COKXISH GILLIFI.OWER. 
be grown in it, and certainly nothing can be more beautiful, 
whether in blossom or fruit, and few persons are at all aware 
of the large quantity of fniit that small trees, judiciously man- 
aged, will produce. I will commence with the young tree, 
grafted, and show its management for two years, thereby gi^'ing 
the tree its proper fonn; and then give a few hints for its sub- 
sequent management, lily system will, I am aware, offer very 
little that is new to the experienced gardener, but may be 
interesting to the amateur. Choose clean young crah stocks, 
of about a quarter of an inch in diameter, saddle graft these 
early in March, about three or four inches from the ground. 
As soon as the gi’afts have grown two or three inches, remove 
the clay, slacken the bast mat, and tie the grafts to stakes, to 
prevent the %vind from blowing them out. Nothing more is 
requisite until the winter pmning. These grafts will generally 
make from two to four shoots in the first season after grafting; 
and these must be shoi-tened back, in winter, to within about 
two inches of the original graft, which will enable them to make, 
in the follo^ving season, eight shoots at the least, or perhaps 
more — the more the better, so that they are well placed. Care 
must now be taken, even in summer, to cut away all the ill 
placed shoots; and in the following winter cut off the ends of 
the whole to the same level as nearly as possible, which may 
generally be at from four to five feet high ; this will enable the 
tree to make shoots enough to form a perfect specimen of its 
kind. This sort of Apple will, at this age, make a great num- 
ber of long slender laterals which must not be taken off, as it 
is the peculiar character of this tree to produce its frait at the 
extremity of these long slender branches. After the tree has 
obtained the required size, it will only be necessary to level the 
top, in winter, except it grow too strong and does not bear. If 
this happens, open a trench all round the stem, at the distance 
from it of about three feet, and cut off a few roots with a knife ; 
this will almost keep the tree stationary’ in size, likewise healthy 
in appearance, and certainly a prolific bearer.” 
The cultivator may reasonably enough make inquiiy respect- 
ing the soil in which the trees above alluded to are growing. 
We reply, that its quality is a sandy loam, two feet deep. 
