New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-28

depth ef ak iuose,. sai ~ dfer-Nlnvseon snoa.i
fat, forming 70 hills For tits puno'' tae ecu
|, recommended Knox's Horse Hoe, A'aos 81 uo",
| The sok Of 10 men with hand hoes Ia ePaA.
1 this IMP emert, the Carrot. weeJef, and o ~
| proved borse tools he stated that w1>H An
| own garden consisted OF thirty acres, on
] The hand toois in use, he requh,
twenty or more men; and now, with more than io'
ac1es similar crops. BY The Of these improved
tools, he was able to cultivate the whole with eigb
men, The potato experiments before referred to have
proved satisfactorily that large, whole and perfectly
rte potatoes should be used seed that the yield
uld be greater than where small or cut potatoes
we're used; the specific grsvity would be Increased
ard the keeping properties improved W hen tue
whole potato is used as seed, We ind 1t sound IN
the soil after new growth has occurred tie SKIN
beirg sack provided by nature 10 hold The starch
inter ded as food for the yOung plant. Upon a
chemical examination OF this original seed the starch
will be found to have LEFT it ana to he replaced by
water, whereas when the cut potato Is used the
starch de Gays changing to ascetic acid, renaerlng
portion of the soil aud unfavorabe to healthy
growth. When potatoes are billed new tubers
ioIm on the stem above those hrst pro-
iected By the plant, ard thus rob the original aud
raural growth ftheir pabulum producing no greater
total weight but only an increased number OF small
potatoes, and tbose formed last fully ripen and
materially interfere with the perfectng of the Older
tubers. u nter flat cultivation all the potatoes
nearly ct the same size, ard therefore
chantabe. The lecturer stated ii at under such treat
NEXT, with the use of the potash phosphate If lime
n manure his average crop was 80 bushels to the
acre. The Of underdralns, subsoil blowing,
favorable 10 the production Of the necessary chemical
changes Of the soil. security agans! drouth, &c.
fully forth The lecturer also gave the following gen
era directions TO the cultivation OF the peach: The
pt ach stone ike the Lima beam requires to I've placed
in The ground in certain position, tor If in other,
the plant it issues from the germ. is tortuous in
shape and invariably diseased or imperfect at the ph
from the coy ledon upward. This may be seen from
the brown color of the pth when split at the trunk
VI a, bctc tal from "a frpa ha trllt
dried wasted from lis surface It always enters the
soil point downward and the axis OF the pth in vert
cal position. with the soft or porous end of tue shell
upward. Tie moisture enters this soft end and by
free 2ing in Winter or expanding at midday, bursts
the she'd asunder, leaving the pith to germinate in
eaiy SpriIg exactly at the surface OF the ground.
These conditions should be initiated by the nursery
man. II 9 trees when in the nursery row, will throw
mole branches toward the next than
toward the next tree in the same now; there.
f,ie when trarsplaDted, all the branches
should be removed by. a sharp knife close
in 10 the trunk, aud the funk itself shortened
third bv removing tie top. The roots should only
be Gu, where abraded, as many OF their spongices
NAV he torn off by the ren oval and still greater
nun Der should not be parted with. Above ALL the top
root should be preserved as this is intended by nature
TO steady the tree. The hole for its reception should
not be the size Of the diameter of the roots but much
larger so as to a6mt of their easy distenon; nor
should the hole be filled up with the subso removed
from it. bot with the acscent surface soil, to act
soil NAV be left on the surrounding surface to become
surface soil by the combined action Of the aud air.
The cepth Of the planting CT the tree should be one
inch less than when in the nursery row, as the
soil will settle during the first year to that depth.
This is cessary TO prevent the Cotyedons which
at the ea,th-eolla of the tree from being covered by
the soil, as in that case peach worm will
soon enter each tyedon. The following Spring the
rev growth should be cut back two thirds, and
ALWAYS pext to a wood and never to fruit bud The
reAt Spring the new growth may be cut back one.
third. This rea,n eut will increase the termiU and
give a round.headed tree, that when the fruit ap-
pears the branches will be numerous, short aud stiff
enabling the tree to sustain its weight and continue
10 bear or many years, without deterioration in quail
ny The soil about peach trees must be disturbed In
early Spring and other crops should never be raised
between them. There were many methods for remov,
ing the peach worm some pour boiling water around
the eath.co,ar ard thus cook the worm in ito place.
Others wrap tea lead around the coyedons to prevent
The entrance of the worm. in large orchards, where
these painstakrg process cs cannot be awaited Of the
salt ard lire mixture often described, If thoroughly
made, may be placed abound the immediate earth
collar Of tie tree ana thus prevent the ravhge OF the
woim altogether
After variety Of incidental remarks relative to the
Guilty. alton of peaches potatoes, &c, the lecturer
cltstd His remarks were attentvely listened to BY
numeious ard sppreciatve audience.