328 Etmmria «pMi Ike simU of 



a ti^ board fence sh: :t" '-'z'- The westCTn qoaiter was 

 or^indDj occopied vr lese all pendnng 



vith the Uig^ soon s. earing state, have 



been partlf refdaced ^es^ and partlr by 



new pear frees. The c^.^..j '.^^^ ^^^i.^£s, is mainlj derot- 

 ed to a Tegetable garden, and the cohiTation of the miiior 

 finds, soch as strawberries, raspberries, goosdmries and car- 

 rants. On the nmlh border b a row of the potrnd or large 

 winter pear trees; c» the sooth, flowoii^ sfambs, roses, bof- 

 f^ berrr, &c. 



The soQ, whoi it came into way possession, was a sti^ 

 whitish day; hot by pottii^ on ererj antnmn, a liberal dress- 

 ing of manme and sand, with an occasional sprinkhi^ of lime, 

 and deep trenching, it has become as rich and pleasait a soil 

 as any gydener coaU desire to turn op with fus spade. Across 

 the west end of the regetdble garden stands a row of peach 

 trees, e m b ra cii ^ some choice ¥»ieties receired from Mr. 

 Kenrick, of XooantiHn HiD. These are protected frtMn the 

 rawages of the peach insect, bj- enclosiiig the base of each tree 

 in a box one foot s^ore amd six or dgln inches deep, filled 

 and heaped op with the cinders and ashes of Ixtnnunoas coal. 

 Early in Noremher the box is raised, and the corerii^ of the 

 roots remored so as to lay them bare to the friists of winter. 

 At this time carefol search is made for socb of the larvs as 

 may hare escaped mj ere in the sfmns^ or may have been 

 hatched from eg^ introduced into the - : :f ±e 



ashes dnrmg the snnuner. 



In Aprfl faSkomia^ the trees receire ^ *^'* 



soft so;q>, thinned with a little nrine, ac 

 brash as fai^ op as a man can reach. 



is api^ed to all mj frvit trees, ^peci^.' ^^ j ..^^.l ^.^-i.i. 

 It gires the borfc a smooth, healtfay appearance, lar prefendtle 

 to the while-wash usn^y ^i^ed, and promotes the growth of 

 the trees. Under tins corase Uie fofi^e of the peach has a 

 rich, deep green ccior. The disease called the '^ yellows," 

 has not ret appeaed in this portion of Ohio. For blight in 

 pear trees, the best remedy that has faBea under my notice, 

 has been to dig away the earth for three or foor feet aroond 

 the roots of the trees, and apply aboot half a bosbd of coarsdy 

 powdered charcoal aad a poind of floor of snlpfanr. Thb 

 qnamity is snfficient for a tree, ten or fifteen years old. By 

 tins coarse the disease was arrested in two heanag trees for a 



