| Show 13 fl figl figi 1 va ON PEACH CULTURE BY LUTHER S hemenway read wore bea gre pre the domestic gardeners club oct ocl 27 1862 and anil adopted by unanimous vote the tile present year has added new assurances oe of the success of or peach culture in deseret des Dea eret the crop has been abundant on the tho bl higher her ber land crop in great reat salt lake city and many other ther 0 settlements and the quality all that could be reasonably expected from a collection of seedlings grown from ordinary fruit with but b ut few exception there is 13 certainly some very fery fine vari varl parities ties which are but little known b tr y the community and many more might be obtained by growing 1 the seed of the beet best thie teeg peach beach produces produce a from seed nearer the like of the parent than most moat other varieties of fruit oa on the lower land the peach has not usually done well and the cultivators hopes have been blighted by the frost of winter ni nipping his trees la Is the fault in the tree or the tite management it may be safely calculated that in nine cases out of ten it is in the lat ter the practice of taking the water from peach trees tha the last of august or early in september Is as unnatural to the gathre of the tree or ripening of the new wood as it would be to starve cattle through the fall fair to fit them for enduring the severity seventy of winter the peach will ripen its new wood and the leaves fall tall several weeks earlier arlier e if the gromad grouia ll is kept suitably y moist racist through the summer and fall there are peach trees in this city on land so low that water rises in the spring within a few inches of the surface and in a location on which many doubted three years ago ajo whether the apple could bo be grown the soil has been kept moist through the season to the present time and the trees have borne heavy crops of excellent fruit and bythe by the of the present month oct the leaves had bad commenced falling and the trees are now in excellent condition for producing a crop top r rop of fruit next year they witha withstood tood the hard winter two years ago as well as any on the tha bench land and came into bearing last year they were hardy hardys selected varieties there la is a system that might be adopted which would enable the cultivator to g ow peaches successfully on any passable good land in this valley that is not to strong of balts baits or gelover eaty peaty and where water can be kept one foot below the surface in the spring and two feet in the summer and fall it is simply to ang procure bips pips tips from the beat early varieties and plant them em in the usual way early in the spring on low land cultivate the ground well and keep it moist through the summer and fall tall be careful not to flood the surface in irrigating as that is always injurious to the young plants they thay thay they should have a free exposure to the sun and air and not be sheltered by corn or other tall growing crops or orchard trees tree s from the fall winds the following spring select for transplant transplants Fg g those that have stood the winter without the to tops 5 being baing killed or that have been red ired the t g e least they will show a marked difference in their hardiness the more knore tender trees may be budded with the plum and apricot the object in planting the seed on low land i ia to more fully prove the hardiness of 0 each plant p ant hardy varieties migi t be obtained in this way worthy of general cultivation in transplanting the trees on low land it would ia to well to plow the land so as to form ridges four or six inches laches above the general level or surface gurvace to set the trees in A good deal of care should be observed not to injure the roots any more than necessary in taking the trees up from the nursery protect them from drying till set the fibrous roots are soon destroyed b exposure and success in setting greatly depends on their preservation cut the trees back one third and only let as many shoots grow as are necessary to form the top the young wood will not mature as well it too miny are left to grow an objection might be made to the low land on account of its being bl eina elna more subject to late spring frosts but Ls I 1 should oula ouia be remembered that trees would put forth their blossoms in about a correspond corresponding rig ng lateness and on that account there is no serious objection trees that have been planted out several K years ears earb and have been subject to winter killing killin had bad d better be discarded and young har bar hardy tl eeb ees set in their place the roots of tze the peach do not strike down so eo deeply as the apple appie and many other fruit treesa trees and therefore are sooner affected by droith th and especially on the low lands their main roots run very ner ne tr the surface and therefore are often in a famished state when the tha unobserving cultivator has hab not the slightest slig elig hest conception of their condition there is quite a large portion of this city on which the culture of the riach baach has been tried and abandoned and the humble umble occupants have made up their minds to buy their peaches or do without when with a little labor directed in the right channel they would be blessed with a plenty and have to spare we see the trees planted out about their buildings in ground that is not cultivated or if it is ever stirred it is boon soon packed again nearly as hard as stone it if a portion of the garden is set off for them the maxim ma aim is they do not want irritation pation ration in this part of the city especially in the latter part of summer and tb the tha e fall i the trees become e me a almost most an evergreen nature is retarded from performing her work in her own proper time the leaves show no signs of approaching winter by their silvery hue bue until severe frost or winter has set in WHAT JUTE IS the jute ilant plant is scientifically termed cor churus copse atis aris and belongs to the family of Tili acma or linden trees generally lofty ornamental na and well suited for avenues and parke it is a native of the warmer parts of india and is cuil culL cultivated dated bated in bengal to an enormous extent it is an annual growing from twelve to fourteen feet in height its flowers resemble those of the linden or lime tree its fabre fibre contained in its bark birk a characteristic of all the plants of this order is long fine and ofa of a satiny lustre it is obtained by macenat ing the plant in water and is used tor for makin making cordage gunny bags and eien paper tiles these e bags may be seen as covers tor for east india rice and sugar in england it ia is mixed with hemp also with silk in the manufacture of cheap satins gatins imported into this market and ana as the foundation of low