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Varieties, whicli though they may sometimes succeed when root grafted, have 

 proved with us tender and imtrusty on the root. — Baldwin, Eropus, Spitzenburg, 

 Roxbury Russet, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Rambo, Bullock's Pippin (or American 

 Golden Russet), Maiden's Blush, Jersey Sweet, R. I. Greening, Spice Sweet, 

 Brabant Bellflower. 



Varieties that are rather tender the first year or two, but afterwards pretty safe 

 on the root. — Early Harvest, Golden Sweet, Fall Pippin, Vandervere, Pomme 

 Gris, Drap D'Or, Winter Pearmain, Carthouse (or Red Romanite), Northern 



Spy. 



Hardy sorts. — Red Astracan, Sops of Wine, Duchess of Oldenburg, Early Red, 

 Harvest Red Streak, Carolina June, Fall Orange, Hoss Apple, Monstrous Pippin, 

 St. Lawrence, Autumn Strawberry, Autumn Swaar, Bailey or Edgerly Sweet. 

 Pound Sweet, Fall Wine, Yellow Bellflower, Flushing-Spitzenburg, Dornine, 

 Pregor Red, Rawle's Jannet, English Golden Russet, Blue Pearmain, Perry 

 Russet, Seek-no-further (Westfield), Talman Sweet, Wine-sap. 



GARDENING. 



Barnham Nursery Gardens, Dover, Dec. 20th, 1851. 



Dear Sir — In answer to your communication, requesting me to furnish some 

 ideas in relation to Gardening, for the use of the State Agricultural Society, I 

 would first suggest to farmers the means of having a cheap living fence. Much 

 have been said in various quarters about hedge-planting, but up to this time very 

 little has been done in Wisconsin to establish a living fence capable of refusing 

 admission to cattle, hogs, (fee. The rail fence is fast decaying — the best of the 

 timber has already been cut for rails, and thousands of acres of land in this State 

 are yet in a state of nature, without any sort of fence. If enough of timber 

 cannot be found to fence the land when the plough has done its duty, where will 

 a second supply be obtained when the fii-st has decayed ? The farmer must then 

 resort to some other protection for his crops, and now is the time to consider this 

 question. If when the rails are first laid down a proper hedge is planted, and if, 

 when planted, it is properly managed, the rails may be removed in five years, 

 leaving behind a good living fence. The farmer can obtain this desirable pro- 

 tection without sending to Texas for the Osawe Orange, or to Enofland for the 

 Hawthorn, both of which are too tender for the Wisconsin winters. 



The Locust tree, when planted thick, will turn cattle, but grows too rapid to 

 form underbrush sufficient to repel hogs. The articles I wish to recommend for 



