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BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. 



grown only on this stock. The tree is a vigorous grower but not 

 perfectly hardy, neither can it be considered a very tender sort, as 

 it succeeds generally, but suffers in very severe winters. It is 

 irregular as to production, sometimes bearing very heavily, and 

 again bearing little or nothing. In my own experience, barren- 

 ness has often followed a very abundant bloom. The trees appear 

 to be exhausted by excessive flowering, and a severe thinning out 

 of the bloom buds as they begin to swell, remedies the evil, and 

 a large crop sets. It needs severe thinning out to attain full size. 

 October, November. Succeeds best in warm, dry soils. 



NOUVEAU POITEAU. 



NouvEAU PoiTEAU. Of foreign origin, being a seedling raised by 

 Dr. Van Mons ; one of the most vigorous of growers, and proved 

 hardy enough to withstand the winter of 1856-7, with scarce auy 



