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mer, say, on the 10th day of July, or when the bark will permit. 

 Insert the buds on the north side of the stock, to protect them 

 from the sun, tie a bandage over more tightly than for other 

 trees. The Muscle, Brussells and the Pear plum may be proba- 

 gated by layers. The stocks IVom layers are not superior to 

 those raised from the Blue gage and red Horse plum. The seed- 

 lings of the Mirahelh are used for dwarfing. 



The Iree should be pruned but slightly. When they are 

 pruned or wounded, a solution of gum-shellac should be used to 

 cover the place. Old trees may be headed down, when they 

 have become barren, and by care of the cut places, the tree will 

 grow fruit again. It prevents the loss by flow of the gum. 

 Good top dressing should also be given to the roots. As respects 

 the soil for plums. Heavy loams or clayey soils are best. Colum- 

 bia county of this State, is well suited in these respects and the 

 plum flourishes there. 



The Curculioj the great enemy of this fruit, finds it hard to 

 bury himself in such soils, while he delights in a light warm 

 sandy soil. Kellis is a good soil for plums ; common salt is one 

 of the best fertilizers for them. The knots is a disease of the 

 bark and the wood, forming large black lumps, cracked and 

 uneven. This disease attacks the tree of the purple fruit, and 

 never the green or yellow kinds, until their neighbors have be- 

 come filled witli the knots. Common Horse plum and Damson, 

 seem to fail first. With care this disease is easily extirpated ; re- 

 move every imperfect spot and burn it immediately. A very bad 

 tree should be burned up. 



Judge Livingston — Presented a quantity of seed of the German 

 Kail or Borecole, which were distributed among the members. 



Professor Mapes. — I plant this seed in August or September, 

 they come up and attain some size before frost, I prick th«m out 

 in cold frames and in the spring put them out. I thus get them 

 one month earlier. And so it is with all the Brassica (cabbage 

 kind.) My cold frame plants bring me a dollar while the others 

 bring eighteen pence. 



