Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-11-29
From Me American Farn.et.

y ~ t1s+fi From che Ap,erican Farner:
The Chinese Mulberry lfOsMs MNlti.
,casslis.--This newly introduced yaFietyvof
mulberry forfceding silk worms is undoubt-
eddy All important acquisition, and mnre
particularly SOTO this country, where silk
is on the eve Of becoming q staple article
Of production. The editor Of the Ameri-
can Farmer has had this variety Under cnl-
tivation for two years, and has Nude HIM
self acqnainted with lis pecnliarities both
as to quality and the manner Of cultivating
II. Not having sufficient quantity for a
full trial Of feeding silkworms with it, ne
has been obliged 10 coniine his experiments
10 occasional feelings, at. which times the
worms promptly left the Italian white null
berry leaf and devoured the new Chinese
with ayidiiy.sg The leaves Of the new. null
berrysfrequently measure q foot IN length
aud ten iuches in width. Indeed Mrs.
(Parmenticr, the lady Of the late Andrew
IParmentior Of the Brooklyn nursery and
garden, who has 1000 Of the trees for sale,
in a Letter to the editor says, that, some Of
thu leaves In that establishments measure
i inches in length, and che worms left six
different kinds of mulberry tofeed on them.
Although the number Of leaves on thetrees
IS NOT SO great as that 0f those on the white
we SHOULD judge that the weight of the leaf
lis much grcater--it is 80 greatin fact that
during rain or after D heavy dew, the
young trees are bent almost to the ground
by the weight Of their foliage. This mul-
berry bears no fruit, or rather il ~ SO mi
mute and so small quantity that the prop
agaiion oft from seed il never ,practised.
Bet like all other vegetables of difficult
propagation by seed, tits remarkably easy
Of production by other means. Byllayings
downth6 young trees, covering them with
earth, and leaving the ends Of the branches
out, every brapch will take root and be-
come q young tree IN two Or three weeks
so that every iree one year old will by
proper managemenf. produce from ten to:
twenty in One summer. We laid dowa il
tree on Friday, 28tb July, aud part Of
the stock neafsgt the root, containing mo
branches, was left ont ofground. Onthe
Friday following two buds were seen shoot
ing from the naked stock, and earth was
then covered over the stock and around
the buds. The young trees from these
buds now measure. Q feet s. Inches ligh.--
This fact will serve TO illustrate the great
taGtlttyf 81 pEupNEhtsHS VIC WsVtstS WstssssCuse-
Us BY layers. As this mulberry does not
grow high, the leaves can always be gath
cred by hand from the ground without the
aid of ladders or The danger attending the
climbing Of large trees. They can be
planned pretty close together, andewe should
Judge that an acre Of gronnd would produce
more foliage with this than with the white
mulberry. The morus moliicaulis being
IS vet quite scarce 10 this country. they sell
high; but every one who rontempiates
cuItiyating silk should obtain Nv, and by,
laying them down in July, n,uIliply them.
By this means ten trees obtained this fall.
would, 10 Eve years. producs one million
oftrees, allowing each one 10 prodnce ten
every year. which we are cqnxinced they
win certainly do; that Is. II Aho lnIl OF
1882 there would be 100; 1888, / 600 I;
in 1884, 10000; in 1855. TOO 600; in
1886, 1000. OOo--and thess 10 have no
hesitation in saying would produce ten
| times ~ much foliage as could be prOduc-