JM farmers' a*id mechanics' journal. 



25. Fruit Trees. Are jnost farms furnished with orchards, and 

 to what extent on farms of average size ? 



Do they usually contain a good proportion of grafted fruit ? 

 What is the usual method of grafting ? 



At what time, and in what manner, do you prune fruit trees ? 

 At what distances from each other are apple trees usually planted ? 

 Ts the soil in orchards generally cultivated, or permitted to bear 

 grass ? 



To what diseases do you find apple trees liable, and what remedies 

 are employed ? 



What insects attack these trees, and what means are used to pre- 

 vent or destroy them ? 



What observations on the time and mode of making the best cider ? 

 Do most orchard?, beside yielding a competent supply, furnish ci- 

 der for the market ? 



Are Pear, Peach, and Plum trees cultivated with success ? What 

 kinds ? To what diseases, and to what insects are these trees ex- 

 posed ? 



26. Bees. Do bees receive attention, and succeed well ? 

 What the average product in honey and wax from a hive ? 



How are the hives constructed, and in what manner is the honey 

 taken ? 



How are the bees preserved in the winter ? 

 How managed when swarming ? 



With what dithculties or obstacles is this branch of business at- 

 tended ? 



From what insects do bees receive injury, and what is the best 

 tnode of preventing it ? 



[To he concluded in our next.] 



FRUIT TREES. 



What are you doing there, Madam ? said I last summer, to an 

 industrious and amiable young lady, who herself takes the care of 

 licr flower, fruit, and kitchen garden; for mercy sake ! what are 

 you <!oing there ? Don't you see, answered she ; I am scalding 

 ih\yi peach tree. Do you wish to kill it ? On the contrary, I wish 

 lo «ave it if I can ; the root is worm-eaten ; the leaves are curling 

 a. id withering ; it will be dead in a few days, if I do not apply an 

 eihcacious remedy. I have lost several fruit trees this summer by 

 the worms ; in vain have I tried all the means suggested, as to dig 

 round, look for worms, use a wire to kill them through the aper- 

 tures, put lime, ashes, &;c., all in vain. Once the trees are attack- 

 ed, they invariably die. This is the best tree of the garden ; it 

 j) reduces the most excellent fruit. 1 am determined to try on it 

 an experiment, which I have for a long time thought of, but from 

 which 1 always have been discouraged by my friends saying that it 

 will kill the tree ; but the tree is already as if dead, and I think 

 there is even prudence in the trial, since it leaves at least a possi- 

 bility, a hope of saving it. 



