1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



157 



the roots and earth could be taken up with the! this is but one among the many such books that 

 tree; but this could seldom be done in this vi-'have been given to the public from time to time, 

 cinitj. Hence the practice of heading in, that by the same enterprising publisher, C M. Sax- 

 is, of cutting off a portion from the extremities ton, of New York, who has I)ecome not a little 

 of all the principal branches, which would pre- noted as a publisher of agricultural and scientific 

 vent that violent shock to the tree, and cause it i works. In closing, let me advise all your read- 

 to put forth new and healthy slioots, and give a ers to purchase a copy, and I assure you and 

 symmetrical form to the tree, Avas recommended i them, tliat they will find tlicir money has been 

 as the better course. well expended. j. f. c. n. 



Other remarks were made, by different mem- 

 bers, on these and other topics, which will give 

 your readers an idea of what we are doing, and 

 how we do it. The result of last year's opera- 

 tions hag been to cause more fruit trees to be 

 transplanted than in all the previous history of 

 the town. 



' Newton Centre, Feb. 14, 1855. 



Mr, 



For the yiiv En/^land Farmer. 



RAISING APPLE TREES. 



Editor : — Observing in the January num- 



Iher 0^ the Neic England Farmer an article under 

 As the ideas advanced here are new to us, per-! the head, "How long it takes to get Apples," I 

 haps they may need modifying or confirming by ^m induced to send you tlie results of my own 

 those of your readers wiio have had more experi-!gj^p(,i.im(,Qt8. 



enee than a two year old society. 



Betkct, Me., Jan. 24, 1855. N. T. Trce. 



cpo 



I In the fall of 1845 I planted with my own 



liaud some pomace. The next spring the seeds 



came up finely, and bv the last of August had 



Remarks.— These are the plans of operation I gr^^^n to such a size, that with the exception of 



which are preparing the way fo/- higher modes of one, I budded the whole of them. That one was 



culture, and for more thorough means of instruc- so large in its growth, so smooth, so straight, its 



tion, both in the theory and practice of agri- ^^^^s" liandsome, that I was sure it would pro- 



,. o J. 1,1 i • duce a good natural fruit. The buds did well, 



culture, success to vour noble enterorize. j.i x iu i. ui i ■ r 



J w ^.uccijjix^,^. ^YiQ trees the next season grew nobly, and in four 



years fi-om the bud I began to have fruit. Last 

 year a good many of the trees, which were trans- 

 planted when three years old, bore finely. In 

 transplanting them I took pains to have large and 



For (he New England Farmer. 



A GOOD BOOK 



Mr. EnrroR :— Though this is emphatically a 'deep holes, Avhich I filled with compost and good 

 book-making and reading age, when books are 'soil ; so that at this time, the trees have attained 

 publishwJ andsold, notby tliousands, butby hun-;a size and thrifty appearance which makes my 

 dreds of thousands, yet it is equally true, thatjyoung orchard one of the best I have ever seen of 

 the great majority of books that come from the its ao-e. 



fertile and sAviftly-flying presses, are not fit to be I had the opinion formerly that it was the 

 read; and it is refreshing to find a new work work of a life to get an orchard from the seed, 

 that we can with truth call good Such I believe but I have found out to the contrarv, and as there 

 the "American Muck Book," by Dr. J. Browne, 'is great pleasure in rearing our own trees, I would 

 to be._ It is one of the best of the kind, (and the recommend to every one who has opportunity to 

 kind is good,) I have ever seen ; it is written in make the trial, at least on a small scale, 

 such a style that he wlio runs— if he reads— may Ju regard to the one tree I left unbudded, it 

 understand; and evidently by one who is a kj^w^ 'proved, as I expected, a good fruit, fair, of sufii- 

 of all matters pertaining to agricultur 1 chemis-jcient size, ripening late in the fall. 

 try. Every topic is treated in a clear and concise - - - . - .... 



manner, and is worthy the attention of even that 

 cLiss of fanners, who are apt to speak disparag- 

 ingly of books. This one ouglit to be in the 

 hands of every person who owns or cultivates a 

 rod of land. It is calculated to do a great deal 

 towards reuioving the prejudice that has existed 

 against such books on account of being filled with 

 "unpractical" matter, written in a strictly tecli- 

 nical s'yle. And here let me quote a few lines 

 from tlie author's preface. "The design of the 

 Ajieric.w Mrciv Book, then, is not to present 

 any novel or hitherto unheard-of theory or hy- 

 pothesis in agriculture ; but to collect, arrange, 

 and condense what men of expin-ieiice and sound 



judgment, both of ancient and modern times,,, ,, , , .-. i- , ■ 



have already written upon the subject, embodied ^'.'^^ '^''.^^ produce a arger quantity of apj, es in a 

 in a simplilied form, together with "such facts and^'^'^"" ^"^" *''''" ^'"^^'^ '^^ S^'* 'i'^^" the seed. 



observations as have come directly under the 



notice of the author, and such as may safely be Cittixg Roots for Sheep. — A correspondent 

 recommended for (jcncral praclice, treated of at of the Mark Lane Repress says : — "It is a matter 

 the same time in such a manner as shall come I of impossibility for you^ig sheep to eat tli(! turnips 

 within the comprehension of the 'working far-j without being out." lam certain that they will 

 mer' wlio may have formed cnmparativv-ly but [not thrive so quickly, and I consider that one 

 little acquaintance with chemical science."" Audlpart out of three is lost. There is this difference 



In the whole I raised several hundred trees, of 

 perhaps twenty varieties, so that the experiment 

 was sufficiently extensive to test its success. 



. AmAS.V W.iLK:ER. 



N. Brookjield, Jan. 29, 1855. 



P. S. — According to my own observation, apple 

 trees should be transplanted within three or four 

 years from the seed. If they are allowed to stand 

 longer, they sustain more injury from removal. 



I suppose I shall not i)e misunderstood as re- 

 commending the planting of seeds as the (juick(St 

 way of getting a protluctive orchard. Every one 

 must be aware that, other tilings being e((ual, 

 trees produce in quantity according to tlieir age, 

 and if trees are set out seven or ten jH'ars old, 



