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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[May 27, 



six feet, and ittliey haye been properlv mi»nng-[ »vini! mailing or straw around the trunk. Be- 

 ed, will be straight. hand-ome=tems, with three [gin three or four inches below the surlace ol 

 or four branches, regularly si.re;.d on each side the ground, (which must be removed lor he 

 from the top of the tree. Tlio> are now ready purpose, and brought back again, when the 



for transplanting, provided jou do not innacu- 

 late, or ingraft them. When this is done, it 

 slioiild be attended to one year previou 

 one ye.ir after llii^y are lemoved, and not the 

 same year. 



"■When transplanted, it s'lnnld be to a soil 

 and situation, as nearly sioular to that recom- 

 mended for a nursery as can be ; it need not be 

 rich, hut should be mrllow. If it has been oc- 

 cupied as a pasture for cows or sheep two or 

 three years previous to selling it out with Teach 

 trees, it will be ihe heller. Maving ploughed 

 it well, as deep as possible, and miide it thor- 

 oughly mellow, proceed to dig holes, sixteen 

 feet apart each way, let them be so lai-ge as to 

 take in all the mots of your Peach tree*, with 

 ample room. Take up your trees carefully, 

 preserving as many of the si«le roots as j)Ossilde, 

 and if these be large, a considerable pari of the 

 tap, or main root may be taken off, and the 

 wound closed l>y burning with a hot iron, and 

 applying a proper cement into which Ihe wound- 

 ed root should be dippe;!. The reason for pre- 

 serving the side rods and destroying the cen- 

 tre root, is, that from Ihe foitner is ilerived ihat 

 nourishment which forms Ihe fruit, and from 

 the latter that which forms the wooil. The 



matting or straw is tinted) and put it closely 

 round the trunk of Ihe tree, an inch in Ihick- 

 s to, or|ness, and three or four feet up; this prevents 

 the llv coming to the tree, excejit so high up, 

 as that it can do no hurt. The straw or mat- 

 ting must be removed during vvinler. 



'■ To prevent the branches spliiting off from 

 the trunk, prune them well, and if they are 

 over-loaded with fruil, pull off all the smallest, 

 and least valuable, so as to lighten them, and 

 where you wish to preserve more fruit than 

 you think it safe to trust them with, prop the 

 branches up securely until ihe fruit is taken off. 



" Tlie bursting of Ihe bark only happens when 

 severe frosis and wet succeed each other ; it 

 does not, Iherefore, so frequently occur, and 

 cannot he guarded against, but only in jiarl re- 

 medied when it takes place."' 

 -"«©•<"• 

 PARSNIP WINE. 



Xcwport, Isle of IVighl, March 9, tS'i.',. 



Pm — 'ri,,. tollowing exlract is taken from 

 " Phillips's History of Cultivaled Vegetables." 



" Wine ni.ide t>om these root', approaches 

 nearer the Malmsey of Madeira and the Cana- 

 ries than any other wine ; it is madd with lillle 



Ihe manufacture ot the wine, and Irom which 

 experiments great improvements might reason- 

 ably be expected. [/'urmcr'* Juurnul. 



From Ihe Jitdicttl InltlUgtncer. 



THE WHOLE ART OF PHYSIC: 



IS A DIALOGUE BETWK£\ A PRiN'CESS AND HEK PHY- 

 SICIAN. 



The fVi.ie fur Health on Exercise depend : 

 Oofi ntvtr made his M'orks for Mim to 7neiid . 



DRVDt.V. 



Pnncess. Oh ! Heaven ! Pin mortified to death 

 — 1 thought that Physicians could have cured all 

 disorders. 



Physician. We never f.iil ofcuring those that 

 would iiave recovered olthemselves. And this 

 is a general rule,' admilling a very few excep- 

 tions, with respect both to internal corripiaints 

 and externa! wound.-. Nature herself will do 

 the business, where the disorder is not mortal ; 

 and. where it is, art is of no use. • 



Prin. What, then, are all those choice nos. 

 trums, for purifying the blood, which old ladies 

 talk so much of — all your boasted squiils and 

 powders! — are they good for nothing? 



Phys. Mere invention — to get money — and t© 

 flatter the sick, while nature is working the 

 cure. 



Prin. But your specitic? : surely, there are 

 such thiiH's '' 



'i lexpen.se or trouble, and only requires to be kepi I „, Oh ' rerl liulv madam and 'O there is 

 same remark applies lo almost every tree and. lo make il as a-recdde to ihe i'.'^-Ku ■' I '^'^ ' .Cf>"'";' .^'. '"^^''"^' ^";' -° ''"''"' 



plant bearing fruit. See how wise nalure is in I ^^l l^u^hJ^Z.. lo Ih^ body : yet fashion - '^' '''-"'' "^ .)"venihty ,n romances 

 her arrangement ! 'i hose r^ols «bicli ''/"^ '" | induces us to give pounds for foreign wines 



feed the fruit, run ne.ir life siirfice of the 

 ground, are more open lo. and under t!ie intlu- 

 ence of the rays of Ihe sun, whn=e natural ten- 

 dency is, to enrich the sa(), and sweeten and 

 ineliorate the fruit of e\ery tree on wiiich it 

 shines. 



'• Your Peach trees tirin? taken up. and pro- 

 pared, set them in the holes dug for ihem, ob- 

 serving much the same melhod as is diiecled 

 to be observed in selling out of .-\[)ple trees, ex- 

 ill 



when we can obtain excellent wines of our own 

 country for a« many shilling-.'" i .. 



