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ing very young, and are exceedingly prodgc
ive.



    Dwarf apple trees are produced by workim
  any desired sort upon the paradise apple,
  French speeies of very dwarf habit. The Doi
  cain, another foreign sprt, is used when a py-
  amidal tree, or a larger sized dwarf is desirel
  All varieties seem to do equally well on thu
  stocks; uniting freely, assuming a dwarf habi
  coming early into bearing and the fruit ofte
  of increased size.
  It should be observed that the Doucain bein
  of a more vigorous habit, the trees worked up
  on this stock will not usually bear fruit quit
  as soon as on the paradise, and unless checke
  by root pruning, will attain to a much large
  size, intermediate. between the standard tre
  and the paradise dwarf.
  We should like to see the experiment triet
in Wisconsin of an orchard of low branchec
trees on Doucain stock*-planted 12 feet apart
It would be very interesting, and could not fai
to be profitable.
  Winter apples will become so abundant as tc
be easily purchased at moderate prices. The
supply of fine early sorts never equals the de-
mand, besides many are too delicate and tender
for long carriage to market.
  These early sorts, then, should be chiefly
planted in the garden. For the sake of novel-
ty and ornament. the largest and the high col-
ored varieties are often chosen.
  The roots of these little trees being near the
surface, and all within a limited space, it will
readily be seen that they need 2ood culture.
  Annual dressings of manure in the autumn,
mulching in the spring, with thorough pruning,
are required to insure the best results.
                          A. G. HANFORD.



   %,4LUt vs. unio.
   To GnoW HYAcINTHs properly in water, the
I bulb and glass should be covered with . 1.1-dr



cloth until roots enough have been formed to
make sure the support of the stem leaves and
flowers. Otherwise the plant will pine, and



BROTHER HOYT :-I believe it is about two



j i. Aa gU LUaSt I promised to write for the I
FARMER. Well, perhape t is better late than
never.                                       II



*My hobby, as many of your reader, are
aware, is the cultivation of fruit; and though
I have met with many reverses, and many loss-
es, yet I am beginning to get fruit enough to
pay a handsome profit. I commenced setting
in the spring of 1854, and in order to get a
good stand of trees in an orchard of 3000, I
have had to set over 4000.  Many varieties
died out and had to be replaced with varieties
adapted to the locality.
  Some of your readers will naturally expect
a five column article from the above experience,
but it is entirely unnecessary. The whole se-
cret of fruit raising can be summed up in three
points: 1st. A high and dry location; 2d. va-
rieties adapted to the locality; 3d. give the
trees as good cultivation as you would so many
hills of corn.

The best varieties for this locality (Rock
County) are Yellow Harvest, Carolina Red
rune, High Top Sweet, or Sweet Lowell,
Siberian  Crab, Fall Winesap,   Fameuse,
Westfield Seeknofurther, Northern Spy, Golden
Russet, Tallman Sweet, Winter Winesap, Red
tomanite, Rawles' Jannet. The Yellow Har-
*est, Northern Spy, and Rawles' Jannet are
not more than half hardy, but possess too
iany good qualities to be rejected. I have
Dime 300 pear trees, and though some varie-
ie's are worthless, yet others have done well,
rnd r have been able to accommodate my friends
'ith some as fine pears as ever grew in christ-
ridom. The great difficulty about the tree is,
hat if the blight strikes it, it is almost sure
i die, when the apple tree under the same cir-
imstances would not. The Flemish Beauty



the pear. If the primeval Garden contained
lemish Beauty Pears, God knows that my
'mpathies are with Adam for being kicked



the bulb begin to decay, before the flower is out of Paradise.          
JOHN TiNsxL
half pe fected.                             I Onrew, (Ogden P. 0.) Roek Oo.,
wis., Dec. 4, IM



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