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lowing means are recommended, which have been found 

 particularly successful in the orchards of the proprietor, as 

 well as in those of others in his neighbourhood, which con- 

 tinue to produce fruit of the finest quality and in the greatest 

 abundance. 



As soon as a tree is discovered to possess the characteris- 

 tics of the disease, which is generally known by the leaves 

 putting on a sickly yellow appearance — but of which the 

 premature ripening of the fruitisa decisive proof — it should 

 be marked, so as to be removed the ensuing autumn, which 

 must be done without fail, for if left again to bloom, it would 

 impa:t the disease to many others in its vicinity ; care is also 

 necessary, in its removal, to take out all the roots of the dis- 

 eased tree, especially if another is to be planted in the same 

 ])!ace5 so that the roots of the tree to be planted may not 

 come in contact with any of those of the one which was 

 diseased. 



If your neighbour has trees infected with the yellows in 

 a quarter contiguous to yours, it will be necessary to pre- 

 vail on him to remove them, that yours may not be injured 

 by them. By being thus particular in speedily removing 

 such trees as may be infected, the disease is prevented from 

 extending itself to the rest of the orchard, and the residue 

 will consequently be preserved in perfect health at the trifling 

 loss of a few trees annually from a large orchard. And here 

 it may be well to remark, that the propagation of the Peach 

 on Plum stocks will only answer where the trees are to be 

 trained as Dwarfs, as it is found that in standard Peaches on 

 Plum stocks, the Peach is apt to overgrow the Plum, and 

 the latter being unable to furnish a suflicient portion of sap 

 to promote the growth of the former, the Peach becomes 

 stinted and short lived ; and Duhammel, the, most able 

 French writer on the culture of fruits, pronounces the Plum 

 stock never to be eligible far Peach Trees, which are intended 

 as standards. 



CHERRIES, 



Cherry Trees will not succeed in a low wet situation; they 

 thrive best in a rich sandy loam, and the soil around them 

 must be kept cultivated until they have attained a consider- 

 able size. If the bodies of the trees become bark-bound^ 

 some rotten manure must be dug in around them, and the 

 bodies and largest branches be brushed over with soft soap. 

 The Morello Cherry having become almost extinct in s,ome 



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