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PEACHES IN UNFAVORABLE CLIMATES. 

 We have alluded ia the Genesee Farmer to the 

 success of Levi Bartlett, of New Hampshire, in 

 growing peaches by protecting them with snow in 



the winter. In the Country Gentleman for Octo- 

 ber 23 he says : 



" About a year ago I stated that I had a number 

 ot peach trees, the limbs of many of them being 

 on and near the ground ; these lower branches are 

 usually covered in the winter by the snow, and 

 being thus protected they have been pretty sure to 

 produce peaches every year. This year I have 

 about twenty trees thus yielding peaches, and, as 

 they are all seedlings, there is quite a variety as to 

 color, size and quality-some having a beautiful 

 scarlet blush upon one side; others are almost 

 sno W white; others are nearly red or yellow 

 These two last kinds ' the old folks at home' call 

 Jiare-hpes and Melacotoons. But the great ma- 

 jority are white— some with skins nearly as smooth 

 as nectarines. 



"There are on several of the trees scattering 

 peaches above the 'snow-line,' but few and far be- 

 tween when compared with those branches that 

 were snow-covered. I can 'appreciate the differ- 

 ence between a ripe peach plucked freshly from 

 the tree and one picked immature and carried one 

 hundred miles to market;' audi think thousands 

 upon thousands of our Few England fanners might 

 have a supply ot peaches every year, that are now 

 destitute, if they would rear trees, give them the 

 nght training and proper winter protection— all of 

 which can be done without any great outlay of 

 tune or money. By training so as to have the 

 limbs near the ground, and perhaps pinning them 

 to it with hooked pins, the snow would usually be 

 a sufficient protection ; but probably it would be a 

 safer way to cover them with branches of ever- 

 green trees, or possibly straw might answer. If 

 teXlh 6 f were Purred, they might be pro- 

 tected by inclosing them in evergreen trees. Last 

 T" JV b f lng at the vilk ^ J met with a man 

 am mn S^ t0 me ! aU e? P erime ^ ^ made last 

 anu nn with a peach tree. Late in the fall he prb- 

 cured hemlock and spruce trees about a dozen feet 

 • with a crowbar he made holes around the 



SHELTER FOR PEACH ORCHARDS. 



Messrs Editors -I notice in the November 

 number of the Genesee Farmer, an article in refer- 

 ence to the statement of Mr. Sanders in the Prai- 

 rie Farmer. Please allow me to say, that reason- 

 ing from his facts will not do for such as have not 

 the advantages which St. Joseph, Mich, possesses 

 as a fruit raising country. My reasons for making 

 this statement are briefly these: 



1. St. Joseph is on the east side of Lake Michi- 

 gan which never freezes, and consequently the 

 winters are milder, and the winds warmer than 

 they would otherwise be. 



2. They are for the reason above stated, pro- 

 tected by nature's own providing from winds, 

 which in the prairies of the West, and timber 

 lands, too, prevent the successful cultivation of the 

 peach. 



3 To my certain knowledge, peach trees pro- 

 tected by having corn-stalks and other material 

 placed among their branches, have preserved their 

 fruit, while adjoining trees have lost theirs. 



4. Trees planted on the south side of a house, 

 ami protected on the west and southwest by a large 

 barn have fruited every year, while others in ex- 

 posed situations, have failed every time. 



I am therefore in favor of protecting every tree, 

 and always, unless in such a situation as St, Joseph. 

 -Mm Cottage, Fulton Co., III. ELGIN 



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peach tree, and set out the evergreens, so as to 

 completely protect it from sudden changes of the 

 weather. Early in May he removed the hemlocks, 

 ami the result ot the operation was, that none of 

 the enderest hmbs or blossom-buds were injured 

 by the cold of winter. The tree is very thrifty, five 



o .t tt yea -T h T tLe seed - TI,is m «»ing I ™a* 

 out two miles to examine the tree, and I have no 

 doubt there is over two bushels of fruit upon it to- 



Now wfVi f;Ur ; and J USt be ^nni.,g to ripen. 

 HQJt what Isaac Hunt has done in the way of 



O f tKJri'i t ^"^ <l0Wn h6re ' a ,ittle thh ^ 



it I out P ° le ' ° therS 6an do ' an<1 ,iave Probes 



lTa e In ^ ° r 1 PnCe - With one exception, I 



whL m ?? , PeacheS " pon trecs exposed to the 



ore tv 'J haVe Seen t,,is seaso » a Sreat many 



hem m ' PeaCh treeS ' ' but nai T a peach upon 



The Scottish Farmer says that water from a gas- 

 tank is very destructive to all kinds of garden 

 insects. 



The Fascination of Fruit Culture.— A cor- 

 respondent of the New York Trihune, in an ac- 

 count of the Horticultural Exhibition at Chicago, 

 says: — D ' 



"I was amused to notice how much the exhibit- 

 ors thought of their fruit; with many, this is the 

 nrstyear their trees have borne, and this care was 

 particularly the case with those who have lived in 

 cities, and who only a few years ago turned their 

 attention to fruit growing. Hour after hour they 

 stood by their tables, their eyes running from plate 

 to plate, and often they rearranged them so that 

 each pear and bunch of grapes should show the 

 best that it could. Human affection is scarcely 

 ess devoted. I was reminded of a young wife with 

 her hrst baby. Some may call this a species of 

 insanity. Very well, I own to being a little insane 

 on strawberries. But people do not understand it. 

 They do not have before them the years of perse- 

 vering industry, as the fruit-grower does, and they 

 have no long hopes realized. They know not how 

 he has watched his trees through all seasons, till 

 they have become '"'familiar trees;" how he has 

 thought of them when falling asleep, or on a jour- 

 ney, or how he has walked among them with his 

 wite on Sunday afternoons. Of all the descend- 

 ants of Adam, none have so nearly succeeded in 

 getting back into Paradise as the fruit grower." 



The Tallow Tree.— This tree has lately been 

 introduced into India from China. From its seeds 

 tallow and oil are procured, which are extensively 

 used in Chine. Its wood is hard and durable, and 

 its leaves yield a black dye. The tallow and oil 

 are very easily extracted from the seeds. It is said 

 that by its produce alone the taxes are paid in the 

 district of Hong Kong. So says the London, 

 Times. 



