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NKVV ENGLAND FARMER, 



April 9, 1830- 



lenilii"^' iIk! expL'riiiiciits loilie nhove iiaineil sionu 

 tViiits, wliifh have been so wucccssfully niiil ad- 

 vniitiigeuiisly iiiudu iijioii (larudiae storli^. 



I liinc found llu' Ureeii On^u, nnd in fact all 

 tlie grenl variety nf (iliirn trees, culliviiled in our 

 gardens, so tniicli inclined to run u|> into unpro- 

 ductive wood, us to render n crop of fruit veiy un- 

 certain, atui have no doulit, thatthis liunil>lc native 

 nii^lit be interposed, witb very fnvoriible resultti. 

 I sliall make the experiment this spnn^', by using 

 it as the slandnril for the Green Gngc nnd Mag- 

 num Honuiii, nn<t by engrafting it upon free stocks, 

 or Slickers, upon which can be budded the above 

 named plums in August or September, and thus 

 test the eftect of both modes. 



Such is the superior size nnd beauty of apples 

 raised upon paradise stocks, nnd their consequent 

 high price, in the Fruit Market of I'nris, that this 

 cidture is rapidly extending ; and adapting this 

 new mode of producing dwarf trees, it may be 

 advantageously introduced into this country, at 

 least near our large cities, — while small plantations 

 of the vaiious kinds of fruit trees, thus managed, 

 would be interesting objects in all our gardens. 



In Dr BiGKi.Qw's Flora Bostonie.nsis, is the 

 following account of our native |)luin : — 



i'Bi;.>'us LiTTORALia. Beach Plum. 

 Umbels crowded, few. flowered ; peduncles 

 and calyxes somewhat i)ubescent ; leaves oval, 

 ucute, serrate, the veins pubescent beneath. 



Synonytii, Pru.nus Spha:rocarpa. Michaux. 

 A shrub with stout, straggling branches. Leones 

 scattered, crowded, oval or aborate, acute, single 

 and doubly serrate, smooth or rugose above, 

 slightly pubescent ortomentose beneath. Petioles 

 short, pubcsceint, and biglaiidular. The flowers 

 appear before the leaves, on the sides, near the 

 oxlrcmities of the Inst year's branches, in numer- 

 ous umbels, of from two to five flowers. Pedun- 

 cles short, filiform pubescent, under a magnifier, 

 as well as the calyx. Corolla small, white. — 

 Fruit large, globular, eatable, with the flavor of 

 the common plum. Always neajb«tic salt water ; 

 abundant on I'lum Island, — .May. — Fruit ripe in 

 August anil September. 



Faritl;/ — 1 Fruit an inch in iliameler, purple, 

 with a glaucous bloom. 

 ' — 2. Fruit smaller but similar. 

 ' — 3. P^riiit crimson, shining. 



This is the common Beach Plum, much prized 

 for its agreeible friiit, and deserving attempts at 

 riiltivution. 



Those of my trees which have yielded fruit 

 belong to the 2d variety. 11. A. S. D. 



pruning of the vine is only performed to divide the raise pumpkins in this way, but have no doubt that 

 sap into but a fevv buds, and to make the vine pro- it will answer for them. 



duce bunches more perfect, and of a quicker! 'The same plnn may be adopted with advan- 

 ripeness; yet should those buds receive too much tagc nnd economy, as to manure, in raising Lima 

 sap, the blossom will be blasted; (he proof of 1 beans, especially in cold situasioDS.' — Penn. Agric 

 this is fully established by considering, that, when- '.Mmanack. 

 ever a vine is of too luxuriant a growth, and is 



pruned short, nlthough the buds may i.roduca n Peculiar cultivation of Polalott.—\ French 

 beautiful branch, it will produce no grapes ; it is | soldier placed half a dozen of potatoes at the bot- 

 on this account that such vines must be pruned to.ii of a cask upon a layer of .sand and fresh 

 very long, and not before the buds begin to swell, earth, three or four inches thick : when the stalk- 

 then it bleeds amazingly, and loses timt supei- , ''"'1 "sen a few inches he bent thcui down and 

 fluous sap, which is nothing more than a watery ^ covered them, four or five inches deep with the 

 substance, beneficini fur tUe growth of the branch- same mixture, lie continued this operation till 

 es, but hurtful to the grapes. ' ""^ ''^^^ ««=* full. Six or seven months after, up- 



'VVhen vines are of smr.ll growth, tlicy must ; o" emptying the vessel (which stood in a court 

 be pruned early, and if a too luxuriant one,/a««, Jyax'-) ''« f""'"!.''"" the half dozen potatoes had 

 for the later they are pruned the more thoy produced an enormous quantity of new ones, fror 



bleed, hut in all cases let your vines bleed, be 

 cause the too great abundance of sap, in this 

 warm and humid country, and its direction in a 

 greater number of buds than in France, are what 

 an American vine dresser must more particularly 

 observe. In all cases where vines are exposed to 

 Inte fro.st, prune, but very late, for the sooner a 

 vine is pruned the sooner it will grow.' 



