seasonable sinxs. 
Whatever individual planting 
^ay exist as te the eau 
fruit trees and small frm p ! 
go far from right by ,„]i for 
spring as the J^^^^ri.wJcondifron. 
bringing It into a mellov, 
Young Trees are "O^^P'®*®"®" as 
planting, by all experienced orch. i 
it is an undisputed fact that *® ®“®“ 
trees depends far more upon ‘ 
and vigorous condition than their i „ 
time of planting. , a,v to 
“ For Immediate Fearing.”— 
trees and plants, enumerated in nursery 
, offers a most alluring temptation 
fruit culture, which, when 
catalogues, 
to begiimere in fruit culture, wnicu, >vu-=*i 
yielded to, is sm-e to prove but a ‘ delusion 
and a snare.” A moment’s consideration w-ill 
convince any one of a logical mind of the 
impossibility of the thing. 
A plant is a living organism, governed by 
as immutable laws as we are ourselves. The 
roots of a tree extend about as far from the 
stem ns the tree is high; that is, the roots 
of a tree ten feet in height would penetrate 
a circle of twenty feet in diameter. In 
taking up such a tree the gi’eater part of its 
roots —especially the fine fibrous-feeding 
roots—have to be cut off, aud the top of the 
tree in proportion, if we would have the 
slightest chance to make it live at all. It 
will be readily seen, therefore, that it re¬ 
quires some time before the tree can regain 
its former size in roots and branches, and 
that all its vitality will have to be spent for 
this purpose; and if a few abortive fruits 
should form, these will only be an additional 
tax, tapping the life-blood of the tree, to 
more speedily effect its ruin. 
With Ba.'sphcrrics aud Blaclrherrics the 
fallacy of “ plants for immediate bearing” 
is still more apparent. These bear fr'uit 
otthj on canes of the preidous year’s gi-ow'th, 
which, in transplanting, have to bo out off, 
if the success of the plant is desired. The 
young shoots which will spring up from the 
roots diu-ing the season will bear fniit next 
year, and no power on earth can make them 
do so sooner. 
To have fruits in the shortest possible 
time there is no surer way than to plant 
now, young, thrifty trees and vigorous plants, 
give them the best care and cultivation, and 
await the results. Let no one delude him¬ 
self that he can make up for lost time by 
planting larger trees next year. You might 
as reasonably expect to make up for lost 
time in missing a railroad train, by trying to 
overtake it with a stage-coach. To bo sure 
you may send a telogiara to your friends’ 
informing thorn that you were “ left ”; and so i pounds 
you may buy your fruits in the market, and 
imagine you had picked them from your own 
vines and trees, bnt all the impatience in 
the world will not help you one dot. 
Therefore, plant now ! 
S^oberries in solid beds or matted rows 
will have to bo cleared of all mulch but 
. ’!^®’; ftl>o mulching material 
should only bo pushed aside so as to nlln' 
PEEPABIN& 2 abuse tis Gmpe- 
Few plants bear as m heai 
frmt, their best, theyrequire car 
tioiis; Tn,uch as n 
and proper food of a vin 
extent of gi-ound w^c>i to the 
occupy varies ®®" f'^^tJoed in the soil, 
degree of avaiU material neai 
and by placing the penetrate 
the surface, ^’’®/®°* .fteen inches, 
deeper than twelve plant-food for 
The most '‘vaihible dogi'oes 
to that of 
of fiimness, from^^i^^^^ , 
bone-floui,—the Well decomposed 
supply of food lor fertiliser to 
It may be used as a mulch, provided it does 
not come in contact with the roots. 
The ground where the vines are to bo 
planted having 
been selected and marked 
or 
^ff, if the best results are wished, spado 
Throw the dirt out 
fork two blades deep 
Now pave the bottom 
me with large bones, 
which can bo purchased at any butcher- 
shop. Incorporate into the soil at the side 
of the trench or hole ten pounds of coarse 
bone-dust, and from two to tlu-ee wheel¬ 
barrows of the rotted manure to each vino 
intended to be planted, and replace the soil. 
In setting the vine, place a thin layer say 
an inch in thickness—of ordinary garden 
soil around each root of the vine. 
Of oom’se, good results may sometimes bo 
obtained by less thorough preparation ; but 
with delicate varieties, and when permanent 
and best success is desired, it pays to take 
extra pains in preparing the soil. 
