ORCHARDS. 



For the table or cooking. 



Rennet Frank. Good bearer, fruit fine. Kenrick, Reinette 

 Frt niche. 



Grey Rennet. Good bearer, fruit fine. Kenrick, Reinette 

 Grise. 



Golden Rennet. Good bearer, fruit fine. Kenrick, Reinette 

 Dore'e. 



Apple trees are liable to depredations from several quarters. 

 Beside those formerly mentioned, with the means of their 

 remedy, the borer, a worm which perforates the wood, at the 

 surface of the earth, a little below where the bark is tender, is 

 an enemy to be contended against. If the worms have pene- 

 trated the tree, it will be necessary of course, to pick them 

 out; but this may be prevented by a timely application of the 

 wash (potash) before referred to; which has been found an 

 effectual remedy against the borer. It is said that the eggs 

 which produce this insect are deposited from the last of April 

 to the beginning of June (that is, during the month of May, so 

 that the latter end of May or the beginning of June will be the 

 proper time to make the application). Every other year will 

 answer for this remedy, but the horticulturalist will find him- 

 self amply repaid by a more frequent application. 



The Canker worm. The female of this insect comes out of 

 the ground very early in the spring, and ascends the tree to 

 deposit her eggs, which she does in suitable places in the bark, 

 where they are brought forth, and the young brood live on the 

 leaves of the tree. Several methods for subduing them have 

 been tried with some degree of success. 



1. Tarring. This must be commenced as soon as the ground 

 is bare of snow, (which is in some years as early as February,) 

 that the first thawing of the ground may not happen before the 

 trees are prepared. A strip of canvass, or linen, three inches 

 wide, should be put round the tree, having first filled the cre- 

 vices of the bark with clay mortar; draw it close and fasten 

 the ends strong. A thumb rope of tow should be tied round 

 the lower edge of the strip to prevent the tar from running 

 down on the bark and injuring the tree. Let the strips be 

 plentifully smeared with cold tar, of a proper consistence, to 

 be put on with a brush. It must be renewed once a day with- 

 out fail. The insects are so amazingly prolific, that if ever so 

 few of them get up, a tree is ruined, at least for the ensuing 

 season. The best time is soon after sunset, because the insects 

 pass up in the evening, and the tar will not harden so much in 

 the night. This work must be continued with care, generally 

 till the last of May. 



