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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



insects or birds ever attack the fruit ; 'possums and coons 

 are fond of these grapes, as they fall from the vine. 



We do not hesitate to recommend this variety to our 

 friends at the South, and pledge our reputation, as a 

 pomologist, that he who plants it will never regret having 

 done so. 



MULBERRY— {Mortis.) 



This genus includes two species worthy of cultivation, 

 both hardy, deciduous trees, ripening their fruits in May 

 with the later strawberries. The fruit is of very agree- 

 able flavor, and of abundant sub-acid juice. An agree- 

 able wine may be made of the juice. All the species of 

 Mulberry are of the easiest culture, and are generally prop- 

 agated by cuttings of the branches or roots. The former 

 should be shoots of the last season, having one joint of old 

 wood ; they may be three feet long, and buried half their 

 length in the soil. The tree requires little or no pruning. 



The soil should be a rich, deep, sandy loam. The fruit 

 falls when ripe ; hence, when the tree commences bearing, 

 the surface below should be kept in short turf, that the 

 fruit may be picked from the clean grass. 



Black Mulberry, (Moms nigra,) is a native of Persia, 

 and is a slow-growing, low-branched tree, with large, tough 

 leaves, often five-lobed, producing large and delicious fruit, 

 frequently an inch and a half long, and an inch across ; 

 black, and fine flavored. Tree a very poor grower. 



Red Mulberry, (Morus rubra,) is a native of our woods ; 

 leaves large, rough, and generally heart-shaped ; fruit an 

 inch long, sweet and pleasant, but inferior to the black. 

 The vigorous growth and fine spreading head of this vari- 

 ety makes it worthy of culture as an ornamental tree. It 



