that 

 will give more delicious fruit. To the person who has tasted the luscious fruit, no words of praise are 

 needed to make him appreciate the value of same. 



There is no fruit tree that can make as cfuicK a return as the peacK. Give it reasonable atten- 

 tion and in three years from planting a fair crop, may be gathered, a few the second year, and the receipts 

 from a good orchard are something of importance. Sometimes it overloads its branches with fruit 

 requiring props, or far better for the owner who has the courage, to thin the fruit and gain better peaches 

 both in size and color, for which he will receive a much better price than the large quantity of small in- 

 ferior ones. 



Peaches will succeed on a great variety of soils. "Worn-out" land and poor sandy soils that would 

 require years of careful handling to produce a good crop of grain, can be readily utilized for peach land, 

 and is preferred to land that is stronger. Improve the land after the trees are set. 



Starting with such land, I would proceed by first plowing and pulverizing, then dig holes large 

 enough to accommodate the roots. Use the soil to cover the roots and tread firmly with the foot. Leave 

 three or four inches of the hole to be filled with well rotted manure or compo-st (if it contains wood ashes 

 all the better), then cover witk any soil. This will be enough fertilizer for the first year. Good cultivation 

 must follow or failure. will result., 



