THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



HORTICULTURE- 



FEBRUARY, 1847. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Root Grafting the Peach Tree and Rose ; Grafting 

 the Pear upon the Apple ; the Apricot on the Peach ; new 

 Mode of Raising Ciiciimhers^ S^c. By M. W. Phillips, 

 Esq., Log Hall, Edwards, Miss. 



I HAVE neglected a reasonable duty longer than I should, 

 but my various duties have so completely taken up my time 

 at home, that I have postponed. 



In comparison with trees groAvn in this latitude, your trees 

 are far behind in size, though equal in the bright and healthy 

 appearance of the bark and twigs. I can assuredly show 

 maiden pear trees, double and treble the size of yours, and 

 peach trees that are full twelve feet high, and two to three 

 inches in diameter. I do not wish to be understood as over- 

 rating my country, but as giving the facts, that I know I can 

 show any day. I can show fifty varieties of pear, maiden 

 trees, that will average ten feet high, with size and branches 

 to correspond. I have lost of pears nearly all that have been 

 here long enough to bear, whilst some, here since 1832, have 

 size, health and vigor, but never yet fruited. 



Have you ever tried grafting peach trees 7 Have you any 

 knowledge of root grafting of the peach 7 I can show a few 

 grafted peach trees that are decidedly the prettiest trees I have, 

 not so tall, nor inclined to make long branches, but more 

 bushy. I desired some varieties, that were too remote to get 

 buds, and where I could get no one to work me a tree as a 

 specimen, as a dernier resort, I concluded to try grafting, and 

 though the trees were in bloom, the 'grafts with leaves and 

 bloom, I grafted, and have specimens about seven feet high, 



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