The Garden.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 268, 30 May 1888, Page 6

The Garden.

Price of Grapes in England. Is a lato number of " The (inrdcn " is given an abstract of what, grapes &old at in' England toi 12 months, inCovcnfcUnrrten Market. The quotations arc taken from the sales book of Meters Webber for 1886, and aro as i follow :—: —

The>e price* (wholesale as a matter ot course) aie foi <ru\peh received in good condition, i.i.. well pown and well packed. Xo\\, 1 think some of our grower^ mi^ht. make an etlbrt to jjiow and forwatd lo England t;rape* which could bo placed on the" maiket durinji April and May, when tii>t-fla>s niiec^ could bo, obt.iinod. say about 616 1 - iii-stcad of the lOd i>or H> here. 1 think (he e\tia })iice momUI pay freight, commi.^^ions, etc., and lea\c a handsome balance. At the same time 1 would point out that a much ditlereut quality of trmt would requiie to be fjiown than in many instaneo< «a-< into the Auckland market la-4 <! rowers would need to treat then \ino« moic kindly and not be quite so greedy in taking such heavy eiops otl the ■s ine? 1 . so as to obtain a better qualit\ .

Planting Out Trees. Lately I dealt with the tiansplanting of evergreens, etc., fioni one part of the garden to anotlicr. Now 1 intend to deal wirh tho geneial subject of planting all man nor of tieos, etc. obtained from long distances. Fiu-t 1 n ill deal with the best time to transplant hnid\ tiee-. Haidy fruit tree*, etc.. c.m be planted fiom now up till the middle of September, but. the bc-t time to lemovc them horn the nursery beds and planes, if po--ible, is immediately after the tall of the leaf. The leason foi (.his can ea»ily be explained, vi/., that . few ot oui fruit trees go long to lest as they do wheie the winters are much colder than our*. The vital forces being still active in the tree and "" rhe ground retaining 1 a portion ot the summer heat, it is nl-o st ill in a , moderate!) dry state compaied to what it generally gets into during the winter and t early &piing. Thus the soil is much ea-ier to labour without getting clogpy and adhesi\c, ghinc a much better chance foi the formation of new loots to the new 1} -planted trees. The prepaiation of the -oil for all mannei ot trees is of muchmoie importance than planter generally imagine. Befoic planting, the soil should be thoroughly and deeply wrought. Wheie laige oiehardare to be planted the -oil should be subploughed, which will obviate the nece— ity of digging so many laige hole?- for planting the tree?-, be lessexponsive, and more favourable for the \igoious and healthy grow th of the tiees, admitting warmth and air to the roots and giving them a loose soil in which the roots ivilltra\el in e^ery diiection in -earch of food. If the land to be planted i? of a wet, retenthe native, it should be thoionghly well diained with under ground drain?, s-o as to do away with all chance of having stagnant water coming in contact with the roots. Digging holes for planting trees is of the utmost importance in order to secure good aftergrowth. It is a common error to suppo-e that an) - one can make a hole for a tree to live in : but thee who put thi- notion in piactice are mostly digging gra\c-. It i- a nice operation to piowde the condition- of thrifty \cgetable life. After the Fianco l'ru-*ian war was ended, and the Fiench nation began to iccover fiom the -hock, one of the first thing- they attempted \\,t> to icstore the boulcwuds of Paris wheie tiees had been mown dow n b\ the canron of the imadei-. Tree- 30 and e\en 50 \ears of age weie -uece--full) tian-plantcd fiom the wood-; and aftei the -econd -ea=on thue wa- scaieely a bieak in the long lines ot Actduie. The great factoi in tin- le-ult wa- t lie mechanical piepaiatiou of the -oil .mil the perfect balance ni'iin tamed between the t educed top and loot-. Xeithei lootsnot bianche- wcie nun lhted. i In makiny hole- tor tioe-. lemember tb.it i the -m t.ue earth, w Inch ha\in<j been lonue-t e\po-cd to the -un and atmo-phete i- in f he bf;t cli mical and mechanical condition i ten the u-e of the dec. -hould be put on one | -ide, and when the tiet i- -ct down that -oil -lumld lie caietull} w oi Iced in aimind the -malh i loot-, leu\ iiitr the poition ot -oil which wa- dug fiom the bottom of the hole upon the -uifacc. Auam, the hole -hould l)e twice the di.imetti of .1 cue'e in winch tlieinol- would standaftei caif tultnmming. liow ottcn do we -co m Am iJ.ind tiecplantod. fin w Inch a -mall hole ha- lutn dug in uncoii(_ r enial -oil The tesiilt of tini~ .l =lo%\ stunted triov\ tli, the loot-- not being able to pern ti ate the haul, do'_rL r y -üb-od -unoundincr the -mall hole dug for their leccption Tor \cai-, s-oinetnne-, the-e ticc- aic allowed Lo '•tiu'^irlc on till thc> cankeroi dii> tiomthc wantot vitalny, Aftti a thorough [iiopaiation of the -oil, a piopei choice ot tiee^ -hould be made -o ,ito hel[) to a >uccc--tul i— ut The pioper .s lection of Qee- foi an oh h ard is in.poitant. (food, healthy root« -hould be the tii-bt, consideiation, A -tout trunk of medium height and with a good supply of healthy loot- i- far preferable to a large, overgiown tiee, v., one year old, from bud or graft is generally more pi oh table to plant than an older one. For the apple, peai, and plum tie<*s two fiom bud or graf*; would not be objectionable, if well cared for while in nuisery, grown witli low heads and carefully tiken up. But 1 would not plant peach, apricot or chevy that had grown more than one year iroin bud in the nurseiy. The peach, apricot and plum are good healthy s-tock; in dormant bud, they are considei cd by some pi eferablc even to yearling tre°«. And this has been my experience heie. Trees in dormant bud can be taken up from the nursery with the roots almost entire, and the bud, receiving the whole nourishment of the ascend in tr .sap from a healthy root, is forced into a strong healthy growth, with plenty of lateral branches irom which a fine handsome head can be formed. Before planting the young tieesull bruised or broken parts of the roots should be carefully cut off or pared w r ith a sharp knife, leaving the .severed part with a clean cut. At the .same time great care .should always be taken to keep the roots of trees while out of ground free from exposure to the .sun, wind, or dry atmosphere, as much of tho after success depends on keeping the small delicate fibrous roots from becoming dry. All trees as they are lifted or received from the nursery should be at once unpacked and heeled in the ground, and be kept till they are wancedfor planting, only takingout & few at a time. When planting there ought always to be two men engaged at the some tree. While one holds tho tree in an upright position, let the other put in the good loose surface soil about the roots, taking Care not fco leave any hollows about them, and also to see that the roots are spread out in their natural position. Press the earth down firmly with the foot and fill up with loose soil, leaving the tree planted about the same depth in the soil as it grew in the nursery. (To be Continued.)

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