4fO Successful Mode of securing 



bunting: to effect this, boards six inches wide were fastened 

 tinder the coping ; to these boards iron rods were fastened : on 

 these the bunting was suspended by rings ; each piece of bunt- 

 ing was of the size of the tree; and in the daytime it was 

 drawn from the sides to the middle, and fastened to the wall. 

 This covering not only protected the blossoms, but the tender 

 shoots also; and prevented the formation of those large blis- 

 tered leaves, which are so destructive to the young wood, and 

 which render it quite unfit for producing fruit. The trees being 

 kept thin of wood, not more than four fruit, on an average, were 

 left, at the final thinning, on a space of one square foot. 



On the first appearance of the aphides, Scotch snuff was 

 thrown on the extremities of the shoots ; no curled leaf was re- 

 moved before the snuff was laid on, nor until the shoot advanced 

 in growth and had formed two or three clean leaves; the curled 

 leaves were then taken off, and the tree washed with the engine. 



Although so much has been written on the pruning, training, 

 and management of peach trees, all that is necessary to be known 

 may be reduced to a very few words, and carried into effect by any 

 person who will attend to the following short directions: — Use 

 a strong loam for the border ; never crop it j add no manure j 

 keep the trees thin of wood by disbudding, and the early re- 

 moval of useless wood; shorten each shoot, according to its 

 strength, at the spring pruning; elevate the ends of the leading 

 branches, so that they may all form the same curvilinear inclin- 

 ation with the horizon: and, what is of the utmost importance in 

 the culture of the peach, at all times keep the trees in a clean and 

 healthy state. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. 



Edward Callow. 

 Butleigh, near Glastonbury, Dec. 28. 1833. 



Art. XIII. A successful Mode of securing a Crop of Fruit on Pear 

 Trees. By Mr. B. Saunders, Nurseryman in the Island of Jersey. 



Sir, 



The fact that many disappointments are experienced by gar- 

 deners, and also by amateurs, in their endeavour to procure 

 crops of many fine sorts of pears, is so well known, that it needs 

 only to be mentioned to be assented to. The practical appli- 

 cation of the following suggestion will, however, remove, in 

 many instances, these disappointments, and insure good crops. 



There are many varieties of pears, which, every year, blos- 

 som very abundantly ; and yet, to the great disappointment of 

 the cultivator, the whole of the flowers fall off without setting 

 a single fruit, although the soil and situation may be very con- 



