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THE GENESEE FARMER 



cupped, having a pure white eye, and deeply cut 

 leaves. Its seeds may be sown at difl'erent seasons, a 

 few in April, and a few at the end of September ; for 

 if the winter be not very sharp, they will bloom very 

 early in spring, and those sown in the spring will come 

 into flower l)y the time the autumn-sown ones decline. 

 The young plants will bear removal, but I prefer sow- 

 ing them where they are to bloom ; there is, however, 

 no harm in planting out the few that you take up 

 from a patch when they have been sown too thickly ; 

 and some gardeners make them regularly potted 

 plants, and therefore sow all in one place, and pot off" 

 or plant out at pleasure. They are very beautiful till 

 they begin to straggle along the ground, when, 

 although they still keep flowering a little, I should 

 advise you to pull them up to make room for some- 

 thing better." 



HINTS FOR JUNE. 



• ExAMixE carefully your grafts and budded trees. 

 See that they are not robbed of their due j^roportion 

 of sap by shoots on the stock below. 



If you have trees that are shy bearers, pinch off 

 the terminal shoots M'hen they have attained about 

 one-half or two-thirds their usual groAvth, in order to 

 develop the fruit buds for another season. 



It has been found a good practice in young 

 orchards just come into bearing, to take off a large 

 proportion of the blossoms that may set, that they 

 may bear every year instead of every two years, as is 

 usual with the Apple. 



The Apple tree left to bear freely, exhausts the 

 materials for a fruit crop elaborated the previous 

 season, and as there is not usually time after the 

 ripening of the fruit, for its vessels to develop the 

 fruit buds for another year, before the falling of the 

 leaf, the consequence is, that usually the Apple tree 

 bears its full crop every other year. 



CheiTy trees mature their fruit so early in the sea- 

 son, that time is given to elaborate the fruit buds ere 

 cold weather sets in. 



Weakly and tender trees should not be permitted 

 to bear freely — for present profit is purchased at the 

 expense of future health and vigor. 



Mulch your newly transplanted trees and shrubs, 

 especially those not hardy and vigorous growers. 

 Cheriy trees particularly require it. 



Treat your trees and shrubs, as fairly as any of your 

 hoed crops ; supply them liberally with well decom- 

 posed manure, or better, with a good compost spaded 

 or plowed in lightly; keep your cattle from summer 

 pruning or heading them back; watch carefully to 

 keep them clear of insects, &c. 



If slugs make their appearance on your Cherry trees, 

 dust them with dry caustic lime or ashes. Jar' your 

 Plum trees smartly every day or two, early in the 

 morning, and be sure to destroy by fire or boiling 

 water all the droppings therefrom. 



Soot and ashes dusted freely over your melons and 

 cucumbers will much promote their growth, and ma- 

 terially assist in keeping them clear of bugs. When 

 your squashes have commenced running, draw earth 

 over the third or fourth joint and press it with your 

 foot; they will root and perhaps save your fruit should 

 the parent vine be destroyed by the bug, &c. 



Keep your strawbeny beds clear of grass and 

 weeds, and remember that when swelling their fruit 

 they require a liberal supply of water. 



Sow peas and radishes eveiy two or three weeks, 

 if you would have a fresh supply for your table. 



Put your soap-suds around the roots of your gTape- 

 vines, or pour thorn on to your manure or compost 

 heap — in no case let them be wasted. Wash your 

 trees with lye of moderate strength as high as you 

 can reach ; they will soon show by clean, smooth bark, 

 how well they appreciate good treatment. 



Hang vials of sweetened water among your fruit 

 trees. You will be surprised at the number of flies 

 and insects that you may destroy, which would other- 

 wise prey upon the leaves and fruit. 



In transplanting your cabbages, &c., be particular 

 to take time and do it well. You may not seem to 

 make fast work, but how much better is it that all 

 should make good heads instead of only one-half or 

 one-third. 



Remember that all gardening and farming opera- 

 tions have their appropriate season, and can never bo 

 so profitably performed as at the proper time. * 



CULTURE^ OF FRUIT TREES. 



Mr. Editor : — I want to impress upon the minda 

 of your readers, as the season of transplanting ap- 

 proaches, the importance of thorough work. One 

 tree properly set is worth two merely stuck in the 

 ground. I set an orchard four years ago this spring, 

 and occupied from fifteen to twenty minutes in placing 

 every root and fiber in its proper place, and filling 

 every crevice with mold ; I also mulched them the 

 two first years ; and I have not lost one. I have 

 manured and planted the ground every year. My 

 trees are fine, and the bark is smooth and green. I 

 expect to have fruit this season. 



It has been before the people in your journal, but 

 as there are many new subscribers every year it should 

 be kept before them, that it is of no use — that it is 

 worse than useless — to be at the expense of buying 

 trees and then neglecting them. They want culture 

 just as much as corn, or any other grain or vegetabla 

 This is not all : you must watch every enemy, and 

 particularly the borer, just at the ground ; they are 

 very destructive, and before you are aware of it your 

 trees are ruined. Proper pruning should be observed 

 from year to year. 



Many think when their trees are set that all is done, 

 but it is not so. I set 300 Pear trees (every other 

 one a dwarf) a year ago last fall, and I want all the 

 information I can get in regard to their cultui-e. 

 Would you advise me to put ashes around each tree, 

 and if so how much? I can obtain refuse lime cheap; 

 would it be good with ashes? 



Will the Willow that grows on the banks of 

 streams grow on uplands, and make a hedge plant by 

 proper pruning ? Please give me your o])inion on 

 the above, and oblige D. B. W. 



Ashes and lime will be useful spread over the 

 ground around Pear trees, a little farther than their 

 roots extend. As to the River Willows growing on 

 upland, it would be an experiment, and is worthy of 

 a trial in a small way. — Ed. 



