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" A few trees in my orchard commenced bearing a very little the next, 

 year after planting. Two or three years since, there were perhaps five 

 bushels each year — last year fifteen — this year twenty-five ; and had it 

 not been for late frosts, and a severe hail storm about the first of June, 

 there would doubtless have been twice or thrice that quantity. 



" The orchard contains, perhaps, one hundred trees, with tops from 

 six to fifteen feet across ; and as to bearing this season, might be classed 

 thus — twenty bearing well, or tolerably, which, therefore, judging from 

 this one experiment, ought to stand late frosts well, among which I 

 would mention Fameuse, English Golden Russet, White Seek -no-further 

 (so called) Dumelow's Seedling, Green Everlasting, R. I. Greening, 

 Vandervere, Pomeroy Sweet, a small round striped Sept. and Oct. Sweet. 

 Twenty five bearing a little, a part tolerably full last season, and a part 

 for the first time, which latter class ought also to be good against late 

 frosts ; of this description, I would name Fall Orange, Westfield Seek-no- 

 further, Monstrous Pippin. Fifteen bore considerably last season, and 

 but very few this, though some bloomed well. The remaining forty must 

 he considered unproductive as yet, though many have produced perhaps 

 one or two specimens. These trees will probably average quite as large 

 as any class, and might have generally come into bearing this season but 

 for the frosts, as they mostly bloomed in the spring. Of these I would 

 name as apparently among the most tardy. Summer Queen, Newtown 

 Pippin, Golden Sweet, Northern Spy, Yellow Bellflower, Campfield 

 Sweet, Colvert, Baldwin, Sweet Bough. 



*' In regard simply to the bearing of root grafts vs. stock grafts, which 

 is a point that is being very generally discussed, I would here give my 

 orchard experience. 



*' Among the hundred trees of bearing size are sixteen, or about one 

 in six budded or grafted on the stock at different heights — one Rambo, 

 near the ground — one R. I. Greening, at standard height — three grafted 

 in the tops to sundry sorts, and the remainder in the stock, mostly two- 

 or three feet high. Of these sixteen, none have borne much save the R. 

 I. Greening, at standard height, and one " Sundry Sort" tree ; but all 

 have borne a little, more or less, except one Sundry Sort tree, one Golden 

 Sweet, two (called) Striped Pippin, and one Northern Spy. 



" The whole list is as follows : One each — Golden Sweet, Tift Sweet, 

 Detroit Red, Sops of Wine. Two each — Rambo, R. I. Greening, Striped 

 Pippin, Virginia Blush, three Sundry Sorts, one Northern Spy. 



