THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



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Reds. 

 Woi)dward'3 Globe. 

 Wilniol's Early. 

 Malta. 



Taylor's Paragon, or 

 Scurlt t Parafion. 



White. 

 Old White. 



Various. 

 Cornish. 

 Lord Exmouth. 

 Prolific Early. 

 Superb. 



Spring Grove. 

 Barnet. 



Cornwall's Prolific, Cmnwairs Seedling. — Cornivall's Red, and Large Red, 

 are supposed varieties of the Barnet. 



Tlie twice-bearing ripens in July its first crop, and its second in October ; but 

 those o( the last crop, unless in very fine autumns, seldom have much flavor. 



MULBERRY. 



Mi LncKRY, M(/rus Nigra, — belongs to the class and order Moncrcia Tetrandria, 

 and ranks in the natural order Urticecc. 



The common black mulberry is the only one cultivated in the garden as a fruit- 

 tree ; but the fruits of some of the other species, especially Moms yllbUf are suffici- 

 ently good to merit a place in a fruit garden of the first rank. The black mulberry 

 is, like most of our best fruits, a native of Persia, and like them have been intro- 

 duced into Europe by the Romans. From the venerable specimens of this tree 

 that are to met with in the neighbourhood of old mansions and reUgious ruins, we 

 may infer that it was early introduced into this country, but at what time, or in 

 what manner, we have no certain record. James the First attempted to establish a 

 silk manufactory in this country, and it is conjectured that many of the old trees met 

 with in the neighbourhood of London were planted by that monarch. That they 

 were planted, however, by the monks, long before that period, is very certain. Tusser 

 and Gerrard both mention them in the sixteenth century, as being then much culti- 

 vated. The fruit is very wholesome, and, like a few other fruits, do not undergo the 

 acetous fermentation in the stomach ; but it is not universally esteemed, probably 

 owing to its being seldom produced in perfection. They are sometimes planted upon 

 walls, in which case, they produce great quantities of fruit, and extend their 

 branches to an amazing distance. But when situations are favorable, they form an 

 ornamental tree upon the lawn, and afford very good crops of fruit. One or two 

 trees will afford plenty of fruit for an ordinary family, and may be procured in the 

 nurseries of a size sufficient to produce fruit the year after planting. This fruit 

 has been found by Mr. Knight to be much improved by being cultivated in pots 

 under glass, and produces crops more abundantly under such circumstances than any 

 other tree with which he is acquainted. Its blossoms set equally well in different 

 degrees of temperature, and the same degree of heat that will ripen the earlier 

 varieties of grapes in the end of July, will afford perfectly ripe nmlberries early in 

 June. Dwarf-trees of this species of fruit may be readily obtained (for this purpose) 

 by enarching upon a young stock the bearing branch of an old tree. Plants thus 

 prepared have yielded above twenty dozen of mulberries in one season. The plants 

 growing ;n ordinary-sized pots, and not three feet high. 



