PRUNING AM) MANAGEMENT OK TUK PEACH TREE. 



basket, and plant on tach i>i</c of tlio line, six inolios from it. This will give a double 

 row, each bi-ing a foot asunder. Let the ])lants be eight inclies apart in tlie row. In 

 planting, do not use a dil»ble, but lift the soil up witli the hand, place the plant in the 

 bole thus made, fill in again, and paek nieely around it. Hands were made before 

 dibble-sticks were known, and the hardy fingers of the liusbaiidnian are not injured 

 by poking them into well loosened mold. As eacli row is finished, liave in readiness 

 the watering-pan, and, unless the weather be very wet, give a good supply of water 

 overhead, which will fix all firmly, and " they will never know that they have been 

 removed." 



This will appear a very tedious process to some of our rough-and-tumbles, I am 

 aware; but the end justifies the means, and the extra care bestowed is more tlian 

 counterbalanced by the greater success afterwards. 



There is one point more than all others that I would impress upon Celery growers — 

 namely, never let your crop cease (/rowing until it is ready for use. If the intervenino- 

 spaces have borne a crop of Peas, they will be ready for removal when the Celery has 

 advanced a little in size, and the ground may be then cleared and dug over. How- 

 ever this may be, at this stage loosen up the outsides of the trenches and fill in a little 

 around the plants, during which operation lift up the leaves and press loosely an inch 

 or two of earth around the base of each plant. This will tend to give an upright 

 growth, and prevent bulging at the bottom. If the weather be dry, give a liberal sup- 

 ply of water, not little and often, but a thorough drenching. One good application is 

 worth twenty sprinklings. 



(^Earthing, rroicction in Winter, and Saving Seed, in next number.) 



TRUNING AND MANAGEMENT OF TUE PEACH TREE.* 

 V. Winter-dishudding. 



120. This operation is performed at the same time as the winter-pruning and nail- 

 ing. Although it is but little practiced at Montrcuil, I shall notice it lest it should be 

 supposed that we are ignorant of it. It consists in removing with the fingers the 

 wood or fruit-buds that are considered useless, and of which the growth would be 

 likely to absorb that sap which would prove beneficial to the buds retained. On the 

 Avood-branches, the eyes that push before and behind are taken off when it is certain 

 they are useless; also some of the double or triple eyes that are often found at their 

 extremities, when it is needful to moderate the strength of the branch. On the fruit- 

 branches, those wood-buds are taken oft' tljat are likely to prove prejudicial to the one 

 at their base. This operation should not be performed without due reflection, because, 

 if done rashly, thereby destroying too many eyes, it may prove fatal by reason of the 

 frosts, which often come on unexpectedly. It is always better to have too many than 

 too few eyes. In fact, I do not much approve of winter-disbudding, because the 



*■ Continued from March number. 



