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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 40, 15 April 1875, Page 3

-4/ ' • . * -.- It is g&ne.raljy qoijcedecL by our most experienced^ pomolo'gists' 'that lowbranched trees in an orchardrare-, c for several reasons, better ,thau thc»3 trimmed hig-h. For t; Bne X Irofd that the -trunk of $he' tree" sMuld^e shaded from.&he..: sun,* and the the fruit is to. the grpuni), .the more " available it ' is, cbhsequiefftlyv v 1 wdulcT L not advise : the lopping 1 away-bf- tHe '-lower tier of branches- by anyrmeafls^mnlessTth'e'yare . lay in g, on L thj9, .ground, { t , . .Cuttjng^away limbs, that r promise, £0 be .unruly is, far b'efter tb'an to leave thq matter u[ntil : they We already i'nju'r'iby. 7 Ciit 0 'twi^s •and' not f larg-e' bran'dhesl 5 is r one' of s 'tne first maxims for a young orcharditft t» Jearn. ■. ■,■ - - ... One :! of the. be.st.t.estSvpf thee^fept r upqn the qualiiy of .'all^ Kinds qiflmga--1 tiori is slibwn J in 'tlteii?' kfe'e a pm^ quality. • Let "aa^ 'fr'uit-raisef -ifake % : cdHectidn^pf \ fruit of all kinds when ia.'a cdndilawn 'of ripeness to gather, fruit that has been s grown by ixrigation,;and lay this fruit upon shelyesy, §Yen.k^ ci airy place r then iniilce' tip % simflai- coUection 9f fraic that 1 was : icriga- ; tion, but gtqwnrbj iiulti<vatio» only, and .§heresuU of . *uch r as n experiment will satisfy any grower that ; it t don't payA) irrigate- fruit. The result of sucu a trial will show coriclusirely that/irrigated" fruits are v prem aturely j^covfn,. forced' tQ^sizerand-apparjinA rin^nefs by the-; : ex'de^s^ of 1 watfery^ilic^pf whict ; when the j fyivit m is ts^parate^rprn'-jthe ' tree hasten* that fruit to- an eftcly decay, j l iWiasiA :r pre'Vo#it^frorn maturing the needed sacc)iarine.<jiiices, which..gjyea. cplpf^flaypriand preserving qualities a'Jso^ Wd'"*beia|' r a i stc&l^ unnatural.fruit must AiteS^&ffy,' We read in then* I^B^rrEnglund FaTmer' that Mr E, X< Miles, of Fitchburg, treated the metnbe^ A of the State Board : of Agriculture ankfottier friends assembled 1 at, hifl.-hoilse^lafctiiDecember, i 1873, to a desert of at&les grpwnl in. tjbe sum§ta£e, -of; ; p«sAPyatrpib7s,, "They weie in a , cool cellarjrbut were hot" closed up for ' seVeral'^^ekiP^aftyr''- pthferiftf;^ *'A ceeaoa^m keeping apples till May, picks then ftttifc .in Octobeiy aad^.place§ fojis heap Win th^e orchard and covers them toiiche^"%ilUDe'ce%tfer !^6 r sligb'f 'moisture of the earth ajacLthe few inches di* hay preventing any injury to the apples, evea duringxsharp'fTeezes. Thev^re then aBsorted^and>plaGkfeaviriJC"bsm«lsj cold cellar, which is .Kept af a remperakfr#^b6uf S3^yf i^i^hduld happent^otp sbe;r;% fejv ; fot a will, r fee s^ays, preyentioiy iKury. Su^hate of ammonia is^n^xcellent liquid tg^^pply to vilrberias tm(J pttier flowers; ffTviij^to thft m^^fo^3iM%7 J %7a^ol^n^ .one,. ounce of ammonia in twto> gallons i : of ■<;■- -wate^ It m^b^i^fljl witt safetyabout once a week '>