The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Lime on Orchard 
Is lime spread on an apple orchard 
injurious to the apple trees? c. M. D. 
Shokan, N. Y. 
A moderate coat of lime in an apple 
orchard will not injure the trees, nor 
will it do them any particular good. 
After using lime for many years we are 
convinced that the trees seldom need it— 
that is, on average soil. The apple tree 
seems to do its best in soil that is slightly 
acid. If you expect to grow cover crops 
like clover in the orchard, it will be 
necessary to use lime in order to have 
these crops thrive, but unless they are 
grown we doubt the profit in liming an 
orchard. To scatter lime on top of an 
old orchard soil would not be profitable 
at present prices for lime. The money 
spent in chemicals would pay better. 
Planting an Asparagus Bed 
Formerly it was customary to trench 
the land for planting asparagus, but 
trenching is very expensive, and, further¬ 
more. it has been proved to be entirely 
unnecessary. In sandy soils containing 
but little humus, trenching has proven a 
positive detriment. Asparagus will grow 
on most soils if not too wet, and will yield 
good crops on stiff clay soils, but for the 
production of marketable sprouts a good, 
well-drained sandy loam is to be pre¬ 
ferred. both for earliness and ease of 
working. The lay of the land lias much 
to do with the success of asparagus cul¬ 
ture. A noted writer on the subject gives 
the three following rules for guidance in 
selecting a location for an asparagus plan¬ 
tation : 
1. One should choose, in reference to 
ground characteristics, open, free-lying 
land, protected to the north and east, of 
gradual slope, free from trees and shrub¬ 
bery. 
2. The field should be exposed to the 
rays of the sun all day long. Therefore 
a Southern exposure is desirable; or, if 
that is not obtainable, a southeasterly or 
southwesterly slope, because either east, 
west or north exposures will cause shad¬ 
ows during a greater or lees portion of the 
day. 
3. Standing stagnant ground water, 
which cannot be drawn off by drainage, 
is to be avoided. The requirements of 
the plants demand a somewhat damp sub¬ 
soil. but not too high ground water. 
So it will be seen that not too porous, 
but a well-drained, deep sandy loam, un¬ 
derlaid with a clay subsoil, is well adapt¬ 
ed to the production of this crop, and is 
altogether preferable to any other. In 
the preparation of the soil, it should be 
well manured with rotted stable manure 
and plowed deeply. It is better to spread 
the manure broadcast and plow it under. 
After plowing the land should be thor¬ 
oughly harrowed and put in the best 
possible mechanical condition. 
Spring is the best time for planting, as 
the roots will bear transplanting with 
much less injury than when planted in 
the Fall. Fall planting is always at¬ 
tended with more or less hazard, as the 
broken roots often decay clear back to the 
crown, endangering the life of the plant. 
Many will die outright from this cause, 
and many that do live will be so weakened 
by loss of more or less of the root system 
that they scarcely live through the first 
year. 
As stated above, the ground should be 
well manured, broadcast with rotted sta¬ 
ble manure, and the ground plowed deep 
as early as it is in good workable condi¬ 
tion. After being brought to the best pos¬ 
sible mechanical condition, rows should be 
marked off and opened with a two-horse 
plow, and to a depth of eight to 10 inches, 
according to the nature of the soil. As 
to the distance the rows should be apart 
is a matter upon which growers do not 
seem to be able to agree altogether. In 
general practice the rows are from four 
to six feet apart, and the plants 18 to 24 
inches apart in the row. Some growers 
(laim better sprouts are obtained when 
the rows are five to six feet apart, and the 
plants three to 314 feet apart in the rows 
than when less space is allowed between ' 
the rows and plants. 
A noted French authority says, when 
planted in the field the plants should be 
3'i feet from each other and the rows 
four feet apart. Whatever may be the 
distance, the crop is about the same, but 
the closely crowded plants produce late I 
and sprouts of inferior size and quality, 
which means slow sale and low price. 
For example, a well-established five-year- 
old bed. when well cared for. should for 
Hie next 10 years or longer yield 1.800 to 
2.000 bunches per acre per annum. It is 
readily seen that the gains will be consid¬ 
erable if a larger part of the crop is of 
first size and quality. K. 
Once in a while the choirs get back 
at the minister. In a Connecticut church 
tin* other Sunday morning the minister 
announced, just after the choir had sung 
its anthem, as his text. “Now when the 
uproar had ceased.” The singers bided 
their time patiently and, when the ser- 
mon was over, rose and rendered in most 
melodious fashion another anthem begin¬ 
ning. “Now it is high time to awake after 
sleep.”—The Oougregatioualist. 
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