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garden cannot, therefore, be considered properly fur- 

 nished without this fruit ; and it is to be hoped the 

 diiRculties that have attended the cultivation of the 

 improved varieties v^^ill be so overcome by acclimi- 

 zation or otherwise as to render its success certain. 



Writers on the Fruit Garden enumerate a variety 

 of other valuable productions ; but, as the most of 

 them are not adapted to general cultivation, or re- 

 quire more attention than farmers or others can well 

 bestow, we have not deemed it necessary to enter 

 into particular details as to culture. Of these we 

 may here enumerate the Apricot, Almond, Chestnut, 

 Cranberry, Fig, Hazelnut, Filbert, Mulberry, Madeira 

 Nut, and Hickory Nut. Those who wish to intro- 

 duce the culture of these trees will find ample direc- 

 tions in the various works on trees, fruits, and gar- 

 dening that have been published. 



DISEASES AND DEPREDATORS. 



Fruit-trees are liable to diseases and to attacks 

 from insects, some of w-hich prey on the wood of 

 the tree and others on the fruit. Some of these we 

 have already indicated ; but a few additional remarks 

 will not be out of place on this topic. A bad, wet, 

 cold soil is one of the most fruitful sources of dis- 

 ease, and the remedy is obvious ; make the soil dry 

 by draining, and rich and loose by manuring and 

 digging. When trees appear to be unhealthy ; when 

 their leaves look yellow or curled ; when shoots 

 spring from the roots, or bundles of shoots from the 

 branches ; when gum oozes from the bark, and that 

 integument is discoloured or cankered, disease is 

 present, and the tree should be examined, and the 

 cause discovered and removed if possible. In most 

 cases, moving the earth around the body of the tree ; 

 cutting off and burning decayed or diseased branch- 

 es ; scraping the trunk and large branches, and 

 washing them with ley. whitewash, soapsuds, or 



