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larger scale, in all the villages of Western New York 

 a section of country in winch the first white man's settle- 

 ment can scarcely date back over sixty years. Aside 

 from the beneficial results to individual and public health 

 and prosperity from this general union of the fruit garden 

 and the dwelling, it cannot fail to exercise a softening 

 and refining influence on the tastes, habits, and manners 

 of the people, and greatly strengthen their love of home 

 and country. 



The great thing wanting at this moment is a knowledge 

 of the correct method of planting and managing fruit 

 gardens. We cannot pass along the streets a rod, where 

 there is a garden, without seeing and feeling that three- 

 fourths of the profit and pleasure which gardens might 

 afford, are sacrificed to bad management, arising, in the 

 main, from ignorance of the proper modes of culture 

 adapted to such limited grounds ; and it is hoped that 

 the suggestions and plans offered in the following detail 

 of fruit-garden management may afford at least a portion 

 of the information wanted. 



The formation of a fruit garden requires a considera- 

 tion of the soil, situation, inclosures, laying out, selection 

 of trees, selection of varieties, and planting. 



1st. The Situation. This is generally governed by the 

 particular circumstances of the proprietor, those only 

 who build with reference to the location of the garden, or 

 who have a large domain at their disposal, having an 

 opportunity of selection to any considerable extent. Per- 

 sons who live in cities and villages have to make the 

 best of their situation. As it is, if it be exposed, they 

 can only give it protection by lofty inclosures, that will 

 break the force of the winds. The aspect they cannot 

 alter, and must adapt other circumstances to it. Those 

 who can should select a situation convenient enough to 

 the dwelling to render it at all times easy of access, in 

 order to save time and labor in going to and from it. It 



