36 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



will thrive in the open field, even with careless culture, wherever 

 corn will grow. The Rebecca is of excellent flavor and generally 

 ripens its fruit ; but is less hardy, and requires a dry, protected 

 location. The ends of the branches do not always mature. The 

 Diana and White Sweet Water, Logan and Concord, if trained 

 against a wall and protected from the early frosts of autumn, will 

 also mature in most years ; but the Isabella, even under the most 

 favorable circumstances generally fails. When girdled it will color 

 before the last of September, but seldom becomes sweet and good. 

 By removing part of the branches, and judiciouslj^ thinning* the 

 berries from the remainder, the ripening of grapes may be hastened 

 at least a week. If a third are removed, the fruit will be larger 

 and better. 



Cherries. No cherry is perfectly hard}' in Bangor, except the 

 Kentish or early Richmond. These become quite sweet, if allowed 

 to hang on the tree some time after they become red. In favorable 

 seasons, the May Duke, Elton, Black E;igle, Downton, Ilouey 

 Heart, and Downer's Late have been raised. 



Grafting. The modes of grafting practiced by our horticultur- 

 ists, differ somowhat from those employed elsewhere. By one 

 method the stock or limb is scarped off at an angle of about forty- 

 five degrees. The scion is split np two or three inches with one 

 side thicker ; the inside of the thicker part is made smooth with a 

 sharp knife, and the end sharpened on the outside, and the bark of 

 the stock opposite the scarf with a Ihin sliver of wood is cut down 

 and it is thrust under it. The thin part is brought down over the 

 scarf and inserted beneath the bark as on the opposite side. The 

 bark is then bound over the forks of the scions by strips of grafting 

 cloth, which is also passed neatly over the cut surface. The scion 

 unites readily with the stock on both sides; the juncture is perfect 

 and the wound speedily heals. 



Another mode introduced to the knowledge of the community 

 by George P. Sewall of Oldtown, is tlie following: Cut a T in the 

 bark on the upper side of the linili, in the spring. aft(;r the leaves 

 have pushed and when the bark peels easily ; scarp off the scion on 

 one side and sharpen its point by cutting off a little each side of 

 the round part, that it may slide down well, and then press down 

 the scion ; put a little grafting wax ov(;r the corners, and bind 

 around strips of list. As the scion grows, the ends of the stock 

 or branch are gradually shortened and the binding loosened. 



