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grafted pears are less subject to blight, that pernicious 

 pest which has destroyed the hopes and prospects of so 

 many. He says : 



1st. " Have a good, substantial, rather deep soil, with 

 porous or drained sub-soil. 



2nd. "Select the Angers or Orleans Quince (Paris is 

 good with us in the West, and probably the strongest). 



3rd. "Plant no other varieties than those which suc- 

 ceed on the quince. 



4th. "Plant the trees deep enough, so that the place 

 where they have been budded shall be at least three 

 inches below the surface of the soil. 



5th. '• Keep the weeds down. 



6th. '• Keep the branches low, and make a pyramidal 

 tree, by judicious pruning once or twice a year. If well 

 pruned, the tree requires no ' j^iiiching.' " 



We shall conclude with a few observations on the selec- 

 tion of trees suitable for an apple orchard, which we have 

 drawn in a condensed form from a series of papers on the 

 subject, from the pen of Dr. Jno. A. Warder, President 

 of the Horticultural Society ; an excellent writer, who 

 has improved his natural gifts and tastes by much study 

 and observation, and who has long devoted his talents to 

 one of the noblest pursuits that can occupy the mind of 

 man. The articles from which we extract were published 

 in that capital and too neglected work, the Western Horti- 

 cultural Review and Botanical Magazine. The general sub- 

 ject is the selection and planting of an apple orchard. 

 In planting an orchard for family use, he says : 



It is a very common mistake to plant too many varie- 

 ties. We are apt to select generously, rather than judi- 

 ciously ; few men are capable of making out a select list 

 of trees that shall bear a successif)n of fruits for the table 

 and kitchen, so as to have a constant supply during the 

 year — such a selection requires a pretty thorough knowl- 



