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FRUIT- CULTURE. 



and are confident that it will be more satisfactory to the grower. 

 Plant thickly, two and one half feet in the row, and rows 'six feet 

 apart, with three to four canes in a hill, and these pinched back in 

 the growing season to form laterals, and let these be severely 

 pruned. To have. the ground filled 4 with roots, and a less, number 



of canes more 

 evenly distrib- 

 uted, secures us 

 more quarts of 

 fruit, which is 

 larger in size, 

 better flavored, 

 consequently" 

 commands bet- 

 ter prices ; and 

 then in dry 

 weather, when 

 others are com- 

 plaining of their 

 fruit drying up 



on the bushes, 



Fie. 1484. — Propagation by Layers. ... 



■ " ' ' ! we will experi- 



ence no such results. 



The principle here desc'ribed we practice in all our fruit-growing, 

 varying it to suit the different circumstances and characteristics of 

 ihe fruits. 



BUDDING. 



Propagation by budding is performed during the growing season, 

 and usually on young trees from one to five years old, with a smooth, 

 soft bark. It consists in separating a bud, with a portion of bark 

 attached, from a shoot of the current season's growth of one tree, 

 and inserting it under the bark of another. When this bud begins 

 to grow, all that part of the stock above it is cut away, the bud 

 grows on, and eventually forms a tree of the same variety as that 

 from which it was taken. Buds may be inserted in June, and make 

 considerable, growth the same season, as they do in the South, but 

 as a general thing this is not desirable in the propagation of fruit- 

 trees. The period from the middle of July to the middle of Septem- 

 ber comprises the budding season in the Northern States, and the 

 condition of growth, other things being equal, governs the earliness 



