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THE ORCHARD. 



[MAY 



Fig. 40. 



growing for a time, the 

 horizontal distension of 

 the sterns forces them 

 together, and they as- 

 sume all the appear- 

 ance of being united. 

 M. Thouin, who calls 

 this "The Impostor's 

 Graft" (Gre/e des 

 Charlatans), tells us 

 that he himself tried 

 the operation with per- 

 fect success upon both 

 a linden and an ash- 

 tree a foot in diameter. 

 He contrived to give 

 both of them heads of 

 plums, hazels, wild and 

 cultivated services, wal- 

 nuts, peaches, and 

 vines, the branches of 

 which were thoroughly 

 interlaced. Of one of 

 these he gives a figure, 

 which is here repro- 

 duced, and which per- 

 fectly illustrates the 



THE ORCHARD. 



You should now pay attention to the due formation of the heads 

 of young or new planted trees ; much may be done towards that by 

 the timely displacing of irregular and unnecessary shoots, and by the 

 shortening of luxuriant ones. 



The new planted trees will require to be frequently watered, giving 

 it occasionally to the branches as well as the roots, and always about 

 the hour of sun-setting, or a short time before or after. 



Such of your peaches, nectarines, and apricots, but more especially 

 the young trees that are over-burdened with fruit, must be deprived 

 of any superabundance by a judicious thinning, and only as many 

 left on as they have sufficient strength to support without injury to 

 themselves. 



Take particular care to destroy caterpillars, &c., while yet in small 



