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but they are too late for our short summers; 

 and much has been done of late to raise 

 and seek out new native varieties, that are 

 earlier and hardier, and that will stand the 

 severity of our climate, unprotected. Many 

 valuable varieties are already produced. I 

 have, as yet, cultivated but few of them ; 

 but am now making a selection. 



" The varieties of Rhubarb you mention, 

 I have not, as yet, cultivated. 



" Strawberries, I have cultivated but lit- 

 tle. Still, any desirable variety will flourish 

 well here. 



"I have given you my selections, and 

 could give you a reason for all my prefer- 

 ences, but it would occupy too much time. 

 I am well aware that I have already tres- 

 passed on your patience ; and the only apo- 

 logy I have to make, is the deep interest I 

 ever take in this subject, I am respectfully 

 yours. Joseph Pinneo." 



Hanover, N. H., Jan. 28, 1848. 



We will observe, in conclusion, that our 

 northern readers owe Col. Little many 

 thanks for the interesting information which 

 he has elicited from the most experienced 

 cultivators of our coldest states. Notwith- 

 standing the apparent difficulties in the 

 way of the fruit grower in that portion of 

 the Union, it is evident that orchards, of 

 the finest hardy fruits, will soon cover the 

 hill sides there. A great deal of disap- 

 pointment will be avoided, in the future, 



by novices in the culture of the garden, by 

 a comparison of the different lists given, 

 from which they will see directly the sorts 

 which experience has proved, and which 

 experience only can prove, to be best suited 

 to the climate. 



It is quite a remarkable fact, which we 

 have gathered from previous conversations 

 with Col. Little, and other Maine horti- 

 culturists, that, while many fruits which 

 attain great perfection here, fail entirely 

 there ; others, of English origin, which fall 

 far below their foreign reputation with us, 

 fully maintain it in the state of Maine. As 

 illustrations, we may mention the Rihston 

 Pippin Apple, only second rate (all points 

 considered,) in the middle states, yet, which 

 reaches the highest perfection on the Pe- 

 nobscot river ; and has all those qualities 

 of high flavor, crispness, and good keeping, 

 which render it so popular in Great Britain. 

 Gooseberries, too, of the finest Lancashire 

 varieties, the culture of which is often so 

 unsatisfactory here, grow to enormous size, 

 and attain the highest flavor, without mil- 

 dew, and with the least possible care, about 

 Bangor. 



We observe, among the most popular 

 fruits, two excellent native varieties which 

 originated in Maine, — the McLaughlin 

 Plum and the McLaughlin Pear. Both 

 these kinds we know very well ; and they 

 are truly excellent fruits, worthy of general 

 cultivation. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS. 



BY LEVI BARTLETT, WARNER, N. H. 



In the September number of your Horticul- 

 turist, is an article on " Transplanting Ever- 

 greens," by one of your correspondents. 

 From some little experience in transplant- 

 ing, I am Ifed to believe, with the writer. 



that the spring is the best time to trans- [ woods 



plant evergreens, under proper conditions, 

 in connexion with Sir Henry Stewart's 

 advice, of " choosing trees that stood natu- 

 rally in an exposed or open site,''^ when 

 evergreens are to be taken from the 



