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is cut off by any adverse circumstances, such as frosts, storms, or 

 blight, there may be still a chance of saving some portion of it. 



When the trees are planted they should be well staked, and if 

 in pasture land, they should be strongly protected from cattle or 

 sheep ; and lastly, the Orchard itself should be well fenced in, for it 

 is but too often an inclosure only in name, and its fences badly 

 kept and much trespassed on. 



II. ORCHARD TREES. 



" Let sage Experience teach thee all the Arts 

 Of Grafting and In-eyeing ; when to top 

 The flowing Branches ; what Trees answer best, 

 From Root or Kernel." Philips " Cyder." 



It is the common result of experience in all countries, and on 

 every soil, that the quality of the Cider and Perry manufactured 

 depends very greatly on the particular varieties of Apples and Pears 

 cultivated. It was Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight's opinion that 

 " Herefordshire is not so much indebted for celebrity as a Cider 

 county to her soil, as to her valuable varieties of fruit." So too 

 does the French Commission in its admirable Report, " Le Cidre" 

 lament, again and again, the absence in these days of that intelligent 

 industry in the selection of the best varieties of fruit for cultivation, 

 which so distinguished the planters of last century. There is much 

 force in these observations, though they do but present a onesided 

 view of the true cause of the decadence in the quality of Cider and 

 Perry. The present state of our Orchards is most unsatisfactory in 

 this respect, since they contain so large a proportion of varieties 

 which are without name, wanting in character, and it must also 

 be added, failing in merit. 



SEEDLINGS. 



" An innate Orchat every apple boasts." 



Philips " CyderJ 



Every Orchard farm, properly cared for, has a nursery for 



