The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-05-09
SEEDS OF FRUIT TREES.

There are very few seeding fruits, ou
Of the geat number grown, which ar
worth the place they occupy, as compared
with those which are propagated by budd
ing and grating; aud no man should eve
think of relying on these for the supply
Of fruits sor The family. Still evely maj
desires 10 know how TO propagate the
different varieties of fruits from the seed
; that he may be able 10 supply himself
with stocks if he chooses, on which to
graft or bnd those he may select for his
0wn culture.
The seeds of the Apple, Pear, and
Ounce, may be treated substantially
alike. Those of the frs! may be taken
from the fuii itselG, or if more convenient,
washed from the pomice at the cider
mil, as soon as possible after the Juice
is extracted. The cider mills in these
parts are few. and il is much more com
mon 10 obtain the m from rotten apples
This may be done BY washing them in
plentiful supply OF water, and summing
them through a seiva by which the pulp
will be carried off, AMI the seeds retained.
p mice my be washed by maceraing in
water, and then runningi it through long
spout, when the seeds will fall TO the
bottom, and the refuse matter pass off.
This is quite easy, wh4n there is spring
Of water with fall, or even a pump TO b.,
used. Pear seeds are more difficult to
manage, and should be taken from the
fruit az soon after it is well ripened as
convenient. The seed of tho poorer
sorts,such as the common Choke pear, are
most plentiful snd best
The seeds of the Apple, Pear, and
Ounce, may be planted as soon as washed
out, in good moist, deep, and rich soil
where they will vegetate freely with the
ensuing spring. Those of The Pear are
much the most difficult of all; aud the
young plants are the most tender and
precari0us.
1t is very little use TO plan, pomicc OF
rotten apples, aud none at all TO pIanr rot-
len pears. No, one in bundled, il in a
thousand, will come up. II does moi
destroy the vitality of those seeds TO dry
them and keep them over; though we
have found them more difficult to vege,al
than those planted in time. They are
ofien kept dry for several years, and then
sown with success: though proportion
Of them always in such cases iail.
Pears and apples a:e ready for The bud
the second yoar, provided they receive a
good growth and are well treated.
Though ounces may be grown from
the seed, better way is to use the cut
tings. We have been nearly as SUCCESS
ful with them as with those of the curranl;
and they may be prcpagated in this way
indefinitely.
The stones of the Peach, Cherry, and
Plum, after being taken from the ripe
fruit, should be immediately planted in
The seed bed, when they will make their
appearance liz the following spring 1t
is melimes recommended to put cher
ries into sand, and keep them ill spring
before planting out. This is an unsafe
mode, from the fact that they are liable
10 start before being planted; and when
this is the case, their removal is their des-
truc,iOn. lfthe stones of either Of these
ilu.,s are allowed to become dry before
planting, they will not open again, though !
exposed TO iha frost and wet of WINTER.
There will be exceptions, and only such,
10 this, among the peach stones but rone,
or next TO n. ne, with either of The oihe'
named fruits. The vital powers of a
peach seed are not destroyed in many
years by being dried, and if the stones
are broken, the dried ones may be grown
but without this care, not one in a Iund-
red Will germinate.
Aher standing the first season in the
seed beds, all these fruits should be reno
we'd TO nursery row,, setting them therein
about one foot or fifteen inches apart,
having taken the precauion 10 cut off ore
half the length OF the tap root. The
peaches will be ready for the bud the first
season and the others the second.
Some prefer grating all these fruits,
with The exception of the peach; bu,
budding is so much easier, and quite as
sure, iha it will probably be adhered to
instead, both by nurserymcn and those
who cultivate for themselve; though The
former, as a saving of time, wiliexceed in
practice all the usualmodes Of prop CATION
LABELS FIR TREEs.-The Western
Horticultural Review recommends zinc
cut into s'rlps and coiled abuut limb
For ink TO write upon them the following
receip, is given.
Take one drachm of ofverdgris.
of sal ammoniac,
"one half Of lampblack,
" ten "of water,
Mix we'll together, by shaking in
bottle, and The ink is fit for Use with
quill pen. /, may need an occasional
shaking, If il has been left standing for
some time. The chemical action COT
rodes the zinc whenever applied and
the charcoal is nicely deposited upon the
a., "a, surcace ubnra IL rama;,, e,.,l