Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-14
THE PEAR

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 THE PEAR.
 | 1t IS said that Pears are every way pre- ierable to Apples; even the distilled It. quor far better than that from the Apple, Fears may be had to- ripen as early and as late. as the apple. and varieties might be had to furnish fruit the year round,
 1t seems that the blighting of pear trees IS great Encouragement to the culture of them some observations on the cause and preventive thereofmay, for that reason be ] acceptable. The great excess of heat and cold which prevails in our climate is very injurious to the pear trees on that ac- count some covering to the bark of the trunk would be beneficial at those times.- Pear trees require great deal of moisture, and ln the moist spring season grow over vigorously, so that when the hot dry wea- ther of July and August comes on they can- not furnish sap enough to support the over- grown they have then made ;-hence the blight of the branches ensues. Various theories have been formed as to the cause of the dying out Of the limbs. In proof however of the above state, that have 1t from good authority that trees have been much parked in the spring by animals, and were then less susceptible of blight the reason must be that there was no over- growth to support in the dry season. Itis also stated on good authority that to hack the bark round near the root with hatchet prevents the blight, which must be from the same cause; and I know of two trees of one variety, one of which grows on ground always moist and never blights, the other growing on high dry ground, exhibits near ly half ifS h.aaealA.as A~- T. Gi-S- S--..-.I Sc good for pear trees only because the clay retains moisture, ,and thus shelters the roots from the drought. The dying of young trees in transplanting, after having the tap- root cut olf'arises only from its being there- by prevented from running deep enough into the clay to shelter it from the drought; hence it is deducible that the true mode of preventing blight in pear trees, without in- jury, is to cover the ground over the roots with brush, chips, Aaxshoves, or something to retain the moisture through the dry sea- son of the year. Were the farmers gen. orally apprised of this, the culture of that valuable fruit might become more general, to theirgreat satisfaction.-Del. Free Press. 
 Sick Peach 7rcss.-It was mentioned some time since, by correspondent in the papers of N. Haven, that certain facts had lately come to his knowledge, which were stated, inducing the belief, that powdered
 charcoal strewed about the roots of peact
 trees would be great preservation agains
 disease, produced by insects, worms, &c
 The Boston Courier, in a recent notice 0 this subject, cOrroborates tho above opin
 ion, by his own experience, and adds, tina
 trees planted in burnt land are universall,
 healthy, and free from worms at the root | LAMPAs OF HORSES.
 As the season of the year is now ap
 preaching when some people commenc'
 one of the most cruel and barbarous prac
 tices, ever retained by any people, pre- f tending to be civilized-viz that of burn
 ing out the lampas from the mouths o young horses, we cannot refrain from ma
 king a few remarks upon that subject. 1 We are sensible, that some of our mos enlightened readers will say, that this arti cle should appear under the head of VHIga Errors but yet we have what we consid CT a reasonable excuse for not putting 7 there. Most of the articles which hay !: been placed under that head, in your pa 7 per. are rather innocent delusions, tha
 partaking of the barbarous; rather supeI , stitious rites and ceremonies. appertainin $ to property, than any retained ussges {
 the dark ages of barbarity. At what tint a or with what people this practice origins . ted we will not pretend to say but there is one nation who should either dil
 continue the practice. or elso say less
 the general diffusion of useful informasio' P tk0t is America.
 The idea that the enlargement of tn ,t mart of the roof of horses mouth, is a disease. has long been exploded by all ve j. erinary surgeons. AM horses are subje .r to it. between the ages of 3 and 5. more ts less and in many cases this soft sponl
 enlargement descends to level with Il