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in rich sandy loam land, which is the best soil for Ihem. They were 

 valuable varieties, such as blue gage, yellow egg, magnuin bonuin, 

 &C.J and had borne profusely i'our years bel'ore they were Uiktn up. 

 For the space of" thirletn years after their removal they never bore 

 a single piuni, although they gre'>»' luxuriantly. In ihe i'all of 1842, 

 I placed half a bushel of shell lin,e around each tree, and last March, 

 half a bushel of pulverized charcoal; in May, they were covered 

 with blossoms, anti bore a profusion of fiuit. When large black 

 exciescences appear on the plum trees, I cut off the linjbs affected 

 and burn tliem. They are caused by a worm. 



5th. Cherriks. 1 usually sow the stones of the cherry tree in 

 the month of November, i:i a well trenched rich soil. The second 

 year they are placed in the nursery, four feet asunder, and eleven 

 inches apart in the row, where they remain for six months, nnd are 

 then inoculated. The gum of the cherry tree may be placed on a 

 par with gum arable. 



6th. Apricots. This fruit does exceedingly well w'hen budded 

 towards the end of July, on plum stacks two years old. The peach 

 answers very well likewise. When three years old, I set them out 

 in a very rich black mould; I find they do much belter under glass 

 than in the open air. In either case they should be disbudded in the 

 month of May, and all the superfluous shoots taken off. In Novem- 

 ber they should be shortenetl to sixteen inches, by so doing the trees 

 will be kept vigorous and healthy. Their principal enemies are the 

 curculios, wasps and flies, which may be kept off by means of nets. 



7th. Nect.arine. The only difference between this fruit and the 

 peach, is that it has a finer pulp and smoother skin. I treat it pre- 

 cisely as I do the peach, and consider it much more delicious and 

 wholesome. The nectar of the heathen gods is supposed to have 

 been obtained from it. They are frequently budded on the plum and 

 peach stock, and are liable to the attacks of the curculios and wasps. 

 I am growing peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, nectarines, grapes 

 and figs under glass very successfully, without fii'e heat. My fig 

 trees have borne two crops the present season. 



8th. Gooseberries. I raise ray gooseberries from cuttings, which 

 are taken from the bush in the month of Noveinber, phiced in a 

 box from six to eight inches deep, in a rich soil, and put in the con- 

 servatory, where they remain until March, when they are set out in 

 rich borders around the garden; and every year the leading shoots of 

 the previous year are cut back to eight inches, and a portion of the 

 others are cut to four inches, until every portion of the plant is tilled 

 with bearing wood. The most effec ual remedy for the destruction of 

 the caterpillars which trouble the gooseberry, is the spirit of ammonir, 



9lh. Currants. I usually prune my currant bushes in the month 

 of December, and likewise in tlie month of June, which causes them 

 to throw out strong shoots, and thrifty bearing wood, diverging in 

 every direction from the stem. They are easily raised from cuttings 

 planted late in March, they do well in a moist rich soil. 



10th. Raspberries. Should be planted in hills, five young plants 

 in each, eight inches apart, and cut at the same time to within six 



