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GARDENING. 



May is, 



rarely fails. The >work should be per- 

 formed soon, to reap results by next year. 



This root-pruning, by the way, can be 

 practiced when it is desired to transplant 

 some tree in the near future. Perhaps a 

 dozen small roots will take the place of 

 the one severed, and this, together with 

 the fact that all the roots are closer to 

 the body of the tree than before, make 

 the chances of a safe removal much better 

 than before. 



A tree treated in this way now would 

 be in good condition to transplant in the 

 coming fall or spring. But instead of 

 cutting but a few of the larger ones, as 

 recommended for producing fruit, a circle 

 should be dug around the tree and all 

 large roots severed. 



Returning to the subject of pruning for 

 fruit, the old German farmers hereabouts 

 ring their trees to accomplish the object. 

 At about the longest day, they take a 

 spreading toothed saw and saw a circle 

 around the trunk, through the living 

 bark. I presume connection is soon made 

 between the severed portions, but the 

 check of the flow of sap for the time seems 

 to resuH in producing a fruiting tendency. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 



SWBBT CHESTNUTS. 



Since the introduction of the Japanese 

 chestnut to this country there has been 

 much interest evinced in the growing of 

 this and other kinds which bear large 

 nuts, for commercial purposes. Several 

 parties have set out orchards of them, 

 believing that in the near future it will be 

 a profitable investment for them. 



There are none of the foreign sorts hav- 

 ing the sweet flavor of our native species. 

 Those who have planted the orchards 

 referred to know this, but they rely on 

 the well known disposition of the public 

 to take size rather t han quality. As the for- 

 eign product arrives here in late autumn, 

 ripening in Europe at about the same 

 time that ours does, there would be but a 

 few weeks advantage on the side of our 

 own growers, and the price of the Euro- 

 pean crop is very low. 



In regard to the size of the nuts of the 

 foreign kinds, the Japanese is much larger 

 than any of the imported Spanish. No 

 doubt the nuts of the Japanese sent here 

 for sowing purposes are selected for size, 

 as some of them are two inches in diame- 

 ter. But nuts from trees grown here are 

 much larger than the Spanish, and there 

 is no doubt of its being the best of any 

 kind in this respect. Our nurserymen 

 have already been alert in the perpetu- 

 ating, by grafting, of some of the seed- 

 lings which have produced extra large 

 nuts, as well as some showing a disposi- 

 tion to ripen early. 



In the same way we have Paragon, 

 Numbo, Ridgely and other varieties of 

 the Spanish, claimed to be superior in "ize 

 or sweetness to the parent. The Ridgely 

 is thought by some to be the equal in 

 sweetness of our native one. 



Referring to the hardiness of the foreign 

 sorts, I find the Japanese superior to the 

 [continued page 270.] 



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