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Mr, Peters makes mention of young appletrees taken 

 from a clay soil, and transplanted in one more suitable ; and 

 that they became more thrifty than other appletrees, plant- 

 ed at the same time, and in the same ground, but which 

 had been taken from a nursery where the soil was suitable 

 for the growth of this tree. 



He also planted some appletrees at the depth of two and 

 a half feet ; but they did not become thrifty, until roots had 

 started out nearer the surface. 



In order to prevent late frost from destroying the fruit, 

 when appletrees are in blossom, or perhaps even after the 

 young apple has formed; let some gypsum be strewed 

 round under the trees, pretty early in the Spring. Common 

 salt, it is said, will answer the same purpose. 



A rope of straw, with one end tied round the body of the 

 tree, and the other end immersed in a tub of water placed 

 underneath, will have a similar effect. 



The effect of gypsum, in particular, when applied for 

 this purpose, is, that it attracts the moisture in the air, 

 from the blossoms to the earth ; as it is well known that 

 lands, wnen lately manured with gypsum, have much hea- 

 vier dews on them than any others. Salt is said to have 

 much the same effect, in attracting moisture. 



It seems to be well ascertained, that raising red-clover in 

 apple-orchards, for the purpose of mowing particularly, 

 proves injurious to the trees, and more so to the fruit, 

 by causing it to fall off permaturely ; but that, if gypsum be 

 applied to the growing clover, it will prove less injurious to 

 the trees and fruit; and that, if this manure be applied, and 

 the clover fed i.,ff, neither the trees nor the fruit will be 

 essentially injured. 



Mr P/iilifiSy of Pennsylvania, finds Hogs of great use in 

 an orchard of plumbtrees. Tney cause his trees to bear 

 plentifully; while, without these animals, the trees bear 

 very little. The reason of this is, that the Swine, by eating 

 up all the fruit which falls from the trees, destroy the 

 young brood of turcutiones deposited in the fruit, which is 

 the cause of its early fulling off. 

 See INSECTS. 



Mr, Garrigus, of that State, says he has two orchards of 

 the same kinds of fruit; the one more exposed to the east 

 winds than the other; and that he has known that, most 

 exposed, to bear no fruit, during a season when that wind 

 prevailed, while the other bore considerably. \ 



We have seen orchards as productive of fruit as usual, 

 which were never ploughed, but kept constantly for mowing- 

 grounds ; but such were on rich soils, though no.t inclining 

 to clay. The florin-grass would probably be found much 

 the bestj for combining the meadow and the orchard 'to- 