priced carpets which are also imported into the united states it cannot possibly be detected in the satin fabrics where it constitutes a part the great objection abjection to it as cordage is that it will not withstand exposure to wet weather nor will cotton for that matter by what process it is to be made equal to that staple is not apparent but we notice there is claimed for it the advantage of an unlimited supply at a reasonable price that it can be worked alone or mixed with wool cotton flax silk and alpaca and that it takes all colors the newest and most delicate thou though b we have rit nt the j jute jufe u e we ha have bare ve one of its re relations lations the lime or lin linden a en white or bass basa wood tree one of the most beautiful in our forests we could doubtless interest our readers in its history hi story atory character uses and localities but the point which it has in connection with jute is that the cellular integument of the bark separated from the epidermis when ma ia in water is convertible into linea lines and ropes rones ronea and was so tied ti ed by the gemni lenawee indians in rusia the linden furnishes the well known article called bast of 0 which mats are made formin forming an article oe of commerce fourteen millions of these are bald said to be exported annually from archangel and other russian ports to G eat britain this material can be ob obtained tined from the american species and would find a ready sale salo with our nurseryman nurserymen nursery men and gardeners who use these mats in their business to cover p ants and trees for transportation new york sun EVERGREEN TREES i the neua neva england farmer says evergreens Ever greens are always in leaf and it is therefore etore important in planting to secure a tv quick gulck ic k action of the roots f in order to sustain the f foliage earl eari early y in the spring the ground is cold and wet and the roots cannot take hold and therefore sharp drying winds are very likely to exhaust the tree of all its jaicks before a new supply can be furnished late fall planting is still worse for the roots remain dormant a much longer time and evaporation from the leaves ie is going on to some extent throughout hout the winter id ij may alay and june the ground becomes warm the roots are ready for action and consequently the time is favorable for removal but the conditions condit conditi inns nils are even more favorule favor ble in august antl anil september at this season the ground is thoi warmed through and as 29 the nights begin to be cool and dewy the earth gives aa as it were a gentle bottom heat it is surprising in to fini gin fin 1 with what readi readiness and vigor the roots now act often showing ig signs of growth within three days af aber er planting there is ahn additional advantage over may alay that the tree has made all its growth for the season and early matured its wood so that it is not I 1 in need seed of such a fuli full flow of sap as n nii nil h n be you young rigg growth th is starting or is succulent and the he plant ant anz t h has as need of all its enere energies les ies during the tile autumn ut i months the earth being warme warmer r than the atmosphere while the wood is sim bim simply p I 1 maturing maturin g not gi owing growing the roots on me tle contrary are in vigorous action altion and will wiil insure strength to r the succeeding winter and also the best beat possible condition for bub growth AN IN barley the ritas correspondent at the oakland fair communicates the following an experiment made in the cultivation of barley by mr linden nedr near oakland ma may y have an interest for many farmers instead d of sowing the grain broadcast lie he dropped it while sloughing ploughing hing into every third furrow and covered it with the plough the grain was as thus buried about five it iches inches deep and alad there may have been 25 grains to a running g foot the furrow as 0 igi nally cut was wa s about a foot wide but the grain was crowded away from the plough so that all the tile sprouts came up within a breadth of six inches inched the between the rows was nearly three feet the ile planting pl antins was done in november in the middle of december when aben the green spears were appearing at he the surface the field was harro harrowed ved twice in the middle of january the field was tilled with nith aith alth the cultivator and in march it was hoed hoea carefully at harvest time timeo the stalks were very high and the grain had spooled out to such an extent that to a person looking over the field the rows were scarce ly visible the beads standing as close together as in fields sown gown broadcast there was less than half an acre but it yielded ibs iba of grain equivalent to lbs ibs or bushels per acre barley cam can be planted platted in this manner in weather veather too wet for sowing bowing only about half the quantity of seed is required and the stalks are stronger I 1 and in much less danger of belne beine blown down than it if sown broadcast wherever grain is planted alongside of crops ploughed sloughed hed duning during the bummer summer it is observed that the grain immediately adjoining t the 11 e plough ploughed hed e d land is more thrifty than elsewhere FLAX SEED A gentleman who has lately returned from the west reports to the boston commercial bulletin that the crop of linseed is very large this year probably quadruple any previous year in ohio although in the vicinity of st louis it is not more than double doable for the reason not procure seed enough to supply their wants at planting time the high I 1 price of linseed last spring tpring and the low prices of corn in consequence of the rebellion cutt cutting g I 1 off the southern markets is the cause of his this bis great increase the present high price of 0 calcutta will cause farmers to rush into market marl mari ret set and as the western crushers contracted last spring for all they can now pay for a large proportion of the crop will find its way eastward already large sales have been made for delivery in new york during september at about sl 1 85 83 without bags the crop of ohio is now estimated at a million bushels and if the rebellion continues the west will in another year produce linseed enough to supply the united states and have a surplus for exportation the imports el of late alte ite years into boston and new york from the east indies were two or three million bushels TOOK ANOTHER ROUTE where are you going said gaid a young gentleman lo 10 an elderly one in a white cravat whom whoa he ovir overtook took a few miles from chicago 1 I am going to heaven my son I 1 have been on my way tor for twenty years well good bye old fellow if you have been traveling toward heaven twenty years and got no ro nearer it than chicago ill take another route |
