318 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



COMMUNICATIONS CONDENSED. 



From W. F. Tolles, Terryville, Conn. : 



Apples under general neglect, poor and wormy ; pears blighted 

 to a small extent; grape mildew quite prevalent; canker worm on 

 the increase; curculio bosses the plum, which is a failure; currant 

 worm plenty, but kept under by hellebore; strawberry crown-borer 

 troubled some last year. 



From Alden Davis, West Stafford, Conn.: 



"I helped set a pine grove in 1840-41 of five acres, at $5 per 

 acre ($25), of 5,000 trees, on sandy land; trees 4 feet by 6 feet, in 

 furrows; young trees. 6 inches to 1 foot high. At present time 

 trees average 50 feet high; land is valued at $65 per acre ($325). 

 Yellow pines we planted fifteen years since are now 20 feet to 30 

 feet high and 5 to 6 inches through. Land we have planted to 

 pine, white ash, and chestnut the assessors have doubled in valua- 

 tion in three years. Another piece of chestnut planted forty to 

 fifty years ago now large enough for railroad ties. Are troubled 

 with peach yellows, pear blight, and black-knot on plum." 



From P. Clark, of Newtown : 



In Newtown " not more than half the wood, and not more than 

 one-fourth the timber exist that did fifty years ago. The clearing 

 off of wood has caused great freshets in spring and severe droughts 

 in summer. The millers find trouble from want of water increas- 

 ing. The noted trees of great size have nearly disappeared." 



S, J. Paddock, of Cromwell, has near his residence a famous 

 white oak. At the surface of the ground the circumference is 24 

 feet 6 inches; at 10 feet from ground, 14 feet 6 inches; spread of 

 top from side to side, 95 feet. A noble tree. 



E. W. DuRAND, Irvington, N. J. : 



'Apple crop very poor: currant worm troublesome; slug on pear 

 and cherry very troublesome; pear blight prevails to some extent; 

 ditto grape mildew ; the crown-borer of strawberry is worse on land 

 heavily manured. 



■' Among the valuable new strawberries, I find the new ' Prince of 

 Berries ' specially excellent and reliable." 



Note. — The excess of matter has required taking only the most impor- 

 tant points and omitting the rest. 



