130 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



to their preservation, even in less tempestuous climates, and in 

 stiff as well as in light soil. 



SALTPETRE FOR NECTARINES. 



Saltpetre dissolved in the proportion of one pound to five 

 gallons of water, and applied around the stems and roots of 

 trees, as recommended for plants in general, is, in my opinion, 

 one of the best remedies for the destruction of various kinds 

 of insects. It is, moreover, allowed by modern and learned 

 physiologists to contain the most essential nutriment for all 

 descriptions of trees or smaller plants, when judiciously used. 

 Other remedies are recommended to be applied for the destruc- 

 tion of these insects around fruit-trees, besides those pre- 

 viously mentioned ; as dissolved potash, coal-tar, sulphur, vine- 

 gar, and soapsuds. Culture, upon correct principles, will ope- 

 rate not only as a radical cure, but as a preventive to all defects 

 in trees and plants ; which, to be healthy and productive, 

 should be so managed that the sap and nutrimental juices can 

 circulate through every pore which nature has designed for 

 their perpetuity. 



PROPAGATION BY BUDDING. 



The Nectarine is generally budded on stocks of the same 

 species, or on the Peach or Plum, two or three years old. 

 Knight recommends growing Almond-stocks for the finer kinds 

 of Nectarines and Apricots, as likely to prevent the mildew, and 

 as being allied to the Peach. Dubreuil recommends a Plum- 

 stock for clayey soils, and the Almond for such as are light, 

 chalky, or sandy. The same opinion is held by the Montreal 

 gardeners. The Flemish nursery-men graft both the Peach and 

 Nectarine on the Myrabella Plum, a small cherry-shaped fruit. 



The budding may be performed in July or August, in the side of 

 the stock ; which will, if properly managed, shoot the following 

 spring, and attain the length of three or four feet the first year. 

 After the budded trees have ripened their first year's shoots, 

 they may either be planted where they are to remain, or 



