+ 
Pa 
ately beaten firmly fave ) and wed; the temperatures 
of the bed being about 90°. 
lan I pacity e peye 
This to faa usually 
adopted, as it does not require mo than half 
the quantity of spawn, ooms ne equally 
used over the whole surface of the >and con- 
di 
sequently no ow is sustaine 
when they are produced in ee a result which 
naturally follows ge at the spawn inserted in th 
inary way j alk e in attributin 
system pursued, as the house was kept comparative aining parts of the shoots to which it is then neces- 
d for e time in order to retard a quantity of | sarily directed. After winter, we rags ig lower down 
Seakale, which is now in daily use. It might perha b good bud, Itis thus, we think, that healthy 
be satisfactory if other growers would give plan I | and vigorous trees, as well as perfect fruits, should be 
have just bee eribing a trial, and report the result. | obtaine 
Iam of opinion that if the system is carefully followed the Bruises variously inflicted, injuries from the ited 
observe t 
ome rather be verging tow ards dryness than 
= K beds now in full bearing for pr ei mi mtaa 
ar quality perhaps cannot be excelled. Richard 
p aa "Soke Edith Park. 
ON THE CAUSES a THE DISEASES OF THE 
PEAR TREE 
E di seases with which the Perr tree is attacked i in 
ent; 7 c 
by IN sun strokes, &c. 
disa 
s 
sufficiently known in works on the subject ; but it is im- 
portant to know the causes of these diseases in order to 
prevent their attacks, 
A paa ty which has originated in a warmer climate 
than our own, or which has not Bp sufficiently 
acclimatised, hardly bears the fros hich occur, in 
spring in our cold and vvatiabl ee tes. 
Sadden rt of temperature affect t arieties, 
weng. 
ced which prevents SE tree 
the 
If this 
rr oe 
hansae sek — upon the vitiated =p of thee 
become weaker and weaker, and in mo 
:| In spite of the 
ntly | 
acclimatise 
constitution, that weak t 
graft; but the latter, however hardy at a a rarely 
s in overcoming the stock so o com 
iti 
In vious article, in which this opinion has bee 
ad roofs adduced, we have inferred 
as a consequence the k has a oe influence 
upon the growth and bearing of the g 
By employing scions from‘too young s tree, unfrui 
fulness is the consequence ; if o ld a tree, all 
ptoms of old a age are im 7 ith a 
sym 
vigorous stock these symptoms do pee pa them- 
selves immediately, but they soon rent. 
Whatever may be the wero ara acclimatation or the 
constitution of he variety, W e talent of the 
person who has reared the tree, i it has a planted 
too deeply, if h the srar of planting the neces: 
precautions alread ted out aana not been pa ae 
the soil and subsoil te ts must pene a 
of too compact, cold, and moist a nature, the tree will 
soon be thrown i a aa f weakness, the forerunner } 
of various as cracked rk, 
and fissured 
oe can kers, guiye or moist, and cancers. The |b; 
groun nature ma 
whatever its may be, in which the roots 
are to aed must be rendered sufficiently open by the rat 
ama 
appl 
for ameliorating the soil or promotin g growth, must be 
ered in. The abse 
persev nce of — at ures occasions 
a Janguid growth and barrenn 
hen a 
tree ao ppa ted to mpe improper, or 
t becomes w wi od aifected b 
To render the winter pruning su , recourse m 
be had to poeem aa r ns “whieh ‘should be =n 
formed-about Mids r, that is, when the trees are in 
full growth, and are meg fiable to g= wea 
These opera consist in removing 
down the laterals, the sap is made to 
= the gar where ‘fruit-buds ought to -i Awet Is not 
d in thi 
3 
to give the tree a 
and the greatest pean 
only by renovation that 
t the opera’ paratory toit in ee 
| sen 
n ar 
k reise it (the Grape) has degene 
n 
satisfactorily tested than the Golden Ha N 
maiden bunch was exhibited at Regent Street: in 
y 
ile frag that aa 
i ae et 
kened by the | than 
forked and ‘superfluous iaa By yad or breaking | I trus 
to the 
gant, and more L 
ormance o ns pre 
and which is briefly in wanes of the lateral 
on the leading branches and stem, When and how this 
shoots | 
— — eee xy LÐ NEF DA NI 
hortening aii iad be per rtormed must P leit to sine 
udgment of the Ae ype gp who has to consider the 
nature of the subsoil, the more or ot favourable 
situation in which Mi ve is pik and the vigour of 
thirds of a. 
they are ortened one-third about the end of September 
or duri the first fortnight in October. This prac i 
has the beneficial effect of concentrating the nt 
main 
of animals, and the destruction of the roots, are so m 
weakening causes as reg 4 
causes, and man 
situation, ihat the — P the hee 
xd averting age cau thee: n ising the, that 
e succeeds ventin sA tho toii by which 
od Pear ning is pier, J. De Tonghe; Br sith 
Home Correspondence. 