IWiiv in Ihe habit of making a variety of 

 wines and giving the suliject much altentinn, I 

 willin^rlv bear lestimnny to Ihe correctness oi' 

 Mr. Phillips' sl.ilemeiii. Par-nip nine surpas- 

 ses the other home made wines in the same ra- 

 tio ofoxce'lence that Flasi India Madeira is su- 

 perior to Cape. 



Und/>r these circinn=tancps, 1 ask leave, thro* 



Prin. In what then is it that medicine con- 

 sists? 



Phy.t. In disincumberiiig and clearing ; in keep- 



ing la proper order the fabric vou cupnot re- 

 build. 



Prill. Yet there are salutary tlii'.igs, and things 

 pernicious. 

 j Pluji. You iiave hit upon the whole secret. — 

 Eat, moderately, of what you know by experi- 

 I eiice, to agree vvilh you. Nothing can be whole- 

 some that does not digest well. What is the 

 < phy-ic that promotes digestion ? Exercise. What 



cept putting sods lound lh*m of which you will ' (^g medium of your useful pi per, to oifer to (he 

 have none, if your ground has been ploughed i r,i.b|ic specific direclions for the manufacture ol' 

 as directed above. j Parsnip wine: there not being, lo my knowl- 



'• Afler the first year nothing should be rais-ie,i^p^ one published receipt on (he subject. 

 ed upon a lot where Peach trees sjrow. Lay | "X'o every 41bs. of Parsnips, cleaned and qiiar- 

 it down lo grass, and Ihe second or third year] lered, pul one gallon of water, boil lliem till they 

 sheep and geese may pH^ture upon il ; an3 when ^re qu:le lender, drain them through a scive, 

 the trees are considerably grown, cows and i j,,,; fj^ not bruise them, as no remedy would 

 horses will Dof do injury, j clear the wine afterwards. Four the liq'ior in- 



"• The Peach tree is, perhaps, the most ten- ' lo a tub. and lo each gallon add 31b'. ol loat su- 

 der, or that which requires Ihe nicest attention gar and a half an ounce of crude tartar. ^^''":'> I ^Q.^gver, you are an honest man ; and. if I an 

 of any ihal we cuUivaie It is lo be guarded co„led lo the temperature ot V; degrees put m j^ Q.^^g,^^ ( ^..■^^^ „„,,e you mv tirst Physician, 

 against a worm, the i>roduct of an egg deposit- ^ a lillle new yeast ; let it stand lour days in a i ^^^ ^^^^. ,•„.,, 't'liysic'lau be Nature. ' It 



ed by a lly near Ihe root during ihe summer i warm room, then tun it. 1 he mixture should, |.^ she who docs the wholV. You see that, of 

 !t is also liable to have Ihe baik burst with if po^ible, be fermented in a tcmperalure o b J ^^^^^^ ^__l_^ have survive.l an hundred vears. 

 frost during winler, and Ihe limbs are very apt , degrees. September and Maich are Ihe "^-^l j none have been of the faculty. The King of 

 to split at Ihe top of the trunk where they ; seasons for making the wine. , ., , , _! France has already buried fuHv ol his Plivsi- 



s it that repairs the strength of the body ? Sleep, 

 What is it Ihat alleviates incurable liiaia. i s ; 

 Patience. What shall mend a bad conslituiioo ? 

 ?vothing. In all violent cases, we have nothing 

 but Mo!icro"s receipt — bleed and evacuate : and, 

 if you pieass, '• clysterii;m donarc." J There is 

 no fourth. Tiie whole is nothing more than 

 what 1 have told you, lo keep the house 

 clean, kc 



Prin. Y"ou do not surfeit me with vour ware ; 



branch off. To assist in guanhug against these 1 



dan"'ers,lhe following remarks are made. To 



guard atcaiiisl Ihe worm, hill the sruund up . tweUe months before bottling. 



When the fermfintntion has subsided, bung 

 do«u the ca>k, and let the wine stand at least , 



Prin. Very true ; and I hope to bury yon, 

 too ! farewell, Doc'or,- 



r.;und your trees early in the summer, lo the If great delicacy of flavour be not indispen=a- ] ' , " :^ ^^ ^^^^ highness. (Ej:cu,it ) 



hei.ght of 12 or 14 inches ; this ni>ces-ijtales ihe bip. moist sugar may be su 



Qy to lay its e^gs ihal di=lance up the body of 



the tiee, and in the fall remove ihe soil away, 



dovvt) to the lap rools, and leave I hem bure 



<iuring the, winter. By this melhod Ihe worm 



■ : '-b with Ihe cold, having nothing 



unk and root of the tree during Ihe 



lo sneiur. it. .\uoiher metiiod is to 



some expense thereby avoided. Hut the wine 

 oiay be made with good loaf, or crushed lump 

 sugar, and riot cost more than 7jd. ihc bottle. 

 1 am, sir, yours, &,c. L. S. 



P. S. If some scientilic person would favour 

 the public with a chemical analysis of the Pars- 

 nili, it would facilitate lulure exi)cr)Uienl.i in 



J'ni)age3 of Columbus. — The original rariatiTrs ol 

 Ilia Voyasts of Cobuubus are lo be publiilied, -Bith 

 tliose of other Spanish navigators, iindtr tlie (iiitclion 

 of t'.ie Govcilinieiit, to be copiid tsactly from the 

 manuscripts, ■which have laia .'ci ibrcc ccclu;ii> moid- 

 Jcria; ia the archives. 



