36 JFruit i./i Indiana. 



The richest of these nurseries is that at Gorz, where more than 5,000,000 of young 

 plants are in cultivation. The trees most cultivated there is Fraxinus Ornus, with 

 3,616,345 specimens; Tilia, 149,530 ; 397,348; Morus alba, 9,675 ; Castanea vesca, 

 4,415 ; Punus Avinum, 7,876, etc. The nursery ground lies on a level, and soil is 

 of a clayey, gravelly nature. The plants here grown are used for planting out the 

 rising ground of the Karst which surrounds Gorz. 



Special Manure for Peacli Trees. 



I HAVE used, the past year or two, a special manure on my peach trees with marked 

 success. So far as I have tried it I have found it equally good for vegetables, and 

 I see no reason why it is not a good manure for fruit trees of all kinds; in fact, I 

 have known it to bring peach trees that were dying with 3'ellows back into a bearing 

 condition. I think very likely it will prevent the summer blight in pears. I intend 

 to try it the coming season on small pear stock. I use for each acre, broadcast, the 

 same quantity as for an acre of potatoes, and the following are the proportions: 

 1-0 lbs. Nitrate of Soda. 160 lbs. Superphosphate of Lime. 



80 " " Potassa. 160 " Sulphate of Lime. 



The N. of Potassa should be ground. After mixing the above together, add three 

 or four parts of fine muck. When applying the mixture for the benefit of peach 

 trees, spread evenly as far as the roots extend, and before a rala. 



Babylon, L. I. P. H. Foster. 



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Friiit in Indiana. 



BY J. H. HAYNES. 



OW that the growing season is past, we can collect Avhatever items of interest or 

 profit that may have been presented to our view, and store them away for future 

 reference. Nothing is so beneficial to the horticulturist as experience ; and by a 

 comparison of the experiments of others in various sections, we gain much to assist 

 us in our labors, so that it may not be in vain. 



It is a fact, clearly proven, that all varieties of fruit will not succeed in all locali- 

 ties, and it will be only by the untiring efforts of the earnest friends of the cause that 

 a select list for each section will be collected. 



The year in Indiana has been one of unprecedented drouth. From April til! the 

 present, the soil for a great depth has been dry, and it has been a very difficult task 

 to keep our pets alive ; but doubtless many good results have had their origin from 

 this drouth, as for instance, all grapes have been very healthy in foliage, fruit very 

 good, but growth only an average. 



Grapes. 



Out of my list of 150 varieties, including the Utah hybrids, Eumelan and Walter, 

 not one has been mildewed, though formerly the two latter were alv^ays touched. 



