PEACHES, APRICOTS, NECTARINES, Sec. ON 



STOCKS. 



In England the plum is preferred as a stock for the same 

 trees that the almond is used for in France but there cer- 

 taii% exists a great disadvantage in using the plum as a 

 stock for these fruits, as the growth of the latter being much 

 more vigorous, they are apt to overgrow the plum ; and the 

 latter being in many instances unable to furnish an adequate 

 portion of sap to promote the growth of the former, they 

 cannot attain to their natural developement, but form only? 

 trees of diminutive stature. This retarding of the growth, 

 however, may cause the trees to arrive at a stato of fruition 

 at an earlier period ; and if they are intended as appendages 

 to small gardens, and not for orchards, where great space 

 could be allowed, their minor size might be deemed a con- 

 venience, if not an advantage. 



Preservation of Peach Trees in Winter. 



It has been discovered by the farmers about Uiica, and 

 north of that town, that if a heap of stones is placed round 

 each tree, of four feet in diameter, and of about the height of 

 the usual depth of snow, that the trees are not killed by the 

 winter, and several flourishing orchards exist in that section 

 of country, where this practice is pursued. The effect of 

 these collections of stones is to prevent the frost penetrating 

 to the roots, thus proving, that where the roots are preserved 

 free from frost, the other parts of the tree will be less sensi- 

 ble to its attacks. I have also been informed, that a mound 

 or embankment of earth around the body of the tree has the 

 same beneficial effect ; and have recently understood from 

 an intelligent gentleman, that such is the practice in Swit- 

 zerland ; and as I have a correspondent in that country who 

 is extremely well informed on horticultural subjects, I will 

 niake it a point to obtain from him a statement of all the 

 precautions found to be successful in that climate, which in- 

 formation will no doubt greatly aid those who reside in the 

 northern sections of our country. 



Could not this plan just referred to be pursued with success 

 with many of the more delicate varieties of the Grape Vine? 



Chinese Flat Peach. This most curious of fruits, intro- 

 duced from China by the Horticultural Society of London, 



