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His process was the simple one often recom- 

 mended in this journal as the best possible for 

 evergreens, viz: moving them in winter, with 

 frozen balls of earth. A ball of some 6 or 8 feet 

 diameter was moved with each of these trees — 

 the ball with a tree upright, being placed upon a 

 strong, low sled, made for the purpose, and drag- 

 ged to the new locality by oxen. Ed. 



Oswego Hort. Society. — The November ex- 

 hibition of our Horticultural Society, the last of 

 the season, was held in this city on the 8th inst. 

 I send you a brief report of proceedings. 



In the floral department, not much was done; 

 but the few pieces presented were choice, and ar- 

 ranged with taste. The committee awarded to 

 Miss V. Fitch, the first premium, $2— to Miss E. 

 Fitch, $1 — and discretionary premiums to Misses 

 Marsh, Hatch, and others. 



There was a large and fine lot of vegetables — 

 among these were prime cauliflower and salsify. 

 Whole amount of premiums on vegetables, §16.50. 



Of fruits, there was a pretty generous supply. 

 Apples in abundance, and unusually large and fair 

 — extremes meeting, in the shape of huge Ox ap- 

 ples and the delicate little ^pi. The largest 

 number of varieties shown by one individual was 

 thirteen; but this deficiency was made up in cpian- 

 tity. Some of tliese deserve a passing notice. 

 The best apples (in eating) were the Fall Pippin. 

 There were fine Spitzenbergs, Swaars, and Kox- 

 bury Russets, the first named taking the premium 

 as the best winter. I noticed for the first time, 

 the Newtown Pippin — the genuine — from the or- 

 chard of Mr. Fort; but this variety, with us, must 

 yield to those I have named. It docs not possess 

 the flavor and beauty of our Spitzenbergs and 

 Swaars, and does not yield as abundantlj'. Among 

 others, was the Westfield Seek-no-further — first- 

 rate — and Pomme de Neige, about second-rate. 



Of pears there was not a sreat variety, but the 

 finest was very superior. Mr. Bronson gave the 

 Seckel, Prince's St. Germain and Glout Morceau ; 

 Mr. McWhorter, the Virgalieu. Among the va- 

 rieties contributed by Mr. Worden, were Bezi de 

 la Motte, Knight's Monarch, Beurre d'Aremberg, 

 Passe Colniar, Beurre Diel, and Winter Nelis — 

 each sort by the dozen or more. Of these the 

 Winter Nelis was the best, but with us it can 

 scarcely claim to be a winter sort. Mr. Worden's 

 specimens, though kept with care, were perfectly 

 mature; and I believe they never keep beyond 

 November. The most beautiful pear was the St. 

 Mismeim, a variety cultivated by Mr. Mollison. 

 Its flavor, too, was first-rate; pronounced by good 

 judges equal to the Doyenne. With the exception 

 of this, all the pears contributed were grown on 

 standards. 



In this season of vigorous and unprecedented 

 growth, fruits have obtained unusual size, and 

 have come to early maturity with us; but varieties 

 that are variable in quality, have been second or 



third-rate. This has been the case with Beurre 

 Diel, Julienne, Frederick of Wurtenberg, and 

 others. The best pear we have had this year, is 

 Gansel's Bergamot, and by dint of severe pruning 

 have succeeded in getting a fair crop. 



Of grapes, I noticed but two kinds worthy of 

 mention — Isabella and Sweetwater. The finest 

 Isabellas were from Mr. Bronson's garden — pick- 

 ed on the 8th inst. 



These exhibitions are getting quite popular with 

 us — all classes taking a deep interest in them. 

 The surplus, after paying premiums and expenses, 

 is invested in a library, of which we have made a 

 good beginning. I subjoin a list of premiums: 



Grapes. — Best half doz. clusters, Isabella. A. 

 Bronson, $1. Second best, do. do., D. B. Blair, 

 50 cents. Greatest number varieties, F. T. Car- 

 rington, $1. 



Pears. — Best 12 Virgalieu, G. H. McWhorter, 

 $1. Second best, Beurre d'Aremberg, S. Wor- 

 den, 50 ets. Greatest number varieties, S. Wor- 

 den, $1. 



jipples. — Best 12 autumn, Fall Pippins, J. Gray, 

 $1. Best 12 winter, E. Spitzenberg, J. Pierce, 

 $1. Greatest number varieties, S. Worden, $1. 

 Second do., discretionary, H. V. Weckes, $1. 



Quinces. — Best 12 Orange, Mrs. C. J. Burckle, 

 $1. Second best do. Pear, H. V.Weekes, $1. / 

 M. Casey, Rec. Sec^y Oswego Hurt. Soc. Oswe- 

 go, Nov. 13th, 1850. 



Heading back transplanted Trees — Dear 

 Sir: I read an article of yours with the pro and 

 con. respecting heading back the limbs of forest 

 or ornamental trees when newly transplanted, a 

 couple of years ago, when I was about to under- 

 take something of a job of this kind — nothing less 

 than removing about an hundred elms and other 

 trees from the forest. Thcj' were about 18 feet 

 high, with stems as large as a man's arm. Of 

 course the roots were a good deal abridged, for it 

 is next to impossible to get all the roots, or in 

 fact more than two-thirds of them, when you take 

 trees from rough meadows and forests. I say I 

 read your article — and though I believed, I still 

 was reluctant to reduce the tops of the elms — they 

 were so handsome. I concluded, therefore, to 

 test the question fairly by experiment. I planted 

 15 trees with the tops entire; 15 others I reduced 

 at the top, so as to bring the roots and tops into a 

 '' balance of power," as you suggest. In other 

 words, if the ends of the roots — measuring from 

 the centre mass or ball — had, in the process of 

 digging them up, been cut off" one-third, I cut oflT 

 one-third of the length (measuring from the fork 

 where the branches started out) of the branches. 



I lost but few trees of the whole hundred, but 

 there is a very marked diflference in their growth. 

 More than half of all the trees planted with their 

 heads entire, have made little or no growth the 

 first year, and only a tolerable growth the past 

 summer. I have also had to cut out many limbs 



