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the best course is to bury them horizontally in a tiry 

 cellar, by making a hole two to three leet dix'p, 

 and placin'j; the trees therein with layers of sandy 

 loam or other light soil between each layer of trees. 

 Tlie earth siiould be made fine so as to fill in com- 

 pactly. They may thus be well preserved till 

 spring, and if the frost has allecteil the trees in any 

 way, it will be abstracted. Another course is to 

 diii a trench in the cellar sufficiently large to con- 

 tain the roots, and to heel the trees therein (as it 

 is termed,) covering the roots well with fine earth, 

 so that it may penetrate among tiie fibres, and 

 leave no vacant spaces. Positive attention must be 

 paid to the point that the cellar he a perfectly dry 

 one, for if the earth becomes sodden during the win- 

 ter, it will greatly injure, if not kill tlie roots. 

 When trees are received before the ground is frozen, 

 but which are designed for spring planting, or are 

 intended for spring sale, the following course will 

 be found every way appropriate : Select a spot of 

 ground that is perfectly dry, that is, one whose tex- 

 ture admits of a free filtration, and dig a space 

 sulficientlj' large to the depth of four feet ; place 

 the trees therein horizontally, with layers of the 

 same light mould or sand between them, filling in 

 all compactly until within two feet of the surface, 

 then fill up the balance entirely with earth- There 

 will then be two feet of soil through which the 

 frost will have to penetrate before it can reach the 

 trees, which will be a sutHeient i)rotection in almost 

 any case. In very severe latitudes, however, like 

 Vermont, Maine, New-Hampshire, and the British 

 Provinces, the depth may be increased another foot, 

 but should a partial degree of frost reach the 

 trees, it would not materially atfect them. The 

 trees thus secured will, when taken out in the 

 spring, possess all the fresiuiess of newly trans- 

 planted ones, and being on the s])ot at the very 

 opening of spring, can be placed in their respective 

 positious at the very earliestperiod of removal with 

 every prospect of success. William R. Prince. 

 Linncean Nurseries, Flushing, L. I., Aug. 6, 1847. 



Power's Large Crab. — Some years since, while 

 visiting a few of the many choice fruit-gardens be- 

 tween New-York and Albany, we met with a new 

 Siberian Crab,, raised by a fruit cultivator at Hud- 

 son, Mr. Power, which, from its size and beauty, 

 we considered (juito a desirable acquisition to this 

 class of aj)ples. 



The tree resembles the large red Siberian Crab, 

 and is an abundant bearer. The fruit is ])rodueed 

 in clusters, presenting when ripe a most attractive 

 appearance, and is about six inches in circumfer- 

 ence, somewhat flattened and regulailVj formed. 

 Skin greenish yellow, with a beautifully colored 

 cheek, and its whole surface highly polished. Stalk 

 short, basin slightly depressed, calyx closed. It 

 will be tit for preserving, etc., in the course of next 

 month. 



Regarding it as worthy of cultivation, we have, 

 under the name of Poiver's Large Sib' riaii Crab, 

 disseminated it to some considerable extent. R. i>. 

 Parsons. Flushing, L. 1., Slh mo., IS-17. 



Raul's Genneting Apple. — This is the apple I 

 ent you last fall under the appellation of the Rock- 



remain or Ncverfail, which you said was "unknown 

 to you." It is extensively ctdtivated in Ohio, and 

 was introduced into this State b}' the late Governor 

 Worthington. When a member of Congress, he fre- 

 quently bought the apple of a Quaker who attended 

 the market, and taking a liking to it, he procured 

 of the P'riend a few scions, which he sent in a let- 

 ter to Mr. Haynes, a nurseryman near Chilicothe. 

 From this source it has extciii!r«l. AVe have seen 

 it growing, in various directions, from the Ohio 

 river near Wheeling, to the neighborhood of Cm- 

 cinnati. 



That the Rockremain of Ohio, is identical with 

 Raul's Genneting of Kentucky, as described by our 

 friend B\'ram, in your number of this month, 1 will 

 vouch. Several Kentucky gentlemen, who have 

 visited my house at different times, and ate of my 

 Rockremain fruit, have, without hesitancy, pro- 

 nounced it the Gennelino" of their State, and so de- 

 scribed the habits of the tree that there can be no 

 mistake in the matter. 



The tree with me is but a moderate grower, but 

 a profuse bearer. When full, the ajiplcs hang in 

 clusters like sirapes. They were loadeil down last 

 year, and have a tolerable crop this year. Putting 

 out buds and blossoms in the sprir.g, some two 

 weeks later than other trees, enables them at inter- 

 vals of some ten or twenty years to make a splen- 

 did hit at bearing, though most seasons llic frost 

 serves them as it does the balance of the orcliard. 



The ap])le is juic)'. tender, delicate, and although 

 good for cookiuLT and tolerable lor eatinir, tlu'ough 

 the winter, is not in its perfection until March and 

 April. And then it is hard to beat. We gave botii 

 the green Newtown Pippin and the Rockremain, last 

 spring, to some fifty persons, and requested them 

 to say which they preferred. Three out of four 

 gave the decided preference to the latter. It is a 

 much better keeper that the Pippin, though it is not 

 so large, nor does it retain its llavor, in jierfection, 

 so long. The Pi])pin is much more acnd. The 

 fruit, with us, is not so much elongated, on one 

 side, as the cut in your July number, but there is 

 not more dilfc'rence in the cut and our Iruit, than 

 there is in the shape of apples on diHercnc trees of 

 of the Newtown Pippin in our orchard. 



We have tlnnight, for some time, the celebrity 

 this apple has, with many people, entitles it to a 

 place in your valuable book of "Fruits," and witli 

 this vie .V we forwarded you a specimen la.^t fall. 

 Whether the 'W'orthington luune, or the Kentucky 

 name, should be the standard, your judgment wifl 

 enable you to determine. We will nuike this sug- 

 gestion, however, that Genneting is a nause com- 

 mon to a raunb(M' of a|i])les, while Rockrenuiin (sug- 

 gested probably by the durable ([ualily of the fruit,) 

 is not known in the list of aj)j)les. The term " Ncv- 

 erfail," has been added from its bearing qualities. 

 Yours, &e. C. Springer. Meadow Farm, O. 



Forced (Jrapes. — We have had for sale hero, at 

 the coni'ccl loner's for three weeks past, very line 

 Black lianibuigh grapes, raised under grass and 

 slightly forced, whieh at tirst .sold for one dollar the 

 pciund, but have fallen witliin two davs to seventy- 

 live cents. A good crop from Andalusia, (the seat 

 of the late Mr. Biddle,) is luidorstood to be nearly 



