106 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



been neglecttnl by European nurserymen. The truth 

 must be confessed, that nurserymen, as a class, have 

 but little taste for pomo.logy ; tliey take to flowers and 

 jiliiiits eagerly, because they give a quick return ; and 

 thus Pomona and her gifts are always placed in the 

 shadc^as to experiments, " they do not jtay."' There 

 are some free growing kinds of apricots which, when 

 budded on the plum, and the young apricot budded 

 with a peach or nectarine, produce the most favor- 

 able effects on the peach tree, the union beiiiL" pi ifcct 

 anil the duration of it much lengthened. Tliere are 

 also one or two kinds of plums which, being budded 

 on a wild kind of plum, furnish when double budded 

 a must favorable stock for the peach, giving it hardi- 

 ness and fertility. AVe are still very backward in our 

 knnwleilge of the effects of stocks on fruits : the sub- 

 ject requires much time and research, and no rushing 

 til CI inclusions like some of our writers, who write on 

 every thing and nothing well, only because they have 

 not the necessary jiatience to master a few sulijccts 

 thoroughly. 



IIiiW TO rKEPAEE A TEACH TREE BOEDEIK IN LIGHT 

 SOILS. 



In our southern counties, where lii^ht sandy s<iils 

 abiiund, the difficulty of makiiiij; peach and nectarine 

 trees trained to walls tlourisli is well known ; in spring 

 tliey are liable tu the curl and the attacks of aphides, in 

 siininier tlicy ai'c int'csted with the red spider, so that 

 the Irccrt all' AVeakened, and rarely give genii fruit: 

 tliey seem, indeed, to detest light soils. The follow- 

 ing method of preparing bordere for thorn in such 



