DWARF JTBEES. 



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hth of an acre lot, 



n have a beautiful 



riety cif fruit. lu va- 



ty they can equal the 



mer with his twenty 



re orcharii. Anoth- 



advantage is, that 



ese trees bear very 



You may cou- 



ently expect your 



es to produce fruit 



scooiui year after 



lilinting-. These dwarf 



are remarkably 



autiful ; nothing in 



flower garden or on 



lawn can excel thera 



his resjiect. Imag- 



amiuiature tree, say 



feet high, in the 



I all covered with 



ssoms, and in the 



umn the branches /?' , 



ded to the ground /^IJ>v, 



h fruit. Sometimes 



apples on these 



;s are four times the 



umference of the 



in trunk. 



Trees are dwarfed 

 being budded or en- 

 fted on the root of 

 le small variety. 

 The pearls dwarfed 



working on the Fi 



ice root. We this 



!• gathered fifty Rostiezer pears from a tree only 

 years from the bud, and the second year after 

 iting out. Trees of the Ji'kite Doyenne have pro- 

 ed upwards of twenty large specimens the third 

 • from the bud. In the spring of 1853 we bought 

 Tirte Doyenne pear tree four yeiirs from the bud, 

 planted it the first of May. The same season it 

 i sixty-three pears, fine, large, and beautifully col- 



" Fig. 1 is a portrait 

 of a tree taken this 

 summer. It is about 

 six years old, and has 

 been well pruned and 

 made to assume the 

 pyramidal form. It is 

 about eight feet high, 

 and five feet wide at 

 the base. 



" The applg is dwarf- 

 ed by engrafting on the 

 Doucuiti. By working 

 on the Paradise stock 

 it is still more dwarfed, 

 making but a small 

 bush, as in Fig. 2. 



" Fig. 3 is the por- 

 trait of a dwarf Flor- 

 ence cherry tree, given 

 by Mr. Rivers, of Eng- 

 land, in his Miniature 

 Fruit Garden, only 

 two years old, and bear- 

 ing fruit. Except as 

 ornaments, we do not 

 admire the dwarf cher- 

 ry. The cherry on a 

 free stock comes to ma- 

 turity early enough,and 

 many of the varieties 

 are quite beautiul as 

 shade trees, and are of 

 moderate size." 

 1. 1 Great interest is now 



felt in the subject of 

 Dwarf Trees, as well there may be. To plant trees 

 one year, and eat the fruit the same or succeeding year, 

 seems /(is< enough to suit this /as< age and country. 



I. They were exhibited at the fall show of the Then they require so little room that scarcely a city 

 li ifisee Valley Horticultural Society the same season, residence but has " yard" enough for half a dozen. 



