American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-12

produce slckiy race OF plants. which no culture
can nvigorate, and which the slightest injury de-
stroys. 1t is therefore necessary to be careiui III
selecting good seed raise the stocks as to procure
buds from good healthy trees. There are also many
other particulars which require grea, care and at
,ention on the part Of the cuvaior, and when inc
limits Of 4 single essay would not permit our treat
nC a. separately. Our main object IN the pre-eht
ESSAY is from faithful statement OF long series oil
actual facts TO endeavor to correct radical error,
which almost every cu!tivator, and believe every
former writer, has Iabnred under, endeavorlng 20
discover oil renovating our peach trees oy me
application OF artificial remedies, instead oil adopt
ing more careful and imp owed mode OF culliva.
ton by which new, more healthy, and vigorous
of peach trees may be once more introduces
throughout this :ruly congenisl cline This, 1t Us
tue, will require the work of lime yet, 1t the SUD
iect could once be generally understood, very or
binary degree of care and attention on The part OF
the cultivator might effect it in few years. Inc
great evil exists in the want OF proper degree Oh
care and skill in introducing and selecting such SORTS
only as are worthy and proper for our future cult
vation. By the establishment OF botanical garden
under the management Of experienced men, the
greatest benefits 10 society, in the improvement oil
his and every other fruit, might be effected Here
liberal portion Of the grounds might be adapted
particularly for the introduction and cultivation OF
every proper and improved variety worthy OF being
retained or recommended for general cultivation
and here the most improved mode Of cultivation
mi eht always be ready for the actual investigation
oil all such might be DESTROYS OF obtaining such
benefits as are always 10 be derived by men oil dis
ceinment from suco models The scientific specu
ator too. might here have fine opportunity of test
ing The effects Of all his iavore theories and the
publ. would not be lett at loss TO x ow how lar
ihey would be safe in following such rules as his
superior sagacity aud skill might discover worthy
If being recommended. Great mistakes ale gen
orally ente tanned and much misc hle done by the
improper p unng 81 peach trees; and those nnac-
euained With The proper method OF managing tins
part Of Iher cuhute, would derive more benth BY
con emp.4ing, for lew moments the actual form
OF few trees properly managed, than reading the
wtt=n printed objections OF a volume hrl
state and form OF the trees ave often dhti ent
When obtained from the nurseries, that no rarticu
lar rule IAN be laid d WI that would be apple able
10 ne Who'll. The great art for securing proper
form for the head OF peach tree. depends upon
cutting oF the leading main al the desired
hei,h, the head may he wished to commence at
which Shout never De more than four feet high-l
prefer two or thee ieet. The selection OF lnUr or
ave limbs, if possible from he opposite side OF the
ST. III, as this point as be got, aud in mo
deratey uF,5a positions should be suffered TO form
the main stems Of the Top OF The tree; and as these
generally furnish abundance Of shoots from all parts
they advance III height they ought never, IN SUCH
case to be storte eA. 1t is seldom that the peach
tree requires much ptuung after the main branches
Of the head is thus formed. Wherever he interior
inns 6scoms too close, hey should be cut out :;
and, if any supply be any where Necessary, So Ell
branch if any De found conveniently situated, may
be shortened, as to throw out greater supply.
There Is particular season which have always
found 10 sut coed bette than any tlher for cuttn
the main stem for forming the head If the uee. IA d
that is in April Just as the buds begin to break
wherever Any irreg ulatity OF the branches mi
the growing season they may be regulated by The
knife any time buI no pruning ought ever To be
performed these tree, at the approach Of or
during the winter II is not the object Of
present undertaking to enter into any particular
investigation Of these external evils. which have ,
Tor many years, been generally considered as
conquerable scourge Of the peach tree nor have
any objections to the man of SCIENCE developing
the results of those profound researches, arising
from the pursuits Of natura! philosophy. Our OBJ
ject has been 10 prove. by long serious of facts,
(Which can be well authentic atrd,) both the errone-
ousness and aosurdity of ascbng the grea, failures
of our peach trees to any malignant cause, but to
other natural defects which all improved mode oil
cultivation has been actually able to resist, and
which, if more universally, adopted would greatly
facilitate the complete renovation OF this delightful
fruit.