. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . hell, andsuperior in flavor. The filberd is a tall tree, and will, under favorable o* 162 FAMILY LIST OF FRUITS, circumstances, reach to the height of thirty feet. It is propagated fromlayers, or from suckers. The layers are treated like qther layers, andsoon become trees, for which reason they are preferable to farmer should provide himself with some
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . hell, andsuperior in flavor. The filberd is a tall tree, and will, under favorable o* 162 FAMILY LIST OF FRUITS, circumstances, reach to the height of thirty feet. It is propagated fromlayers, or from suckers. The layers are treated like qther layers, andsoon become trees, for which reason they are preferable to farmer should provide himself with some of this sort of tree. Gooseberry. Various are the sorts, and no one that it is not shrub is propagated precisely like that of the currant. By cultiva-tion, they may be raised as large as pigeons eggs, and the crops thetrees will bear are prodigious. Nectarine. As to propagation, planting and cultivation, the Nec-tarine is, in all respects, the same as the peach, which see. It is cer-tainly a finer fruit, and there is no insurmountable obstacle in the wayof its growth in this country. It is grown in England very well, butit is not grown, or but very little, here. It is the most beautiful offruit, and a great Fig. 2. Fig. 1. PEACH TREES. Peaches. Peaches are propagated by budding. The stock shouldbe of plum, and the tree is to be planted agreeable to the directionsgiven under the head Planting. And now for the pruning and formingthe tree. Look at the figures above, Fig. 1 and 2. The first is a peachtree such as it should be at four or five years old ; the last is a peachtree such as we generally see at that age. The practice is to plant thetree and let it grow in its own way. The consequence is, that it runsup to a long naked stem, with two or three long naked limbs, havingsome weak little boughs at the top : this is Fig. 2. Now to have , this is the way. The tree should, in the first place, be budded verynear to the ground. After it be planted, cut it down
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