GARDENING. HJ 



quarter in diameter. The result was, the apples, 

 peaches, *• and pears were double the size on those 

 branches than on any other part of the trees: in the 

 quinces there was no difference. One peach, the 

 heath, measured on a ringed limb, in circumference 

 11 1-4 inches round, and 11 3-4 inches round the ends, 

 and weighed 15 ounces. The limbs above the ring 

 have grown much larger than those below it. 



[Thacher's Orchardist, 



new: mode of grafting. 



When the trees begin to show their fruit, (no matter 

 what kind,) and it is evident that grafting must be 

 resorted to, or we must patiently put up with an inferior 

 kind ; instead of cutting off the top, uncover the roots, 

 and choosing the most thrifty one, make a slit in the 

 bark, cut your scion off with a slope, and thrust it in and 

 cover tlie roots with earth. It will take well, and grow 

 some the first year, much more the next, and the third 

 year the old stock may be cut away, and the growth 

 from that time on will be very rapid, and soon form a 

 good bearing tree. 



TO RAISE APPLE TREES FROM CUTTINGS. 



A horticulturist in Bohemia has a beautiful planta- 

 tion of the best sort of apple-trees, which have neither 

 sprung from seeds nor grafting. His plan is to take 

 shoots from the choicest sorts, insert them into a pota- 

 to, and plunge both into the ground, leaving but an inch 

 or two of the shoots above the surface. The potato 

 nourishes the shoot, whilst it pushes out roots, and the 

 shoots gradually spring up and become a beautiful 

 tree, bearing the best of fruit without requiring to be 

 grafted. 



THE QUICKEST WAY TO PROCURE GRAPES. 



The quickest method of procuring grapes, is to graft 

 into the body, near the ground, or which is preferable, 

 into the roots of large vines. In the following year, if 



