The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-04
AGRICULTURE.
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In III 10Th number of the current volume OF
the American fhru,r " 4 cor cspondrut wish
- 10 know winch a. ttc best Kind OF tnurns ion
hedges Nc. | nrvo had some ekpri toncr IL
that branch Of improvement RUd am Wiling 10
communicate II have PLANTED tniee different
Kinds uamtlY thr Virginia thorn. fnised IA IA
bundance, aud sod by Nh joflWs Pierce. a
his nursery. Lnnrnu Htll. near Washington,
from / Ia 50 per thous nd according to the
quantity purchased The English white thorn,
which Imported hom Liverpool cu.l viii,
rhages rom 10 50 pc, thou,oud aud q IA
titc thorn found IN Try own ueghhorhood,
aud which have seen ia abundance 10 srvfts
al places IN TINS State aud ~ fcunsy Iva
un, | know not the botanical name, bat IN IA
natural state, II grows large, 81 u circular lo'in.
ed top with dark green oval leaf, something
resembling that OF a pear tree. the tho'ns very
long aud sharp, thr berries large nnd red. !
have been told II Is the same hs The New Castle
thorn loT the mode Of raising the plants, ~ 4
Mr. Mahous Gardening. The FIST mentioned,
thnl,, makes tho handsnmeN hedge would
prefer II for u Ealden or lawn; the second send
out great many lateral branches, aud inhkrf "a
close compact fence tho thId * OF "A most *.
ubrrnni growth, md Shoots out ~ all dneclinus,
pea haps the greatest objection WI he the e.
penso Of keeping II IN proper bounds ! haye
had shoot, Of one wears gtoWth upwards al q
icot Long an OF opln On that viii proper man,
Hgrnfnt, a sufficient fence can be niad" ot ant
II tn three klnd IA Oh. 81 , years | have nl-o
! q hrdec ofthe wild crah-applc, thai dunk vii
answer the pafppse, aud AN now preparing t.
plant the honey locust. ihai thniN may cRetl
them all bot II, yet cauuof positively d"c'de -
Ny mode Of Printing Is, after mannrInE the
! ground welt auI planting POTATOES On II, (wnch
| cullrhcs aun cleans II from wC"ds) suetch iva
lines ~ the intended dn ectlon al foot apart,
aud mark il oil with spade ~ deep rs possihlf
then dig il our ny deep rs the good soil goes tbs
| | iay On the side ol the rfrnch aud shovel oni
thu snhsuH ON the other SIDE 80 the depth ol NM
or ten inches this being done, let u careful hand
! 90 INTO the tcuch, aud plarr the plants aghlnsl
| each zide Of Il ri the distance OF 3 OF nthes
forming double row l. mchrs aparl and o.
! 9 distant ~ the rows having smaii
! boy ~ shovel IN FIST The Ruod ctiih, aud then
what came from below cnre must be taken h
! tx the plants nj the proper distnnef, aud tramp
! the earth firmly about the roots. Il lore p ant
! ing, cot on all the Struggling Iools and aitrl-
ward. cut the tops within 81 inch oi The surface
alter the 6rs yea, ~ III cut nll oG about three
inches from tine ground after the second abon'
twelve inches and so on every year, letting
them fisc gradually. according ia iheIr vlgout
I'LL they come ion proprr heigbt hy tines
mems ihckeu my hedge Al the bottom, other
wi,e il would he no fence, especially against th'
/ swlnish multitude, thar az always on the LOOK
oui aud ready for mischief A. 10 planting.
con der il imnairrially, whether lis donr ia tall
wruIe or spring. II the ground be IL good OF
der; bnt if yon have much 10 do, aud defer Il
to The spring, thrIc is chance Of the bud, put