Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-04-13
fOr the Oxford DsmocraI.
Reply 70 N. T. T.

: your correspondent y. T. T. and il hcinF
. very pleasant Whenever practicable TO have
"a ba olhorticuriural chat either orally or ON
parer. I snatch 81 ~,,r,~nt, tu rcpIy,
promising that a nur-.ryman has not al
way, much lrisury during April and May.
Irbc has business enough 20 earn hi, brad
and butter, he may have several hundreds oi
customers, who ryguirc attention from an
hour to several dhy- each, anl averaging,
we win suppr,c, a halfa day in the way of
ah,vrbus inquiries. making -rlcction., and
the execution II their orlyr,, and there L.
ing iu this climate of our, wherr the tran.
.ition frum Winter 10 summer is ~ brief.
only some CITY 90 sixty DAY. to odi,ilcamoug
them all, land that little perhaps lc,sncl
hy ,unlry severe ,t1rlu.l It may ayprar that
De- ha. occupation enough II YOU add e.
thi.. that BE- NAV have somc thousands. or
90 -cUr,s of thousands of stock, 90 plant out
aud ihD-. ~ previous war planting o.
GRAFT. and plenty cl-. lssilcs. perhaps be-
may ig fairly excused from writing hscibv
nsvspar~r articlr--but enough Of preface.
The point of ,hr inquiry -rrm. o. ls, whcth-
yr 10 will answer 20 trim up the trunk n a
Tsar or quin,c 60 the height of . l-2or 8
fr.t and the writer ,,yms to assume that IL
b. perfectly .afc 20 90 tryat STANDARD I.ar..
hy which De probably intend. psar. ou pear
ruu'-- and the answer i. that IL j. ju.t a.
safe in Uu. ca-g a. In the other. The TACT {,
that H. lark of Young par tr,- i' morr
susceptible of injury by cAPo.urr o. thr .uu
uy-. than .amr Other 'rrgs. aul the u'j,t
= bow branching i, 90 shade the trunk ly
natural mrans-somc long straw tied lro--
ly around will .rr,c che same rurI.sc, hut
it may hv forgotten or rr-lrytrl. II would
ry4uirr columns, nay. ,olumc,. o. go over
th, Who'll, ,uh-ci involved In IT, inquiries
maIe, hut will give few statement. and
definitions from which possibly your ryaier.
nav 1rirr as' fraction oft.
Most ,arirti-, uf I.urs naturally assume
- ..a.. -fa.t-,.. &C.. .'..-'' ,uv "ppr, ,'m'
being particularly ercct A. Madeleine, 9TH
naturally a-.um, a more pynmidal form, a.
Ur'au..tc (Which, by ,h, way. i.onc of the
l,-t. though a .l5w grower in the nur-er)
other. .tll have an awkward habit, sprawl
ir-apI TWISTING every way like Marie Louise
IN, habit of growth while Young j. -'me-
time. considerably modified by aEr, oNcu
improved
Tho terms STANDARD, Dwarf standard
Pyram 10. E-Talic-, &C., ryicr 20 the gg's in
which the tr,r T. grown. \ standard bring
,rimusl up toa4 o. feet trunk, before
lrunchin--Dvarf Standard, . e. 3 icct
ditto. Pyramid. branch a. low a. nav H.,
AMI The lowest hrlnche. arr trained o. D.
the loncs,i &c. All this !. cITec,-ihy the
mol, or Pruning, and is in rrut mcasur.
a matter of taste. You may have Standards
on Quiucr, ~ IN rcarroot. or any othrr on
f,rmrd trrc ou either P,ur- p,ur root are
usually grown a. Standards and Ju Ounce a.
Dwarf standards or Pyramids, aul hoDce,
thcry i. -,me confusion in the clmmon u-c
of the words The l--t form i matter Of
opinion and fancy, and circumstance must
decide. fur myself, prefer the Dwarf
standard In a great majority of asrs,
18Th fu- those on Icar or quincc II YOU
have time and taste and kill, 20 train Pyr-
amids, very we'll. you have your reward in
r,ry hard,oris try,~. Ifnot, YOU may have
~ p-a3irhrs ouc- with hr L., pains, by
aIuptiu: the Dwarf Standard form Ifyou
De- determined u have tall mad, trunk, D.
careful io protect &, by artificial mean. until
It pas-,- the age Of puLerty, aud nature pro
,idc- a sufficient protection in the rough
bark it then assume
The sao, Ola fruit .irve Is that portion be-
law the Insertion Of the bud or scion. 1, Is.
often crronc,u,ly u--l. a. II syuynomous
with VaE, or morg properly the iuHi Of the
trcc. Ia the cl-e Of p,ars ON quincs, the
,tock should he planted entirely below the
surface of the ground. One word more. |
fnd the terms Dragf Pear and Standard Pear
used sometimes, a. II % denote distinct spe-
cics of the par tire, whereas the difference
j. only the variation produced by differing
modes Of culture Thi. use II the terms, il
is,uppo-ed, has been introduced by ,undry,
smooth tonguci persons, who buy up The re-
fuse u Western nurseries. which ought to b.
consigned 10 the brush heap, and Pcddle
them about the country a. Agents, and
whose knowledge Of, and interest in trees,
aPPears 70 BE- wholly confhed to the profits
they may yield b.ior, beiHg Yiaaici.
S,cO, April, 1855. $ l.. G.