J. B. Rogers. 
and berries grow to a wonderful siz 
Perries being frequently as largraL 
sized pullet eggs, and not thought 
jnon. 
WOOD ASHES m OEOHAED8 
For orchards, says Dr. R. C. K d • 
tlio New-Yorh Tribune, I regard 
than 
the 
worth more 
six times the vah.l 
barnyard manure, ton for ton. Whe p 
yard manure is composted with wood 
the coarse vegetable material and litt . 
rapidly broken down, and the manu!’'^® 
speedily fitted for use; there is some! 
of nitrogen in the form of ammoni! v 
ii. .../V iirill _« * 
there will bo no loss of mineral 
matter if 
Icept from leaching by water. 
Wood ashes represent all the min 
elements of vegetable growth, and conta' 
everything the farmer must give fiig 
except combined nitrogen. Wood ashes Cili 
vary in composition and value with the kind 
of wood and the part of the tree. I will take 
the ash of the body-wood of the Beech-tree as 
representing tho average of wood ashes. A 
ton of such ashes contains 320 pounds of 
potash, -worth $16, and 105 poxmds of phos¬ 
phoric acid (insoluble), worth $5.25. Omit- 
ting all the other ash constituents, -whick 
have some value of themselves, the potasL 
and phosphoric acid of a ton of such ashes 
are worth $21.25, or nearly six times the 
value of a ton of fresh horse-dung. 
A MONSTROUS 6RAPE-VINE, 
The oldest, and ivhat is believed tho larg¬ 
est, Grape-rtuo within New South Wales, 
states an Anslraban paper, m.ay be seen in 
the yard of tlie General Bourko Hotel, Para¬ 
matta. The circumference of its stem in the 
thickest part is eighteen inches. Tho lattice- 
work, which it covers, has been built after 
the fashion of a large suminor-houso, meas¬ 
uring thirty-five feet by thirty feet, with a 
height of fourteen foot. Tho vino, which 
completely invests the whole structure is 
at tho present season of tho year (.Tanua’ry)’, 
draped in rich, luxuriant foliage, amid which 
I are to bo seen tho luscious fruit hanginc 
j m hundreds of magnificent bunches. One 
I I'""®^'’ ''®''y ’"-''go ono, which was weighed 
I m my presence, turned the scale at nineteen 
pounds At this spectacle one’s mind is 
instinctively reverted to tho story wliic.h is 
told 11 , the good old hook of tho Uvo Israel 
itcs, who, between tliom, carried on a slick 
a bunch of grapes, becanso it was too hJavv 
o bo borne by one of I hem alone. It was in 
SUCCESSFUL RASPBERRY GEffWINfi. 
To grow Raspberries successfully, says 
Mr. N. Ohmer, President of the Ohio State 
Horticultural Society, you must select goo> 
soil, well undor-drainod; let it bo clay oa ^ 
or sandy soil, but jirefer upland 
I have known them to do ndniiia y 
almost any soil, jii'ovidod it is rich aii< ’ 
wot. Plow as you would for any othci c j 
,ter, if your soil adinds ' 
the iloopor tlio better, 4 . j .. . ^ 
it. Harrow well; plow out 
seven foot apart, and plant in sin 
throe foot apart; a partial shade ' 
advantage. My patches that do bos 1 
an old orcliard. 
FLORIDA’S STAPLE OROPB. ^ 
B. F. Clayton, editor of tho 1,0 
(trowor, thinks that wldlo 4 j,(,„iivins 
modoratoly succosstul hero, tho fa« j^gcs, 
that tho groat staple will be 
Demons, and Pine-apples. Small 
coiit Strawberries, xvill not bo e 
“big things” in this State. 
PLANT SMALL TREES, 
At tins season of tree-planting, the follow¬ 
ing points in favor of small trees, as given 
by Mr. F. K. Phoenix, deserve the careful 
attention of planters: 
“ Small trees have larger roots in propor¬ 
tion; (2) they cost less; (3) expressago or 
freight is less — expressing small trees is 
usually cheaper than freighting large ones, 
and then so much more speedy;'(4) less 
labor handling, digging holes, etc.; (5) less 
exposed to high wuids, which loosen roots 
and kill many transplanted trees; (6) plant¬ 
ers can form heads and train them to their 
own lildng; (7) with good care in, say, five 
years, they will overtake the common, larger 
sized trees. Without good care, better not 
plant any size.” 