Ancient Winters.—I find the an yes stateme 
French re eae ae ae ag t trees wer 
in December ev tee in “Get 
War of the Shepherds i igit, ‘and 
va general destruction of hata ripe sia AA was eanu 
May and the Vintage n the July. 
nts in a 
ein mr wer 
April on the hills of | tho Miodle. In 15 572 trees w 
full leaf in January and children were birds’ pnd in 
1658-9 there was eee bs st nor snow in 
C ents aeree similar cases, 
or point out the sachostig “sre these? Noel. 
“Vitis” on the a 
rape in your last Number, I 
bere n or inter erm: to say that it is er 
rtunate accident in 
pied me as Bo 
ved e Boat ng the quantit 
bad, and id being pledged m supply all together, I have 
of Beurré, Beurré d’Are 
>| nelle, 
in 
Golden Hamburgh fg: —In rel to oe remarks of A 
beg ied his satisfagtion, and for the Ae arith of all | fo 
may concer: 
no alte rnative but to e kind indulgence of those 
cea them dill roel Ma 
of being 
Meer T aaa established plants, jr I tru 
mg t E 
n I 
eiis 
that time the hasien will not be 
preian of “ Vitis” that “in 
ted,? I can safely say, 
was there a ne taaa more fully and more 
rape. 
ei 
S 
da faster! 1853, and had a first class certificate of merit 
It was exhibited at the biswick 
awarded it. at 
poega p mag Ke ee "rr rt in Gardeners’ agree. 
edal 
dw arde arge silver m 
exhibited e “ke Pomologieat bot a August 6, atin 
and was declare be vied i tisfactory. It 
was ‘also exhibited. # «the Ca led Aree ety’s Exhi- 
bition in Edinburgh on the 8th of prov the ca oy and 
pone again oan a first na es cate, Thu 
l apy prov ae te the 
sy eye was taken for 
use of its not being 
again showing it im its 
fact is, the Golden Hamburgh without doubt is a 
may he 
’s, and a quite ogi mers 
fecttind in — se eee decided an ae: or 
perchan ected with “the trade,” a 
i konis an individual as myself 
SE credit of distributing so fine a thing in 
the ae Be the case however what it may, it 
is eiei w Vitis” was not in an amiable humour when 
is fears, an 
all o; 
poeg believe by | p 
in 1853} 
ag 
å universal testim 
James rah Jun. Nu 
— w let us ask Mr. Vitis what he, a gardener. 
are Vine degenerating in atwelvemonth. Did 
he ever i thing to Spek gp if so wh nd 
l he further be good enough to explain what his 
oxpertaeas ” a gardener tells him that this so-called 
de —— nei 
Quer 
Be! 
Dockyard, Portsmou 
my recollection serves me, I have never pk ra your 
| in in after life, to secure a better prospect 
reference to the experiment We ie 
It is much i be wished that Mr, E 
unicate 1 you the further experiments 
“Tn the year 1832, 40 pieces of. fr 
n Oak, and 40 pe he 
respectively. used on the 
ic 
LER 
arapi any 
“ Vindic Hr 
would e 
a sp dak: 
me 
urmast 
and port sides ‘of rth 
than the common aa 
low 
scribing—: t to my 
e Durmast was crab stronger, 
elastic t than pah common Oak.” Diss. [This 
iong already been given at p. 804 of our 
volume for 1855.] 
= be i rees s for Bachan i Aspects.—Will you, ó 
of y readers, ise me t pred reed desirable stibad of 
nds) my garden, the 
being planted we 
ajani the following kinds, 
order e have placed th 
Bas 
i 
Barring Late 
Elruge, Violette Rative, and Early Newington Nec- 
Moorpark, Turkey, and Royal A 
tinai Coe’s Golden P, 
at the end. 
might be occupied 
rt Pears, viz., Gan- 
with the following kinds of des 
sell's Ber n’s Pear, Easter Be — Brown 
gamot, Thompson 
mberg, Beurr d Jargo- 
"Again cA a Boogie side of the paling w we should 
recommend R ipis e C egi trained. 
For pw purpose > they ai 
by a net will rem 
the fru it en been | amoria 
The 
well suite doa if pro tected 
ain in fiertedtio on fat a long time after 
ann e bushes in other 
and 
may be Winter singed ed Vicar of if Winkfield 
, the Wa oe ot 
ears ; or 
and Kirke’s are 
of the be wall, 
ted 
a 
to ra wer well i a su 
ra A ii a sorter art Page 
id te aari st the wats we Fe afoald think it 
would 6 se toi while to have a light iron wire trellis 
following sorts, sia — P Winter 
{elis ; 2 Easter Beurré ; 32 urré nae! X uihicss 
1 Beurré de Capiaumont; 1 Duchess ® a 
1 arcane ; 2 Catillae. The selection of Apples 
ight i 2 Ribston Pippin ; 2 Nonpareil — 
(Pi 2 Worn ley Pippin ; ing of the 
ippins ; 1 Court Pendu Plat; 2 Bed Found- 
ling; Haw- 
es with 
may “of the country clergy show 
present (as a class) to possess, is an object of 0g ae 
i ce. If it were possibile to sécnro aahidi ey 
hool i ction for all our village 
of arne or ma, until they were fourteen 
or fifteen pve strong that. 
ving such amo 
patrimony —a weekly dole and a parish 
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