Show the growth of trees we extract the following from the new england farmer which contains suggestions worthy of attention trees grow faster or slower according to the wetness and warmth of the season and richness of soil in which they are planted by looking at the stems and branches of trees it may be seen teen at once how much more trees grow in one year than in another in examining a white pine limb I 1 found the growth was as follows in 1851 the growth was small in 1852 much shorter 1853 v very ery iong long 1855 middling 1856 short 1857 io long iong log 1858 long an oak limb measured gave a length of four inches for 1856 ei eight 91 inches for 1857 seven inches for 1859 the stumps of trees show the same thing the giaino are wider or narrower as the season has been favorable or unfavorable the tho leaves of trees are larger or smaller as the season is wet ordry or dry in corn wheat and rye the influence of the season is attentively noticed but in trees we seldom stop to measure the extent of their growth or the increase of their size we feel no richer nor poorer for any influence the season may have anthem on them and yet a genial season promotes their growth as much as it does grass or grain in a genial season the fruit of trees is iq not only magnified me but multiplied by the rapid growth of 0 tre the branches in general a good grass year is a good tree year though not always a good fruit year the orchards and the woods are hard drinkers and enlarge their dimensions accordingly the growth of trees i s retarded or increased by the same causes which retard or increase the growth of grassis and grains if apple pear or cherry trees tire ara left to grow without manure or culture re they do not grow faster than indian corn treated in the same way weeds grasses and bushea bushes take away the moisture and nutritious particles of the soil just as they do from corn and rye in a word their growth is blasted bf asted nothing is is more common than for one tree or plant to blast another by abstracting its moisture and nourishment and by obstructing its light notice the little trees growing in the vicinity and shade of larger ones we W all know khow how quickly weeds and grasses blast indian corn by absorbing the moisture and manure of the surrounding soil if we wish therefore to raise an orchard in the tha shortest possible time we have only to treat it precisely pre C i 9 e ly as we do a cornfield the trees must have a nursery treatment until they attain to a middling in idd ling size size the trees should every year be with rich compost and kept well plowed and hoed they will then have hive nothing to impede their growth and will rapidly attain to a large size an orchard treated like an indian cornfield where fifty bushel bushels to the acre are expected would be none too well to experience the full benefit of the agricultural art as it may be known at the the present time under such a treatment they will attain to a greater size in in I 1 seven year years s than in twenty when they are left to themselves yeb vos in an ordinary soil to contend with weeds grasses and bushes of all descriptions mind it where you will those apple trees which grow near houses and barla baria where the soil is the richest of any part of the farm always grow rapidly yield fruit abundantly and of the largest bite site never be afraid of making the soil too rich the tha richest new now land has never been found too loo much so for fruit trees frees an any y I 1 land and which is good for indian corn rye and w wheat heat is good for an orchard of apple trees but avoid low wet clayey land or land adapted to marsh grasses it is neither congenial to the tree nor the fruit people are so much accustomed to seeing orchards grow in a slow way without manure manura or cultivation that they ar are e discouraged from planting them their patience is taxed too severely in general theysel they see bee the trees grow growing ingi inci or rather existing twenty or twenty five years before they attain even to a middling ize size whereas thrifty nursery trees three years of age set in i a genial soil may easily be made to lipit yield fruit iu in good quantity in four years more many trees in a genial soil grow as ra rapidly p idly as a indian corn they will show as great a length of stem in the same time if you wish to raise a large tree in a short pace nace of time you must give it as much food and drink as it wants in the same way thit that you raise a large calf or a large turkey drink especially is everything to a tree and nothing else should absorb it notwithstanding the apparent correctness of the theory above inculcated not to allow any manner of other vegetation grow la in an orchard we believe by proper careful tilling filling and abundant the orchard ground may be cultivated with profit not only to the he direct ary advantage of the owner but also with more or less benefit to the trees that is until they obtain efficient clent growth to nearly or quite shade the ground potatoes as we have before said are probably best suited for orchard ground grounds as they will bear well even tho thol partially obscured from the suns scorching rays and have a mellow in ing effect upon the soil or if preferred a few rows of strawberries might be planted between the rows of trees taking care always to have haie he the ground well but as soon coon as the trees begin to bear we should at once appropriate the whole soil of the orchard to the trees manually enriching and plow ing as above recommended on experience pence gence in warming with hot hoi air is the tille title of an essay lately read bedora the ilver urel ool yoo agricultural socio society strawberries were ripe at napa california april 20 |