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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept, 
for let a shoot grow from the stock, and it will immedi¬ 
ately exhibit all the characteristics of that stock, even if 
it has been fed from the leaves of the graft for 50 years 
previously. 
But when two unlike potatoes are planted in the same 
hill, or two dissimilar rose roots twisted together, there 
is no connexion or communication whatever, between 
them. Each distinct plant receives sap from its own roots 
and from no other, and the leaves return the juice to its 
own roots, and to no other. There is no conduit or 
feeder across from one to the other. Consequently, no 
mixture can possibly take placeand in such experiments 
as may have appeared to favor this opinion, other causes 
must be looked for. 
The Apple Disease. 
There is in this vicinity this season a disease-which at-, 
tacks the apple and quince, very similar to the pear blight. 
It first blackens the end of the leaf, then descends to the 
bud, and from there to the wood, which it speedily’sur¬ 
rounds and kills. It generally commences at the end of 
a limb, but sometimes it first blights a few leaves three 
or four feet from the end of the limb, and then works 
its way down to the wood and destroys it. In some cases 
it confines its ravages to the north side of the tree; at 
others to the south, and again in all its parts. We look 
upon its progress with no small solicitude. Can you throw 
any light upon the subject? R. G. P. Palmyra, July 
14, 1852. 
This malady has appeared to greater or less extent for 
many years past in Western New-York and elsewhere, 
without apparently increasing, or producing as yet any 
very serious result on the apple. In some parts of the 
western states, however, its attacks are much more viru- 
lent, and serious doubts are entertained by some wheth¬ 
er the apple can long maintain its position as one of the 
fruits of the west. 
Many wise heads (to say nothing of the number of 
foolish ones) have endeavored to “ throw light” upon it, 
but like the investigators of the causes of the potato rot, 
they have instead, generally thrown darkness, and should 
we presume to join their company in this labor, we should 
certainly succeed no better. We can therefore only af¬ 
ford our correspondent the melancholy satisfaction of 
knowing that after long research nothing is yet ascer¬ 
tained. Eds. 
Northern Spy in Ohio. 
The high celebrity of the Northern Spy Apple in Wes¬ 
tern New-York, and in all places whither its crops have 
been sent, has caused much interest in relation to its qua¬ 
lity as grown elsewhere. A few imperfect specimens 
produced near Boston, did not give a favorable impres¬ 
sion. But it appears by a communication in the Ohio 
Cultivator, from James W. Weld, of Richfield, Summit 
Co., Ohio, that a single trial at that place has pr.oved em¬ 
inently successful. The fruit was grown from grafts set 
in a bearing tree, and is stated to be 11 the best single va¬ 
riety grown” there. “ It is of the largest class. It is ex¬ 
tremely rich and 'juicy, destitute of that sharp acid 
which the Greening possesses, having all its richness, the 
acid being something sharper than the Richfield None¬ 
such, [or Red Canada,] having qualities to render it first 
rate for culinary or table use.” 
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Curculio—the Knockings. 
About Jive thousand eurculios have been caught and 
destroyed on the grounds of the writer the present sea¬ 
son. They were more abundant than ever known before, 
and they seem to be increasing in numbers throughout 
the country. At Newburgh, long so famous for its 
great and uniform plum crops, they have taken all. Yet 
in many places, where for many years a single plum could 
not be raised without protection from their attacks, the 
“ knocking system” has saved fair crops. Single trees, 
at one visit, have furnished no less than seventy-jive in¬ 
sects, and many half that number. These numbers be¬ 
come rapidly reduced by a daily use of the axe and the 
folding frames described in a former number of the Cul¬ 
tivator. Nothing but a sharp blow with a heavy axe was 
sufficient to bring down all, and to make clean work, 
The stroke was given to the short stump of a limb, saw¬ 
ed off for the purpose. Muffled mallets are too soft and 
inefficient, which is the reason why so many fail with this 
remedy. 
Fruit Trees. 
Fruit trees, which are among the ornaments, as well 
as useful productions of nature, are too much neglected 
by farmers at large. What beauty is there in a well 
trimmed apple tree, with its blossoms of pink and white 
so nicely blended, and later in the season, scarcely less 
beautiful is its load of rich and golden fruit! 
Aside from all considerations of beauty or profit, there 
is another motive for the cultivation of fruit, which 
should influence parents, who regerd the morals of their 
children. If you have good fruit in your own garden, 
there will he no inducement for your children to break 
the command u thou shalt not steal.” Is not this a rea- 
son strong enough to induce any upright man to plant 
and rear an orchard? 
All the varieties enumerated in nursery catalogues, 
are not requisite for the farmer of small means; a few 
choice and well selected sorts, are better than a host. 
In this manner, by a little exertion, an orchard of frui i 
may be raised, at little expense and trouble. As our 
large cities are dependent upon the country for their 
fruit, and are willing to pay a good price for it, this 
branch of business commends itself to the farmer as a 
means of profit. The crops which may he obtained at 
the same time fruit trees are being cultivated, will more 
than pay for the entire expenses of culture, and roots 
crops are far better for the trees, than such as mature 
above ground. 
In the month of April I transplanted apple, pear and 
plum trees, and as the soil they were removed to was 
richer than that they had previously occupied, they did 
not know of their change of place—this should always 
be the case, or else the growth will be much retarded. 
Trees need cultivation as much as corn, and will pay for 
it proportionally well. By good cultivation, trees may 
■ be made to hear from the seed in six years. A Sub¬ 
scriber. Taftsville, Vt, 
