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dlbrts to totally subdue it, must require a long course 

 of time, the best method to pursue towards its eventual 

 eradication, is to stop its progress, and prevent its 

 farther extension — to accomplish which the following 

 means are recommended, which have been found par* 

 ticularly successful in the orchards of the proprietor, as 

 well as in those of others in his neighbourhood, which 

 eontinue to produce fruit of the finest quality and in the 

 greatest abundance. 



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

 racteristics of the disease, which is generally known by 

 the leaves putting on a sickly yellow appearance — but 

 of which the premature ripening of the fruit is a deci- 

 sive 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 impart the disease to 

 many others in its vicinity ; care is also necessary, in 

 its removal, to take out all the roots of the diseased 

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

 place, 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 yel- 

 lows in a quarter contiguous to your's, it will be neces- 

 sary to prevail on him to remove them, that your's 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 pre- 

 served in perfect health at the trifling loss of two or 

 three trees annually from a large orchard, 



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 considerable 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 foe 



