Show I IFor For the Deseret Evening Newt New FRUITS OF UTAH AND THEIR CULTURE ARTICLE III Imagine not that now your trees are out no more care is necess necessary ry In real real- reality reality reality ity labor with them has hardly com com- com A very common error is the planting of small grain among trees Many ignore the existence of their or- or orchards orchards or orchards altogether Entire failure of all hopes of fruit is the result of this course People who persist in sowing grain among trees and expect them to thrive must remove by hand all aU that grows near them the ground around for sev sev- several several several eral feet should hould be kept clean and mel mel- melIo mel mel-Io Io i No vegetation should grow near enough a tree to rob it of its ita food or smother it The writer has often seen the ground between trees well cared for while in their immediate v vicinity all was weeds giving evidence of great ignorance or thoughtlessness Whatever is worth I doin doing at all is worth doing well Cul Cul- Culi Cultivators Cultivators Cultivators i of fruit should bear this in mind and if they are not going to be bekind bekind beI kind to what should be the especial ob- ob ob l of of care better let them alone save money and time Large numbers of fine trees are sit an If killed by watering over-watering Pol Foi the last three or four years rains and moisture e have increased very muc much Observing men have noticed this and governed themselves accordingly t wh while e many have overlooked this kept on flooding their trees the same as asin asin asin in time of drought Thousands of tree have been ruined by this treatment When the leaves of tr turn a whitish yellow dropping and and the tree assumes a sickly appear appear- appearance ance anee it is certain there is one of tw two things the matter matter-it matter it is either being watered over or is set too deep perhaps both The remedy for the first is to stop watering till the leaves assume their proper color The second evil inot i inot not so o easily overcome The best treat treat- treatment treatment treatment ment in inthis this case is to dig up the thedis- thedis dis eased tree and put a healthy one in it its place in a proper manner as her heretofore directed A zealous horticultural friend w was asked why it was waa that his trees grew so sowell sowell welland well and looked so much better than his His reply was that he often moistened the earth around them with witha a few drops of sweat The inference is easily drawn as to how this was wan effee- effee effected effected ted ted Many trees of good size have been killed by letting the water come in con con- contact contact tact with with them while irrigating The water water course course cours should be ker kept t a short die dis- distance dis distance tance away and so arranged as to let the water penetrate to the roots with with- without without without out coming in contact with the trunk of the tree Hoed crops can be placed among trees if kept a short distance away without injuring them A gentleman of San SanPete SanPete SanPete Pete County set out a nice nace sowed wheat in it the result was ac- ac according according ac according cording to his calculations that he lost more in the growth of his trees than the crop was worth werth after being thrashed A very prevalent error is trimming oft off the side limbs too high up before allow allow- allowing allowing allowing ing a top to form The top should be started low if a hardy strong early bearing tree is wanted A great variety of views are entertained as to the best time and manner of pruning Limbs that need removing should never be al- al allowed allowed al allowed lowed to attain a size sufficient to re- re require re require quire a saw for their removal The thumb and finger is all that is needed in ina ina ina a young orchard With these pinch oil o all shoots as they start where not ne- ne necessary ne necessary no cross limbs must be suffered to remain as it makes access unpleasant in gathering fruit as well as being in- in in injurious jurious ls otherwise The beet best time for pruning that I know of is when the tree needs it and the time can be to do it The best time and manner I have found for applying manure where poverty requires is is in the Fall Pall spread on OD the surface and leave till Spring then with a fork work it in The questions are often asked How early in the Fall can trees be taken up without injury and how late in the Spring can they be set out with safety Trees should not be handled in the Fan Fall till the they have finished their season seMon seasons season's work ripened their wood and shed their foliage Then care should be ta- ta taI taken taken ta taken I ken to keep them from frost and drying winds Sawdust is the best thing to pack in if going any distance In the Spring trees can be set out much later than than is generally supposed However I would not advise setting out aft after r the leaf is open yet with careful manage management ment they can be handled much later than this his Last year I moved trees 8 O miles and set them out as late as the of June Tune with no unusual loss lose The remarks thus far have been in connection with the apple more espe espe- especially but applies as well to all other kinds of fruit raised In this latitude The same labor bestowed upon a tree as upon a hill of corn gives the most grat grat- gratifying gratifying Hying results Very many think that when when a little hole is dug the tree thrust in and the earth stamped down that their duty is performed and when taU fait fail ure ure follows such a course the fauL i laid gid everywhere but where it bel b If the simple directions laid don down l these articles be followed there willbe no no difficulty for the most inexperienced 1 to succeed in raising fruit Respectfully CHARLES H 4 |