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PLUMS. 



For three varieties : Green Gage, Jefferson, Washington. 



For six varieties, add: Lawrence's Favorite, Purple Gage, 

 Imperial Gage. 



For twelve varieties, add : Bingham, Bleeker's Gage, Yellow- 

 Gage, Red Gage, Smith's Orleans, Royale Hative. 



The President closed by saying, that, having occupied his 

 share of the time, the other points alluded to would be deferred 

 to another opportunity. 



Remarks on the Subject of Fruit and Fruit Trees. 



[At the tenth meeting of the Legislative Society, the subject of " Fruit and 

 Fruit Trees," was further discussed. The following are among the Remarks 

 made : — ] 



The president, Mr. Wilder, said, in reference to the proper 

 preparation of the soil ; one of the greatest and most disastrous 

 errors, in the preparation of the ground, for trees, has been the too 

 prevalent practice of digging simply a hole, (and I use this term 

 in a double sense,) either of the exact dimensions of the roots, 

 or one into which they could be crowded. Fortunately, more 

 enlarged views are now entertained, by intelligent cultivators, 

 and with them there is no difference of opinion on the subject. 

 All agree that the proper and only judicious method is the sub- 

 soiling, or trenching of the earth, to the depth of eighteen inches 

 or two feet, and that, during this process, the upper and lower 

 soils, together with the appropriate manure, should be thorough- 

 ly incorporated ; and the cultivator who is not willing to take 

 these preliminary measures, had better abandon the project of 

 growing fruit trees, and save both his time and money. 



By the adoption of the system recommended, the work will 

 not only be " well done," but one tree will produce more than 

 five, with ordinary treatment, and will not require more than 

 common tillage, until it commences fruiting, and then only, when, 

 by the imperfection of the fruit, warning is given, that the neces- 

 s ary ingredients of fertilization have been exhausted from the soil. 

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