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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



crop may be counted on, even here, and that will 

 pay for the trees and more too. Far south it is the 

 most prolitable fruit in general cultivation. 



The peach likes a vrarm, light loam, deep and dry, 

 not so stiff as good pear soil, but much like it other- 

 wise. It will do well, however, on almost any well 

 elevated grounds south; while here the highest, 

 driest, and ' poorest" prairie knolls, or hazle and 

 tree-sprinkled "barrens'" should be selected, when 

 practicable; and soil that is "poor" in nitrogenized 

 matters, always; for a large growth and a late 

 growth of wood are to be avoided. On such soils, 

 the peach is perhaps better without underdrainage 

 than any other fruit tree. Best plant on or quite 

 near the surface, however, and raise the earth over 

 the roots to support the tree in its place. Plant 

 trees to make low heads, and never more than one 

 year old, if you can well avoid it. 



The nectarine, which is but a smooth -skinned 

 peach, comes in here. For varieties, you can de- 

 pend on the books and catalogues, always remem- 

 bering that some good sorts for the South will not 

 ripen here. — J. A. Kennioott, in Prairie Farmer. 

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EEMEDY FOR THE CUECULIO. 



" To one pound of whale oil soap, add four ounces of 

 flour of sulphur. Mix thoroughly, and dissolve in twelve 

 ^lons of water. 



To one half peck of quicklime add four gallons of 

 water, and stir well together. When fully settled, pour 

 off the transparent lime water, and add to the soap and 

 sulphur mixture. 



Add to the same, also, say four gallons of tolerably 

 strong tobacco water. 



Apply this mixture, when thus incorporated, with a 

 garden syringe, to your plum or other fruit trees, so that 

 the foliage shall be well drenched. If no rains succeed 

 tor three weeks, one application will be sutficient. Should 

 fvffjuent rains occur, the mixture should be again applied 

 until the stone of the fruit becomes hardened, when the 

 scitson of the curculio's ravages is past." 



TuE above, being highly recommended, is copied 

 from the N. Y. Ohserter. A correspondent of 

 that paper, having tried the preparation on part of 

 his trees, secured a good crop of fine fruit, while 

 on those to which it was not applied no fruit was 

 matured. "Will not fruit-growers generally give it 

 a faithful trial the coming season, and publish the 

 resnjt ? I intend to test its efficacy, and will re- 

 port accordingly. jonx bbadfield. 



Steawberries OS THE Praihie. — This fruit will 

 grow on any good deep soil, if not too wet ; and 

 yet it seems to like permanent moisture. Perhaps 

 a deep, moderately rich, clayey loam, is best. Vir- 

 gin prairie, broken up in May or June, trench- 

 plowed in October or November, and set in vines 

 the next March or April, has given large and cheap 

 crops. Manure is seldom needed, and deep culture 

 rarely fails to pay. Necked Pine and Large Early 

 Scarlet are among the hardiest and easiest to culti- 

 yate on the prairies, but are scarcely so desirable 

 as many of the larger sorts, hardy enough with a 

 feliglit winter protection north, and mostly quite 

 hardy south. For a choice of sorts, consult books 

 and periodicals. Uovey's Seedling^ Burros New 

 Pine, McAvoy''s Superior, Crimson Cone, Long- 

 uortKs Prolific, &c., have earned a good reputation 

 West, and some of the newer sorts, like Wilson's 

 Albany, &.C., are very promising here. — J. A. Ken- 

 jjicoTT, in Prairie Fanner. 



DOES IT PAY TO TTTTtTi; a GARDENEE! 



I AM a farmer with 150 acres of cleared lane 

 with orchards, etc., as good as my neighbors ; bi 

 I was not quite satisfied with my garden. It wa; 

 to be sure, as good as those of my neighbors, but 

 wished the garden better. The soil and situatio 

 were good, I had worked it, yet I was not suitec 

 I hired a gardener in April, 1857, and in keeping 

 correct account of loss and gain found inyself m 

 nus some $17. In looking back, I thought I coul 

 see where I had missed it, and not to be discoui 

 aged at one failure, I made a second attempt i 

 1858. This year I find the debt and credit j)ag< 

 are quite different from tlie former. I now fin 

 myself the gainer to the amount of $23.50 in 185! 

 besides the constant sup])ly and use of many art 

 cles for the table, not taken in the estimate. The 

 the great enjoyment of the many delicacies in 

 garden yields when a friend visits me, and occi i 

 sionally to make a present of a dish of strawbe 

 ries, gooseberries, or a few melons, as circurastai . 

 ces seem to justify, gives such a true relish to li l 

 that I shall pay more attention to my garden i | 

 future. 



I believe my brother farmers are the losers I 

 neglecting the garden. I know that I have lost 1 i 

 such neglect, and by the well known rule, jud) { 

 others by myself. The garden pays full as well | 

 the field. At or near the close of 1859, you m! i 

 hear from me further on this subject. 



A CANADIAN FARMER. 



RAISING EARLY PLANTS. 



Messes. Editors : — I notice in the March nur 

 her of the Farmer, a plan for raising early plan 

 in the shells of tvirnips, and no doubt they won 

 answer a very good purpose; but a much mo 

 complete way for raising early plants for trar 

 planting in the garden, is to make small boxes < 

 common siding, say seven inches wide. Plane o; 

 side of the board, which is to form the inside 

 the box, then make your boxes from six to eig 

 inches across the top, so as to suit the size of t 

 plants that you want to put in them, and about o; 

 inch larger across the bottom, so that the box w 

 slip up from the hill without any difficulty. The 

 boxes are to be made without any bottom, a) 

 should be placed upon a shingle or thin piece i 

 board, with one end shaved thin, so that it can 

 drawn out from under the box without disturbii 

 the dirt or the roots of the plant. I have us 

 this kind of boxes for the last two years, and fii 

 that they answer the purpose to my entire satisfs^ 

 tion. The boxes when in use should be kept 

 the hot-bed or in the kitchen; and if kept in t 

 latter place, they should be kept as near the top 

 the room as possible, upon a shelf fixed for t 

 pur])Ose, as the heat is always greater near the t 

 of the room than in any other place, and also m,o 

 regular. xnos. o. nAOAiiAN. 



Bront^ C. IK, March 24, l&'jg. 



MuLcnrNG is one of the best means of preventL 

 mildew on the gooseberry, and it is quite probal 

 that sulphur scattered on the leaves will be as be 

 eficial as it is in checking the mildew on grap4 

 Uave any of our readers tried it? If so, we shoiT^ 

 be glad to hear from them. 



