OF FRUIT TREES. 1 1 



It is a circumstance encouraging to the cultivator, 

 that, " in addition to the usual markets, a very con- 

 siderable export has taken place lately to Europe, 

 and that the flavour of our apples is highly esti- 

 mated there." In every rural establishment, a fruit 

 orchard should be considered an indispensable ap 

 pendage, as a source of real emolument, and as 

 contributing to health, pleasure, and recreation. 

 It will be conceded, that, in the whole department 

 of rural economy, there is not a more noble, inter- 

 esting, and beautiful exhibition, than a fruit orchard, 

 sytematically arranged, while clothed with nature's 

 foliage, and decorated with variegated blossoms 

 perfuming the air, or when bending under a load of 

 ripe fruit of many varieties. It is among the ex- 

 cellences of a fruit orchard, that it affords a salu- 

 brious beverage, an adequate supply of which would 

 have a happy tendency to diminish, if not supersede, 

 the consumption of ardent spirits, so destructive to 

 the health and moral character of our citizens. 

 " The palate," says Mr. Knight, an English hdrti- 

 culturalist, " which relishes fruit, is seldom pleased 

 with strong fermented liquors; and, as feeble causes, 

 continually acting, ultimately produce extensive ef- 

 fects, the supplying the publick with fruit, at a cheap 

 rate, would have a tendency to operate favourably* 

 both on the physical and moral health of the peo- 



Ele." It is presumable, that the period is not 

 ir distant, when the subject of horticulture will 

 receive its merited attention, and the value and 

 utility of fruit orchards be duly appreciated by all 

 ranks of our citizens ; and it will be to me a source 

 of pride and satisfaction, should these pages con- 

 tribute, in any degree, to the promotion of the de- 

 sirable object. The most eligible and approved 

 method of propagating fruit trees, some account of 

 the numerous insects which infest and prey upon 

 their vitals, with the various diseases to which they 

 are liable, and which prove fatal to their existence, 



