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had been reduced to lessen the demand of leaves upon the weakened roots — that they 

 mifjht have been all saved. This, liowovor, was not thought of by many ; and the 

 tops being left entire while the roots were in a great measure destroyed, the tree was 

 unable to sustain itself until now roots were formed ; and as soon as growth com- 

 menced, and warm weather set in, the trees perished. 



This misfortune, like most others of a like nature, has taught us something which 

 we trust will not be allowed to pass unheeded : 



First, The importance of shelter, which we have heretofore urged strongly through 

 the pages of this journal. Every day's experience strengthens our conviction that, in 

 this country, it is one of those requisites which should receive the earliest attention of 

 every cultivator, and which can not be overlooked with impunity. In the case of last 

 winter's destruction to the Quince, we have seen that in most localities it proved a 

 perfect safeguard. 



Second, We have tested the advantage of mulching, or protecting the roots of trees 

 against the effects of intense cold accompanied by a driving wind where snow seldom 

 lies long. If in the worst places the roots of the Quince had been covered with three 

 or four inches deep of mulching, decayed leaves, manure, sawdust, tan, or anything 

 that would have excluded the wind, all would have been safe. We found that, where 

 the young trees in the nursery rows were Avell banked up with earth from the plow, 

 so that all the stock was covered two or three inches deeper than usual, they escaped. 

 We therefore advise mulching all dwarf Pears, and especially all those in exposed 

 situations, before winter sets fully in ; and we should do this even if assured that we 

 should never have so severe a winter as last. The roots of the Quince are spread out 

 near the surface — not running down deeply, like those of the Pear. AVe found that 

 all Quince roots below a certain depth were safe last winter. 



Third, If trees do suffer from some cause that can not be averted, we must not fold 

 our arras in despair and see them die ; but, on the first symptom of injury, search out 

 the seat of ailment, and apply a remedy. We have shown that some little precaution 

 might have saved thousands of trees that were allowed to perish without a helping 

 hand being extended. If a horse is taken sick, or meets with an accident, we do not 

 let him die without making an effort to save him, and then cry out we shall have no 

 more horses. 



OX RAISING FRUITS FROM SEED. 



No man, either in Europe or America, who has any knowledge of the fruit-growing 

 capacities of the United States, entertains the slightest doubt but that we are to be 

 the greatest fruit-growing and fruit-consuming people in the world. Even now, in 

 the very morning of our national existence, with the stumps of the primeval forests 

 yet standing thick around us in the oldest States, fruit-culture has acquired such an 

 portance as it never has attained on the other side of the Atlantic. There, the few 

 and consume fruits ; here, the million. This is no empty boast, although some- 



