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Peach Tree, SfC. 



Vol. V. 



geis of the gorged river, for I Iiad come over il on some 

 mountain of snow, I kJiew not how or when, nor do T 

 know to tills day ; so that after all, what I had sein 

 were trees, and trees of no great magnitude either; hut 

 their appearance to my eyes it is impossible to descrihe : 

 Itlioiight they tlourislied ahroad.not for miles only, hut 

 for hundreds of miles, to the utmost verge of the visi- 

 ble Jieavens ! Such a day and such a sight may the eye 

 of a shepherd never see again ! 



" Next morning the sky was clear ; the form of every 

 hill was changed, and new mountains leaned over 

 every valley — all traces of hill, valley, river, and lake 

 were obliterated. When we came to the ground where 

 tlie sheep should have been, not one was to be seen 

 above the snow; here ami there were to be seen the 

 head or horns of a .straggler, but after recovering these 

 few, we could see no more; they were huried as they 

 had been living, under an uniform covering of snow, 

 from six to eight feet deep, scattered over at least one 

 hundred acres of heathery ground : we wen4^?tJong, 

 boring with our long poles, scarcely finding one sheep 

 in a quarter of an hour, but at length, a wliite shaggy 

 Colly, that belonged to the cowherd boy, seemed to have 

 comprehended something of our perplexity, for we ob- 

 served him plying and scraping in the snow with great 

 violence, and always looking over his shoulder for us: 

 on going to the spot, we found that he had marked 

 straight above a sheep: from that he flew to another, 

 and so on to another, as fast as we could dig them out, 

 and ten times faster, for he sometimes had twenty or 

 thirty holes marked beforehand." 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Peach-Tree. 



Sir, — I have a peach-tree in my garden 

 which, at the time of flowering the past year, 

 showed evident signs of premature decay. 

 Having seen in the Cabinet that alkaline 

 substances had been applied to the roots of 

 trees when in these circumstances with great 

 success, I opened the earth, poured soapsuds 

 about the roots, and returned the pulverized 

 soil — the effect was almost instantaneous, 

 and although the application was not made 

 in time to save the whole crop of fruit, a por- 

 tion of it came to perfection, and was by far 

 the finest and most luscious that it had ever 

 borne. A neighbour, whose peach-tree grew 

 so near that its branches almost touched mine, 

 and was affected in the same way, but not to 

 so great an extent, neglected to do as I had 



done ; his crop of fruit all fell off when they 

 had attained the size of almonds, and the 

 tree itself is now entirely dead, while mine 

 is more vigorous than ever, having, after the 

 dressing of soapsuds, thrown out much new 

 wood, which ripened well, and at the present 

 moment its appearance is peculiarly healthy 

 and vigorous. It might be added, I repeated 

 the dose of soapsuds several times during the 

 summer. John Cornky. 



Philadelpliia, 4th Jan., 1841. 



To Correspondents. 



Will " A Grain and Silk Grower" re-peruse tlie arti- 

 cle wliicli he notices — it might form the most satisfac- 

 tory answer to his questions. 



" Agricola's" paper on the modus operandi of Lime, 

 demands, and will repay a most careful and considerate 

 perusal and examination. 



We beg " Observer" toaccept our best thanks. 



Doctor Coates's very interesting paper on the " Hes- 

 sian Fly," is highly important at the present time, and 

 will call forth, we doubt not, the most scrupulous in- 

 vestigation. We offer the pages of the Cabinet for the 

 purpose of recording the views and experience of a 

 very numerous and intelligent class of our readers, 

 who feel a very serious interest in the subject. We 

 are pleased to find that Miss Morris is continuing her 

 investigations, and hope her labours will be crowned 

 with success. 



The quantity of rain and melted snow which fell 

 during the 



l'2th month, (December,) 1840, was. .. .3.647 inches. 



The quantity which fell during the 

 year 1840, was 47.4 inches. 



The average quantity which fell annually during the 

 past ten years, ending with 1840, was. .42.395 inches. 



Those who desire to know the quantity which has 

 fallen annually since 1810, are referred to page 186, 

 vol. XL, of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



John Conrad. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st mo. 1, 1841. 



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