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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[November, 



without knowing more of tlio chnractcr of the 

 fruit. Arc tliey of good quality? are thoy pro- 

 lific? aiul how do they compare in size with 

 Kittiitimiy or other sort*!? Will some one not 

 having an 'axe to grind' i)lcase answer?" 



LiMK ON Clover Sod. — G. W. N., Silcott's 

 Springs, Va., writes : — " Recognizing as I do the 

 high authority of the Gardeyier's Monihhj, I come 

 to you for advice. I have a clover .sod that I 

 wish to plough for peach trees, and intend to 

 apply fifty bushels of lime to the acre. How 

 and when would you apply it? " 



[We would lime and plough at once, and pliint 

 the trees early in Spring. — Ed. G. M.] 



Bassett's American Plitm. — Mr. B. writes: — 

 " I have a half peck of my new Plums on exhi- 

 bition. Please examine and see if it keeps up 

 the good character j'ou once gave of it." But 

 the plums had disappeared. At all exhibitions 

 we have attended this season we have noticed an 

 enormous amount of fruit and even flower pil- 

 fering going on, not by "poor" people, but by 

 the " well-dressed," and their " di'ess " generally 

 keeps them from anything more than a "remon- 

 stranee." We think it due to exhibitors that a 

 better example should be made of these gentry. 



Fine Late Peaches. — J. K., Springfield, Mis- 

 souri, under date of October 4th, sends us tho 

 following note:—' 'I sent this day a small box of 

 a seedling peach, which I hope will arrive in 

 good condition. It ripens the first of tliis month. 

 Three yeara ago it was fully two weeks later. I 

 planted the seeds eleven years ago. Had it 

 bearing in 1872, first; then 1874, and this season 

 the trees were very full. Would like your 

 opinion on it. I have no trees for sale, as I am 

 not in the nursery business, but am a reader of 

 your most valuable Gardener'^ Monthly since the 

 first number in 1860. Some of these days will 

 let you hear of fruits in this part of the world." 



[Beautiful and good, and then twelve inches 

 round ! They arrived in good condition after 

 their long journey, which shows them to be a 

 good traveler. It is certainly one of the best 

 white fleshed clings we know. — Ed. G. M.] 



Fruit from the Grand Traverse Region, 

 Michigan. — Mr. A. Hoppe calls our attention to 

 some remarkably fine apples grown by Mr. Geo. 

 Parmlce of this region, but we already know, and 

 we think our readers do, that there is no better 

 fruit district in the Union than this, and possibly 

 no better fruit-grower than Mr. Parmlee. 



3M0RESTRY. 



C0M3IUNICA TIONS. 



GROWTH OF THE HICKORY. 



BY MR. GEO. CRUIKSHANKS, WHITINSVILLE, MASS. 



In the Monthly for this month (September) you 

 give some account of the rapid growth of some 

 Hickory trees in your favored State. Hear a re- 

 port from the old Bay State. In June, 1858, I 

 found a fcAV Hickory (Carya alba) shellbark 

 nuts among a lot of moist wood-shavings. They 

 had started to grow. I planted three of them ; 

 two of them grew ; one of them I cut out, and 

 it continued to grow. Thirteen years from plant- 

 ing, the tree bore nuts. On account of exten- 

 sive improvements in the garden and grounds, 

 the tree had to be lowered two and a half feet, 

 which I did successfully last April, when the 

 free was 36J inches in circumference, and over 



30 feet high. The tree is in good foliage, and 

 bids fair to do as well in the future as it has in 

 the past. 



A LARGE HORSE CHESTNUT TREE. 



BY W. G. B., GLENN MILLS, PA. 



It is with great interest I always read notices 

 of trees of unusual size. One which I think well 

 worthy of publicity has lately come under my 

 notice. It is a Horse Chestnut close by the resi- 

 dence of the late Mr. Borden, about two miles 

 soutli of Media, Delaware County, Pa. Measured 

 three feet from the ground it is just fourteen feet 

 in circumference. If measured two feet higher, 

 the girth would be a foot or two greater. The 

 height of the tree and the amount of branches 

 correspond well with the enormous body, and it 

 is in all respects a most majestic tree, and well 

 worthy a visit. 



