290 Influence of the Plum-Stock on the Apricot. 



larly trained trees : but those I am very much disposed to 

 call spoiled trees, which appear calculated to gratify the im- 

 patience of the planter, but which often ultimately disappoint 

 his hopes. I have never found any difficulty in transplanting 

 young budded Peach trees with perfect success. 



The Peach stones, having been protected from severe frost 

 through the winter, may be planted in drills, at about eight 

 inches distant from each other, and a space of about two feet 

 was left between the rows. The plants will spring up in April, 

 and in August and September will be of proper age and size 

 to be budded about two inches from the ground. The nur- 

 seryman therefore will have the advantage of taking his buds 

 from the trees whilst the fruit is upon them, and he can in 

 consequence easily guard against errors, which much too 

 frequently ocnur ; and he may be quite certain, that none of 

 his buds will break prematurely. Buds may be inserted in 

 the early part of October ; and in the last autumn, I intro- 

 duced some with perfect success in November. Late in the 

 autumn, I generally shorten the roots of my young Peach- 

 stocks, particularly those roots which descend perpendicularly 

 into the soil, by introducing a spade into the ground on two 

 sides of each plant, but without moving it, or further dis- 

 turbing its roots. Thus managed the buds shoot very freely ; 

 and with proper attention to preserve their fibrous roots, and 

 to pack them properly, they may, I am certain, be sent to the 

 most distant parts of the island without danger of their being 

 killed by their removal. Older trees possibly cannot be re- 

 moved without danger of their failing ; but I transplanted a 

 Peach tree in the last autumn of ten years old, which grows 

 upon its own roots, and was more than ten feet high ; and it is 



