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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Oct. 
years ago dispatched a special messenger to the 
owner of the tree, and obtained half a bushel of 
the fruit, with which he was so much pleased 
that he did not regret the expense of twelve and 
a half dollars incurred in procuring it. Ripeens 
about the first of January. 
4. Glout Morceau .—This has been confounded, 
as Mr. W. states, with the Beurre d’Aremburg. 
It is said to be a rich sugary pear, in season De¬ 
cember and January-. 
5. Passe Colmar .—A hardy and vigorous pear, 
“ Prolific to a fault, 55 so that to obtain fruit of 
the best size and quality, Mr. W. states that it is 
necessary to trim out half the fruit-bearing spurs, 
which should be done in the month of March. 
Ripens from November to February, but may be 
kept till March. 
An article recommending the “ American Ar. 
BOR VlT.SE FOR SCREENS AND HEDGES,” by A. 
Baul, is worthy of notice. The first example of 
the use of the Arbor-VU© for the purpose here 
mentioned, ever seen by the writer, was on the 
grounds of the Messrs. Downing. The beauty 
and perfection of some screens in the gardens of 
those gentlemen, exceed anything of the kind 
Fig. 86 —Design for a Rustic Gate. 
we have ever seen. They are from sixteen to eighteen feet in height, the sides as true as the walls of a building, 
(though never trimmed) and impenetrable to sight. Mr. Saul states that the ar’oor-vitee is entirely free 
from disease or tendency to decay; it preserves its freshness of green through the summer, and does not suf- 
of Peach 
Orchards,” by J. W. Thompson, of Wilmington, Delaware, 
fer from the effects of winter. 
The article “ On the Culture 
contains much that is inte¬ 
resting and useful. Mr. 
Thompson states that the 
credit of introducing, on a 
large scale, the culture of 
the peach in Delaware, is 
due to Mr. Isaac Reeves, 
a native of New Jersey. 
This gentleman and Mr. 
Philip Reybold, Jr., are 
said to be the two largest 
and most successful cultiva¬ 
tors of this fruit in Dela¬ 
ware. Mr. Reeves formed 
a partnership some years 
since, with Jacob Ridge¬ 
way, of Philadelphia, and 
in the spring of 1832 they 
set out the first twenty acres 
of innoculated peach trees 
ever planted in the state, and 
their plantation was soon 
extended to 120 acres, the 
sales from which in one sea¬ 
son reached sixteen thou¬ 
sand dollars. But it is ad¬ 
ded that peaches then com¬ 
manded from $lj; to $3 per 
basket containing 3 pecks. 
At this time, the extent of 
land set to peach trees in 
New-Caslle Co., Del., is 
stated to be from 2,500 to 
3000 acres. The price, of 
course, has diminished with 
the increase of production, 
the present average, take 
one year with another, be¬ 
ing from 30 to 60 cents per 
basket. 
None but the best kinds 
are now cultivated; the ob¬ 
ject being to have them as 
early and as late as possible. 
All the trees are budded. The earliest, which begin to ripen the first week in August, are Troth’s Early, 
Early York, Early Ann; and the later, which continue till the last of October, are Ward’s Late Free, Heath, 
Algiers’ Winter. The mode of preparing the ground for peach orchards is said to be precisely the same as for Indian 
corn. The trees are set in rows from 20 to 30 feet apart. The ground is cultivated in corn or some hoed crop 
for three years, when the trees begin to bear, after which no crop is grown, but the ground should be plowed 
three or lour times in a season. The average life of the trees is from nine to twelve years; and their greatest 
Fig. 87 .—The Fastolff Raspberry. 
