ON KEEPING FRUIT TREES IN VIGOUR. yy 



littk, and its roots are searcely sheltered from the strong cultivated wiih 



heats. The carrot covers these roots with its leaves, and pre- P°PPi^- 



serves them from drought, by retaiiiing the moisture in the 



ground: at the same time it allows the poppy to enjoy the 



sun and air freely; and cannot injure it in the ground, as 



its root strikes perpendicularly dowi^ward, while that of the 



poppy ramifies near the surface. In this way the produce 



of the ground is doubled. An experiment shows, that the 



poppy is not injured either in the quality or quantity of its 



produce by this practice. 



Carrot seed was sown in the intervals between the poppies Calculation ©f 

 on a quarter of an acre of land. The harvest produced 3 Pi^o<i"ce' 

 simmers [near 7 bushels] of poppy seed, from which were 

 expressed 12 quarts of clear and well flavoured oil, and 21 

 pints of thicker oil. The former, at the current price of 

 36 kreutz. [1*. 5d.] a quart, and the oil cakes, at 3 kr. [near 

 lid.] apiece, fetched 40 fl. 42 kr. [£4 15^.]. This is ex- 

 clusive of the thick oil, the carrots, and the tops of the car- 

 rots eaten by the cattle as fodder. 



Method of preserving and keeping in Vigour Fruit Trees 

 planted in Orchards or Fields *, 



AT has been observed, that the numerous roots of the herb- Herbage inju- 

 age growing round fruit trees, recently planted in fields and "°"^ '° *^^ 

 orchards, are injurious to the vegetation of these young f°uitt°rees°""^ 

 trees ; and their fruit is smaller and inferior in quality, in 

 proportion to the quantity of the herbage that cpvers their 

 roots. This is particularly the case with peach trees. In 

 Germany, to prevent this, they surround the fresh trans- prevented by 

 planted trees with the refuse stalks of flax, after the fibrous ^^th'fkx''''"" 

 part has been taken off, spreading it over the ground as far stalks. 

 as their roots extend; and this gives them surprising vigour. - 

 No weeds will grow under this flax, and the earth remains 

 fresh and loose. 



This experiment has been tried on an old peach tree, Ian- This revives 



* Sonnini'sBibliotb. Physico-econom, Sept. 1808, p. ]6l. 



guishing 



