1 TO 
THE RURAIi NEW-YORKER 
February 8, 
GIRDLING PEAR TREES. 
Noting accounts from readers of 
The R. N.-Y. giving varied results 
from girdling apple and pear trees, my 
own experience will be related. This 
will be limited to pears, since apples are 
not planted to an appreciable extent on 
the black, waxy prairies of North 
Texas. Out of about a dozen pear trees 
on the home place, five of them bore no 
fruit, though varying in age from seven 
to 12 years. Some of my horticultural 
friends recommended peeling strips of 
bark two feet in length and an inch in 
width from the stems of the trees, leav¬ 
ing _an inch between the strips so re¬ 
moved. Others suggested girdling in 
June by sawing a seam through the 
bark all around the tree, the width of 
this seam or girdle to be only that of 
the cut made by the saw blade. 
A trial was made of both modes; but 
since our dry season sometimes begins 
with early Summer, fears were enter¬ 
tained that the bark would not heal in 
event dry weather should immediately 
follow the girdling process. So, waiting 
until the trees had flowered again and 
set no fruit, strips of bark were taken 
from two of them going all around the 
trunks at the intervals recommended. 
Two other very handsome trees were 
girdled, but in abundance of caution the 
girdles were cut in spiral form with 
ends overlapping instead of meeting and 
forming a ring. The fifth tree was sub¬ 
jected to both treatments, without in¬ 
jury. The varieties were LeConte, 
Kieffers, Garber and Seckel. All these 
trees fruited the next year, and have 
since borne as regularly as other trees. 
The work was done in May. 
Another instance: On visiting an old 
acquaintance in another county five 
years ago, he called attention to two 
rows of pear trees extending across his 
orchard, near a hundred in number. 
These trees were seven years old, 
mainly Kieffers, were well grown and 
had received the best of care. Still the 
owner assured me that not one of them 
had ever borne a pear, and he was 
thinking seriously of having them cut 
down, although at the time of my visit 
they were in a glory of flowers. On 
telling my experience with strips of 
bark and spiral girdles, he at once had 
me show how the work was done. Al¬ 
ready impatient with the tardiness of 
his trees, he caused every one of them 
to be operated upon that same day, 
using both methods. A few months 
thereafter he reported an excellent crop 
of pears from the flowers that were on 
the trees when the work was done. 
Though rather improbable, it is still 
possible that all these trees might have 
begun bearing when they did without 
the treatment described. 
On my own trees new bark formed 
where the strip' of bark were removed, 
except in a few places where the strips 
were two inches instead of one inch in 
width. Trees are not at all endangered 
by the processes described, and if any 
readers of The R. N.-Y. should see fit 
to give them a trial, it is to be hoped 
the results will be reported. It is worth 
something to be entirely on the safe 
side; and if barren trees can be made 
productive without risk, a good point is 
gained. Accompanying illustration, Fig. 
56, will convey a fair idea of the man¬ 
ner of doing the work. 
Texas. chas. l. edwards. 
Vetch in Goat Pasture, 
M. O., Fishkill-on-IJudson, N. Y .—I have 
a goat pasture, one-half on a gradual slope, 
the remainder level. On the level portion 
I dug an ice pond 50x100x5 feet, dumping 
the sand and loam in the low places, and 
gradually grading up from the pond. In 
doing this I covered up a heavy sod of 
Orchard grass. The rains wash it badly 
and this weather you sink down to the 
sod in walking over it in some places as 
much as eight inches. It is a regular quag¬ 
mire. Can I plant in the Spring Hairy, 
Sand or Winter vetch, or would you ad¬ 
vise Spring vetch? I wish to retain this 
land as a pasture and not cut the crop. 
Will it renew itself year after year? 
A ns.—W e should not try the vetches 
on this small place. Get a good mixture 
of pasture grasses from a seedsman and 
sow it early on this muddy spot. A 
light seeding of oats may be used with 
the grass. Keep the stock off until this 
seeding makes a fair start. 
Fruit on Stony Ground. 
8. B .—I wish to plant grapes, quinces, 
and cherries, possibly crab apples, on rough 
stony ground that is rather wot in the 
wet season (not enough to require drain¬ 
ing). Will you inform me of your views 
on such a matter? In France grapes do 
well on rocky lands, the theory (I be¬ 
lieve) being that the stones absorb heat 
from the sun during the day and hold it 
during the chilly night. 
Ans. —The grape never does well on 
land that is wet, neither will it endure 
severe drought. The inquirer suggests 
that his land that he desires to plant 
is wet in the wet season. Such land 
is usually at the other extreme in a 
dry one. Too many acres are already 
planted to grapes that is decidedly un¬ 
fit by reason of wetness, and in nearly 
every vineyard of which I have knowl¬ 
edge they are financial failures. The 
first requisite for a vineyard is good 
drainage. With this the character or 
type of the soil becomes a secondary 
consideration, although for myself I 
prefer a rather fine textured one, this 
largely for the reason that cultivation 
is facilitated. Many fine vineyards have 
been grown in past years upon soils 
that are decidedly rocky. This is 
especially the case in certain sections 
of the Hudson Valley. So far as ob¬ 
taining appreciable benefit from the heat 
absorbed and liberated by the rocks 
this is more theory than fact. A well 
drained and tilled soil will furnish the 
required heat. f. e. gladwin. 
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