Preserving Plants front the Caterpillkr. — .^n ex- 

 periment has been tried for three years to pre- 

 serve gooseberry plants from the ravages of the 

 caterpillar, by brushing the stems with a soft brush 

 dipped in common train or fish oil, about the time 

 of their tirst appearance, or at any time when in- 

 fested, which .-ippears to destroy or greatly to annoy 

 them. It also much improves the growth and 

 productiveness of the tree the following year, and 

 clears it of moss. This communication is made 

 public, in the hope of exciting experiments to 

 prove how far it may be useful fur the preserva- 

 tion of other trees.^-JVeii! Monthly Mag. 



To correct damaged grain, — Musty grain, totally 

 unfit for use, and which can scarcely be ground, 

 may, it is said, be rendered perfectly sweet and 

 sound by simply immersing it in boiling water and 



IVEW EIVGLAIVD FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1830. 



BLKF.DINf; OF VINES. 

 A. LouBAT, author of the Ktne Dresser's Guide, 

 in an article, published in the .Vete York Farmer, 

 for February last, condemns the application of 

 plaster of I'aris, or .-iiiy other substance, to pre- 

 vent vines from blcirding, when pruned, nnil ob- 

 serves, ' If you do not find, in any book, treat- 

 ing of the culture of the vine, any mention or 

 hint respecting the stoppage of the bleeding of 

 vines, that is bccnuse the application of nny such 

 remedies would be injurioii.'<, instcnd of producing 

 any advantage wimlcvor to the vino. As a proof 

 of my assertion, I will observe, that idtliough the 



the portions of the mother stems which had been 

 succeasively laid down and covered. — Jour, dei 

 Connais. Usuelles, 1829, p. 66. 



From the New York Farmer. 



In the Southern Agriculturist, published at Charleston, 

 S. C, we find the following : — 



' Horticultural Societies have sprung up with ama- 

 zing rapidity in some of the Northern and Eastern 

 states, nnd are likely to prove of much benefit. 

 There exists one in Philadelphia, four in the slate 

 of New York one in the city, and three in the interi- 

 or; and one at Boston, besides several others, of 

 which perhaps we have nor been informed. The 

 New York Horticultural .Society is the oldest by 

 several years ; but it appears to i. > from the ac- 

 counts we receive, that the '"le :it Boston jvro- 

 in'iscs to be one of the most active, as well as use- 

 fii!, of all these societies. T' — • -- - < -ri- re 

 believe, but little more than c; 

 and appear already to have pi . le 



effect. The members are zealous, and judging 

 from the reports made through the New Englaud 

 Farmer, the society must be in a flourishing con- 

 ilitinn. Presents of new trees, jdante, fruit, vezc- 

 tables, seeds, &:c, are numerous, and we cannot 

 letting it remain till the water becomes cold. The | but congratulate our friends of Boston, on tbcir 

 ipiantity of water must be double to that of the success.' 



grain to be purified. The musty quality rarely . The New York Horticultural Society has un- 

 pcnetratcs through the husk or bran of the wheat, questionably done much towards increasing the 

 In the hot water, all the decayed or rotten grain variety and promoting the culture of edible, fruit, 

 swims upon the surface, so that the remaining and ornamental plants, but we think neither its 

 wheat is effectually cleansed from all impurities, usefulness nor its scientific standing, has corrcs- 

 H itliout any material loss. It is afterwards to be ponded with its favorable situation nnd circuin- 

 dried, stirring occasionally, on the kiln. j stances. Located in the metropolis of the coun- 



■ try, enjoying every kind of soil adapted to euc- 



Melons. — A writer in the Richmond Enquirer, cesSful culture, a highly congenial climate, nnd the 

 with the signature Agriculler, snys, ' I now from n I greatest facilities for the importation of foreign 

 small spot of poor ground laiso a profusion of plants — patronised by the most wealthy and in- 

 melons, whereas until lately I could not raise i fliiential, and having among its officers and mem- 

 enough on four or five times the same space of hers, men of science and practice, and yet much 

 rich land. I dig scpinre holes ten feet apart, each of its reputation and popularity is attributable 

 way for water melons and about six feel for rnther to the favorable views entertained by the 

 muskniclons ; for the first, two feet deep; for I public of the objects of the society, and to the 

 the. Inst, eighteen inches deep, and eighteen inches costly and fat dinners, than to the practical infor- 

 wide. The roots run but a short distance in a i mntion, and extent and accuracy of scientific in- 

 horizontal direction, but striking ilcep into the i vcstigations exhibited in the transactions of the 

 earth, they are secure from the effects of drought ; society. 



and by filling the holes half full of manure, aiul ; The place of the meetings does not correspond 

 finishing them to a few inches above the surface | to the dignity of the society, nor render encournge- 

 wiih a inixlurc of manuro and soil, or which is i nient or coinpensniion to liberal exhibitors. The 

 belter a composition of vegctablcH and other sub- place of the meetings should be where the meiii- 

 siiinces, commonly to be met with uroimil out liem could Inke their families and their friends to 

 houses anil pig pens, a depth of soil of fine anil see the exhibitions and reail publications on rural 

 light lillli is formed. I have not allomptod to subjects. Indeed it is the only way to insure 



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