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ard pears at twenty feet apart, and among these he planted 

 pears on quince ten feet apart, which gives him 1320, 

 making the whole number 1760 on the four acres. The 

 ground he selected was an old pasture with a light loamy 

 soil, but not inclining to sand, and a subsoil of hard pan. 

 This he planted with corn until the ground was well mel- 

 lowed, and then put in two sloop loads, or 3000 bushels 

 of stable manure, worth on the ground $175. The first 

 year after planting he cropped the orchard with corn, but 

 found it injurious to the trees; since that he has cropped 

 it with potatoes and sugar beets alternately, and with good 

 management these can be made to pay for the manure, 

 and sometimes the labor. All those on their own root, 

 except one row, are the Lawrence^ a native Long Island 

 variety, and those on the quince the Glout Morceau^ 

 Vicar of Winkfield, Louise Bonne de Jersey^ Winter Nc- 

 lis^ Lawrence^ and Beurre d'' Arremherg . He adds, that 

 at the time of writing, December 10, 1850, some of 

 the Yicar of Winkfield trees planted in 1849, had fifty to 

 seventy-five fruit buds each, and expects them to produce 

 the fifth year from planting, one dollar per tree. Within 

 the past two years, several extensive plantations, wholly 

 of pears on the quince, have been made, and considering 

 the quick return they yield, their prolific nature, and the 

 number of trees that can be planted on a small space of , 

 ground, they cannot fail, under good management, to 

 prove highly profitable. Peach trees should be thrifty 

 yearlings that have not been pruned up during the sum- 

 mer, the side branches having been shortened only, and 

 regulated by pinching. At the time of planting they may 

 be pruned up, so as to leave three feet of a clean stem. 

 They may be set at the distance of fifteen feet, and even 

 twelve will be found quite sufficient, if the heads are 

 annually pruned, as will be directed hereafter. The 

 peach grows so rapidly, and commences to bear so soon, 



