THE GENESEE FAEMER. 



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The remedy that suggests itself to me is : first; 

 to select, if you can, a sheltered location for or- 

 chards ; second, cultivate the land deep, that the 

 roots may reach far down ; third, set your trees a 

 little incluiing to the west, with the heaviest 

 branches upon that side ; fourth, never set a tree, 

 without setting a strong stake firmly on the west 

 side, and fastening tlie tree to it, (this will keep the 

 plough from coming too near,) taking care to ex- 

 amine and fix your stakes every season till the tree 

 has formed a considerable top, when the danger is 

 still greater than before, and your stakes hardly 

 sufficient to hold it, then support it by a crotch 

 set upon the east side, and catching against one of 

 the main central branches : one which, should it 

 be injured through carelessness, would not be so 

 material. After the tree has borne a few seasons, 

 and the limbs are somewhat bent down, I think 

 it will take care of itself. Does any one say, this 

 is too much trouble ? Then, I say, he had better 

 let his farm grow up with oak grubs, for without 

 trouble he can not raise anything. 



This portion of Michigan is, from its soil, but 

 more particularly from its climate, adapted to fruit ; 

 there is no better fruit country in America. Its 

 geography, and its thermal statistics, as well as the 

 success of its culture show it to be so ; and this, 

 with the fact that there is between Lake Mich- 

 igan and the Rocky Mountains, no more good, fruit 

 country in this latitude, affords the greatest in- 

 ducements to its culture here. 



A word or two more on shelter, and I have done 

 for the present. In cleaning up a new farm in this 

 oak country, it is wise to leave a strip on the west 

 and north sides, of one to four reds in width, to 

 grow up, and if the farm be more than 80 rods 

 wide, a second strip would be advisable. Few per- 

 sons are aware of the benefit of such shelter to 

 crops and trees, as well as to themselves and their 

 cattle ; but if they will examine closely wherever 

 such shelter exists, they cannot fail to be convin- 

 ced. MICIIIGANIAN. 



Muskegon, Mich., Sept., 1860. 



GRAFTING GRAPE VINES. 



Eds. Gen. Farmer : — In answer to Ben. IIadad's 

 inquiries, I would say, that his want of success was 

 attributable to various causes. In the first place, 

 his Isabellas were headed down too low before 

 grafting; in the second place, probably grafted 

 "too late" in the season, and in the third place, 

 (where in our opinion the difliculty principally laid) 

 he says that he was careful to rub out the shoots, 

 both above and below the graft, thus giving it 

 no chance whatever of uniting, as it must have 

 been " flooded with sap." 



It is possible that Mr. Hadad's buds (of graft,) 

 were not all right at the time of grafting. 



I will give Mr. Hadad my experience in the 

 difficulty. On the 11th of March, 1859, on com- 

 mencing to start my Grape Vines in the early vine- 

 ry, I thought that I would like to change a Prince 

 Albert for something better, and made up my mind 

 to graft it with the Bowood Muscat., which was done 

 about 6 inches from the ground — the head of the 

 old vine (or stock,) remaining untouched. As the 

 graft commenced to grow, the head was gradually 

 reduced on the old vine, and before the end of the 



summer my "graft" was a splendid rod, 14 feet 

 long, having been stopped twice during that time, 

 and measured about an inch and a quarter in diam- 

 ater at just above the union. This year it has 

 given some fine bunches of grapes, and next year 

 it can be cropped as heavy as either of the old 

 vines, which are above eight years old. — John 

 Carlton, Gardener to Joseph Hall, Rochester. 



Machine for Transplanting Trees. — The prin- 

 ciple of McGlashan's apparatus for transplanting 

 trees without disturbing their roots, will be under- 

 stood from the annexed figure; a is a rectangular 

 iron frame ; &, 5, b, spades to be forced nearly per- 

 pendicularly into the soil ; c, c, an extension rod so 

 applied as to force the spades outward by the lev- 

 erage at e acting upon the fulcrum, a. The result 

 is that the earth between the blades is pressed into 

 a wedge. The whole is then lifted by the handles, 

 e, e, attached by hooks, <Z, to the frame. 



THE HORRORS OF HORTICULTURE. 



I've got me a nice little garden, 

 Witli a neat little paliii' around, 



And I growl, without axin' your pardon, 

 Fori grumble oa very good ground! 



Ne'er a crack for the eye of a cricket, 

 Your critical eye, sir, can view. 



Yet the chickens pitch over the picket, 

 And the little Bob Rabbits pop through! 



And oft when the sweat of your labor 

 Is sweetened with visions of fruits, 



In comes the poor shoat of your neighbor, 

 And iq} comes your crop by the "roots." 



In spite of your P's and your Q's, too, 

 You're T'Vd with the trouble you've lost, 



P'-eas, killed by the sticking they 're used to, 

 And Q-cumbers curled by the frost. 



Bad luck to your Irish potatoes, 

 Not an eye whence a tear ye might draw, 



Not a Murphy to whisper come " ate us," 

 Responds h'om the depths of the straw. 



Your Melons are true melon-cholics, 



Not rosy and cosy and flush, 

 Green gourds in the place of your " Waters," 



And Pumpkins in place of your " Mush." 



I've got me a nice little garden, 



A neat little palin' around, 

 I growl, and I do n't ax your pardon, 

 For grumbling upon my own ground. 

 — Southern Cultivator. 



