54 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



should be formed and filled with manure : in all 

 cases for this purpose this should be but slightly decom- 

 posed. 



BUSH PEAK TREES FOR A MARKET GARDEN. 



There are many favorable sunny spots which the 

 amateur gardener may turn to profit accompanied by 

 pleasure, simply by planting bush pear trees grafted 

 on the quince stock. The plantation should be a sort 

 of nursery, and for this purpose they should be plant- 

 ed in rows, three feet row from row, and three feet 

 apart in the rows ; a piece of ground planted after 

 this method will contain 4,840 trees per imperial acre. 



By pinching every shoot to three leaves all the 

 summer, the trees form compact fruitful bushes ; this 

 constant summer pinching has a remarkable effect in 

 moderating the vigor of fruit trees. They will com- 

 mence to bear the second year after planting, and if 

 each tree give but ten or twelve fruit, one acre will pro- 

 duce a large quantity. They may be suffered to re- 

 main at the above distance un root-pruned, and unre- 

 moved for seven, eight, or ten years ; and then, as they 

 will nearly or quite touch each other, every alter- 

 nate tree should be removed, and another plantation 

 formed. The removal of the trees should be done care- 

 fully, so that those left will stand four feet and a half 

 apart and in quincunx order, thus, ** *. This may be 

 done as follows : Presuming the first row to consist 

 of ten trees, begin at the first row by removing the 

 1st, 3d, 5th, Yth, and 9th trees ; in the second row, 

 remove the 2d, 4th 7 6th, 8th, and 10th ; in the third 

 row, again 1st, 3d, 5th, 7th, and 9th trees, and so on 



