POMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



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As soon as the flower to be impregnated 

 is sufficiently expanded, the anthers should 

 be cut out, taking care that this be done 

 before they open, and that the pistil be not 

 injured by the operation. 



The stigma is generally ready for impreg- 

 nation in twenty-four to thirty-six hours, 

 when the pollen, if mature, may be applied, 

 selecting, if practicable, the middle of a 

 bright sunny day. 



In five to ten days after the ovules are 

 fecundated, the young capsule commences 

 swelling, after which all new shoots should 

 be removed and the plants, once a week, 

 liberally supplied with guano water ; this 

 I have found a great aid in ripening full 

 and perfect seed. 



The seeds, when gathered, should be 

 immediately labelled with their genealogy, 

 and stored in pots of sand, kept moderately 

 moist and warm ; in about two months they 

 will commence sending forth their young 

 radices ; as soon as these are perceived, 



each seed should be planted in a small 

 shallow pot, thus preventing the long tap, 

 which in the common mode of planting de- 

 scends to the bottom, without any horizon- 

 tal or fibrous roots. The pots should then 

 be placed in a mild hot-bed, or stove, giving 

 a little air as the foliage becomes develop- 

 ed, and when they have attained the height 

 of three or four inches, be removed to a 

 shelf near the light, and carefully watered. 

 When the first growth has ripened its wood, 

 the plants should be shifted to pots a size 

 larger, and if treated with liquid guano, 

 will attain the first season eight to ten 

 inches in height ; these are now sufficiently 

 large for inarching, and thus, in two or 

 three years from the seed, j'ou may gene- 

 rally prove whether the new hybrid be 

 Avorthy of extension. 



The compost for young plants consists of 

 two parts well rotted turfy loam, one part 

 leaf soil, and one part peat or heath mould, 

 with sand to make it free. 



POMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



BY PROFESSOR KIRTLAND, CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



[We copy the following interesting notes 

 from a copy of our work on Fruit Trees, 

 which Professor Kirtland, one of the most 

 intelligent pomologists in the west, kindly 

 sent some months ago, when we were re- 

 vising the eighth edition of this work, just 

 published. As many of them are worthy 

 of the attention of fruit growers, and as only 

 a portion of them could be made use of in 

 our work, we take the liberty of preserving 

 them in this form. 



The copy of our Fruits in which these 

 memoranda were written, has the appear- 

 ance of being well worn ; and on a blank 



leaf, at the commencement, we find the 

 following note in Prof. K.'s hand: 



"This volume has performed a mission- 

 ary tour to half the houses in this township, 

 and has done much service by awakening 

 a taste for horticulture in a class of people 

 who own some of the best soil and localities 

 for fruit in the United States, but who, be- 

 forehand, had little or no conception of the 

 importance of cultivating it. 



" They have not always washed their 

 hands before turning over its pages."] 



Grafting — p. 15. Side-grafting succeeds 

 best for spongy wood, such as the peach. 



