UPON THE CULTIVATION OF THE PEACH TUEE, AND PRESERVATION OP IT. j5 



UPON THE CULTIVATION OF THE PEACH 



TRiJE AND PRESERVATION OF IT. 



Persons engaged in cultiva- 



1. SmL 



ting Peach trees, recommend a soil where 

 sand predominates, and of a medium de- 

 gree of fertility. 



2. To plant. Prepare the ground as 

 for corn, plant three or four stones (pre- 

 viously cracked hy iho frost) at suitable 

 distances asunder; the spaces between the 

 places occupied by the stones may be 

 planted with corn, so that the young trees 

 and the corn may be cultivated at the 

 same time. 



3. To guard against the peach insect 

 or luorm, wrap a leaf of Tobacco in a 

 spiral manner round the young tree or 

 plant when it is only four or five inches 

 high, confine the ujjper end by a string to 

 the tree an inch or two above the ground, 

 heap up sand against the tobacco so as to 

 press it against the tree as low as the up- 

 per roots. Plant two or three stalks of 

 tobacco round each tree. Pursue the same 

 course each succeeding year, so long as 

 the trees remain healthy. If the process 

 here recommended should prove insuffi- 

 cient wash the body and principle bran- 

 ches of the trees with a decoction of to- 

 bacco, formed by boiling some tobacco in 

 water and applying some of the liquid to 

 the body from the roots upwards, includ- 

 ing the large branches, or the liquid may 

 be combined witli soft soap, ley of wood 

 ashes, or any substance which will destroy 

 insects and vermin, without injuring veg- 

 etables. If all of these fail, search the root 

 and the body, at and near the ground, and 

 remove with the point of a knife, or other 

 suitable instrument such worms as may 

 be discovered, the search should be made 

 about the last of July, and again late in 

 September; on the first of October remove 

 the earth, so as to form a basin round the 

 body of the tree, in this state they are 

 left, until the season of cultivation; the 

 following spring; the ice and water which 

 frequently fill the hole, or -basin during 



) the winter, effectually kill the worm, 

 should it have escaped the search, and de- 

 scended into the roots for winter cover- 

 ing. Excessive bearing should be pre- 

 vented, by close pruning. Branches to 

 be removed may previously have roots 

 formed on them, by what is called the 



"Chinese 7}iethod" see the article pg. 14» 



^^nother ptan recommended \s to pour 



boiling water, soap suds, or ley, on the 



body and roots after the last search in 



autumn, and in the spring to place un- 



leached wood ashes upon the roots, and 



against the tree, to several inches in 



I'll 

 height, and over this sharp sand is placed, 



which is sometimes confined to a uniform 

 height through the summer by a box with- 

 out toj) or bottom, which surrounds the 

 tree. 



A decoction of aloes, or a coat of tar 

 might be applied to the body, in case all 

 the above methods fail. 



4. For the Yellows. Bore a hole in 

 the body of the tree, fill it with mercurial 

 ointment, and plug or cork it up. Another ^ 

 bore a hole in the north side of the tree, 

 fill it with spirits of turpentine and cork 

 it up. Another, wash the body of the 

 tree with strong brine, after the worms 

 are removed, repeat the operation fre- 

 quently through the spring and summer; 

 tie a small bag of salt round each tree. 

 This last method is recommended to guard 

 all trees from the attacks of insects. 



Hogs should be allowed to run in a 

 peach orchard, to eat the imperfect fruit, 

 and search for depredators. Diseased trees 

 should be drawn up by a strong team, and 

 converted into fuel. 



( To be continued.) 



THE CHINESE MULBERRY TREE, (mORUS 

 MULTICAULIS) HOW TO PRESEVB IN 

 WINTER. 



Frequent enquiries have been made for 

 information, as to the best manner of pre- 

 serving the Chinese Mulberry tree (Mo- 

 rns Multicaulis,) through the winter, a 

 few words therefore, upon the subject may 

 be of service to such readers of the Ob- 

 server <§• Record, as may not be acquaint- 

 ed with the process. Each of the follow- 

 ing modes has its advocates, viz: 1. Place 

 a box in a cellar, spread a layer of sand 

 in the bottom an inch or two thick, fill 

 one end to the top of the box, and extend 

 the filling toward the middle, descending 

 at an angle of two or three degrees, a dis- 

 tance equal to the length of a tree, lay a 

 course of trees upon this, with the roots at 

 the lowest part of the inclined plane, and 

 the tops at the highest part of it, fill in 

 sand so as to cover the roots, then lay 



