THE CULTIVATOR. 
March, 
86 
The Cherry Plum. 
This pretty and very early plum, is quite different in 
its character from our other cultivated varieties, being 
in itself a distinct species, ( Prunus cerasifera,) and 
is supposed to ,be a native of North America. The 
tree is thorny, has a small bushy head, and bears small, 
pointed leaves. 
With the exception of the White Primordian or 
Jaune Hative, it is the earliest plum known; and al¬ 
though of only pleasant flavor, it is valued for its ri¬ 
pening at midsummer, when the brilliant scarlet surface 
ef the fruit, contrasting with the dense aftid dark green 
leaves, gives the tree quite an ornamental appearance. 
But its value is greatly lessened by its scant product¬ 
iveness. This difficulty, we are informed, has been 
overcome by root pruning. Further experiments on 
this point are needed; and if it may be thus rendered 
productive, it would prove a valuable variety, on ac¬ 
count of its extreme earliness. Its little liability to the 
leaf-blight is another characteristic, which renders it 
still more desirable that further experiments may be 
made towards the increase of the amount of its crop. 
Remarks on Fruits in Ohio. 
The following interesting facts are drawn from the 
Report of the Ohio Fruit Convention of 1848:— 
Fire Blight. —C. Springer, speaking of fire-blight, 
remarks, " Experience satisfies me, that *if we would 
succeed with the pear, we must either select such kinds 
as are naturally of slow growth, maturing their wood 
as they proceed, as the White Doyenne, Seckel, and 
others, or we must set them in thin soil. On dry hard 
points or banks, which have little moisture, they will 
advance moderately. I have seen fast-growing trees, 
thus situated, remain for more than twenty years, un¬ 
scathed by blight, while the very same kinds, in moist 
rich soils, in sight of them, were soon exterminated.” 
In one instance, however, it is stated, that pear trees 
succeeded finely on low ground, but it was found that 
the subsoil was a dry bed of sand. 
Special Manures. —Prof. Kirtland states that on a 
worn out piece of land, that would not produce wheat, 
pear trees would not grow more than two to six inches 
in a keason, apples but little better; but the peach and 
cherry flourished finely. 
Gypsum, clover, leached ashes, and a little barn ma¬ 
nure, in two years, brought plenty of straw, with only 
11 bushels of wheat per acre. A second plastering, 
clover turned in, barn and slaughter-house manure, and 
phosphate of lime, brought, without increasing the 
straw, 19 bushels of excellent wheat per acre. Phos¬ 
phate of lime, ashes, barn manure, with a little salt, 
caused the pear trees to grow freely and bear well. 
Rawle’s Jannet. —C. Springer says that this cele¬ 
brated apple, " in March and April, is hard to beat for 
cooking and eating. The tree blooms ten days or two 
weeks later than most apples, and, in consequence, 
once in ten or fifteen years, makes a splendid hit at 
bearing when all others fail [from spring frosts.] The 
objection to this is, there are too many knotty and un¬ 
der size.” 
Baldwin. —" This fruit, one of the best winter ap¬ 
ples in Connecticut and Massachusetts, when raised at 
Marietta, in this State, is but a temporary fall fruit.” 
Royal George Peach. —F. R. Elliott says," I can¬ 
not see any thing in this variety to recommend it.” 
Early Tillotson. —‘'This fruited as early as Early 
Anne, and is a much superior fruit, decidedly the best 
very early variety.” F. R. Elliott. 
Crawford ’s Early. —" I have seen this beautiful and 
large peach in New Jersey, but the specimens grown 
here equal, if they do not surpass, any I have seen in 
its native state. Several specimens measured ten and 
a-half inches round, none less than nine inches, and 
some eleven. It is a rich golden yellow, with clear, 
rich red to the sun.” F. R. Elliott. 
Transplanting Evergreens and. other Trees. 
Eds. Cultivator —In the third number of this year’s 
Farmer fy Mechanic, I found an article entitled "Trans¬ 
planting Evergreens,” ^credited to The Cultivator, 
which has induced me to send you this communication. 
There are three methods recommended in the article in 
question. 
The first—" to cut a trench late in the autumn around 
the roots of the tree to be removed, leaving a ball of 
earth about the roots, proportioned to the size of the 
tree; after this is frozen, and during the winter, the 
trees, with the frozen ball of earth, are, to be lifted by 
the aid of a stout lever. They can then be drawn up¬ 
on a sled and placed the north side of a barn, or other 
building, and having straw, old liay, or saw dust pack¬ 
ed about the frozen balls, they will remain unthawed, 
till the proper season comes round to set them out.” 
By the other two methods, the ball of earth is to be 
raised without freezing; in the one case to be tied up in 
matting, and in the other, to be allowed to freeze after 
the tree with the ball has been raised from its natural 
position to the surface. These last methods may do 
very well for small trees, but for the transplanting of 
larger ones, the first is much to be preferred; for a ball 
of earth sufficient to contain the proper quantity of 
roots for a large tree, could not, when unfrozen, be 
raised from the hole in which it stands, without break¬ 
ing it. 
The objections to the first mode suggested, are—1st. 
A second lifting of the balls of earth, and transporting 
to the place of setting out. 2nd. Where a large num¬ 
ber are to be transplanted, particularly large trees, it 
would be difficult to find room enough on the north side 
