Litchfield enquirer., 1848-05-25
aGRECULTUR. gL.

ternate DeaTIHS duU OaitSU yO0
for fruit trees, those Who cultivate
them would do well TO note this fact.
when young trees come mic pear
inc for the first time, about the time
the fruit is settirg, if Che most Of II IS
taken off and this continued Tor
few years in succession leaving every
wear about the sumo quantity On The
trees, they willby the time they have
become of sufficient size to be prot
table, acquire the habit sof bearing
every year.-Agricultural Journal.
MI. Pell Of New York, claims to
have made his apple trees bear annu-
ally, by lay ing the bark OF the tree
open with a sharp knife from the
ground to the limbs, and by manure
ing and culture.
A better mode than this, is, on the
bearing year, to remove the irnlt'
entirely, from one halfthe tree. The
consequence will be, that the fruit
ON the half left will be finer than it
otherwise would have been, while
the bearing year of the other half
Twill be changed. 1t will bear full
the next year, and thencefor'h the
two portions of the tree will bear on
alternate years. The crop will thus
become equalized, and the tree will
follow the natural tendency, in each
of the separate parts, Of alternate
production and rest. We know an
apple tree, on which, when young
the fruit was all destroyed on one
side by severe frost, and ever at
forwards the two portions of the tree
bore full on alternate years.
Horticulture was the subject Of
discussion al the last meetingio f tie
franklin Institute, Newark, the con-
versation being confined mainly to
tn culture and grating offruit trees.
1t was remarked by Prof. Mapes
that the tendency of all seeds of
fruits is to returnto their wild state,
in which they are just covered
their flesh being acquired by cuitiya-
ton. Hence we cannot get the same
fruit we are eating by planting its
seed; especially il it comes from an
old tree besidesihis, it takes long
time to get tree from seed. BY
budding or grating, the effect can
Reproduced much sooner and more
perfectly. This is done in various
ways described in the books, the
principal object being to gel the bark
of the scion in contact with the
stump il is grated upon. SO that the
sap can flow into itreadily.
One Of the best kinds of wax to
cover the wounded parts (thc only
object being TO keep out the air, is
"a mixture of beeswax and Canada
balsam melted together this is al
ways elastic, not cracking IN winte',
nor melting in summer; and can be
easily worked with the fingers and
made to adhere, though the stems be
damp. .H.. .-.esss ss g3g, a.
Sometimes simple bud from one
tree is thrust into slit cut IN the
bark of the other, and grows into
limb. 1889 ms W
1t is not necessary to take the sci
on from tree of precisely the same
quality it need only be from one of
the same class. .e4v a. zn sa
The uses Of grating are to get
rapid increase Of the fruit, to alter
the qualities Of poor trees, render
foreign and delicate kinds more har-
dy, to acclimate foreign fruits, to pro-
duce several kinds on7ihe same tree,
and to hasten the bearing of seeding
varieties. .-........... .... .. .~
Another interesting and novel
mode of changing the variety is by
hybridaiion, which takes place when
the pollen from the blossoms of diff
ferent varieties become mixed the
fruit resulting from this partakes of
the qualities ofbMh. Goes golden
drop plum is result of hyb,idation,
probably Of the egg plum, and gage.
The fruit resulting from the first ex-
pertinent of this kind will not be so
perfect as after two or three perpet-
uations A cross between the rus
set and pippin, each side having the,
flavor of the fruit is resembled. A
southern fruit can be grated in this
manner upon northern stock, and
made to grow in the climate of Can
ada.
Hybridation frequently happens
accidentally, often producing good
results. The different colored ker-
mails of corn scattered through ears
is result ofthis. Where pumpkin
and melon vines grow in the same
vicinity, their pollen becomes mixed,
and the. fruit Of both vines mace
useless.
In useing wax for grating il can
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