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and runners, place it in the pot and till up the spaces around the 

 sides and over the surface of the ball with fine earth. Water the 

 whole when potted, and remove them to the shade for eight or ten 

 days till newly rooted; then you may plunge them to their rims in 

 any open part of the garden, there to remain, watering them occa- 

 sionally till the approach of winter, when the pots are to be placed 

 under the protection of frames and glasses till taken into the forcing 

 departments. 



This practice is absolutely necessary, in the middle and eastern 

 states, as during winter the earth is so hard frozen as to render it 

 impracticable to take up the plants out of the open ground, when 

 wanted, without injury; moreover, when they are potted at this 

 season, their roots will be well established before the time of forc- 

 ing commences, and consequently the plants will be much more 

 productive of fruit. 



THE ORCHARD. 



Collecting ripe Fruit. 



Apples and pears that attain now to full maturity, rarely keep as 

 well as those which ripen in the ensuing month; but when it is de- 

 sirable to preserve them as long as possible, they must be treated 

 as directed in October. 



When planting of fruit trees is intended in the months of Octo- 

 ber or November, opportunity ought to be taken of any leisure time 

 that may now occur for the preparation of the ground, as directed 

 in March, under the head Orchard. 



THE VINEYARD. 



I am very happy in having it in my power to exhibit to my fellow 

 citizens and the public, the annexed comparative and very interest- 

 ing table of the progress of vegetation in Pennsylvania, Paris, the 

 ci-devant Champagne and Burgundy; the more especially as it 

 proves the decided advantage we possess, of a full month, in the 

 season of our vintage, over those famous wine countries. It also 

 exhibits the medium temperature of heat in Pennsylvania, the West 

 Indies, Paris, Champagne, Lorrain, Arras, Brussels, and Stockholm, 

 in Europe, Algiers in Africa, and Pondicherry in Asia, which, no 

 doubt, will be very interesting to meteorologists and other men ot 

 science. But it is of peculiar importance, on account of its forming 



