KDITOU'S TAIiLE. 



In order to help the matter along, or rather to allow you a chanoo to criticise uie, I will 

 now attempt to answer these queries myself. My present opinions are, lliat 



1. The heavy pruning (which is never necessary upon a well-trained tree) should be per- 

 formed at the season when the leaves are ofV; the li^'ht priming, in the season when the 

 leaves are on the tree. I behove this rule Avill ap])ly in ali cliinalcs. i5ut yuu, of course, 

 will go more into detail. 



2. The twelve best trees are, perhaps, American Weeping Elm, IIorBe-Chestnut, Sugar 

 Maple, Norway Maple, Silver-leafed Maple, Euroiiean Linden, "White Ash, European Ash, 

 American "White Beech, Black Ash, Scotch Ehn, Huntington Ehu. To these, perhaps, wo 

 might add European Sycamore. 



3. The pear which unites best with, and grows best upon, the quince, is the Glout Mor- 

 eeau. Indeed, this pear, in its leaf, wood, and fruit, seems to be a sort of second cousin to 

 the quince, or at least as nearly related as neiglibor-in-law. Other fine growers on quince, 

 are Beurre (TAinalis, Beurre Biel, and Vicar of Winlcjicld. But please add to, or correct, 

 the list, as it seems to you best. Geo. Jaques. — Worcester^ Mass. 



[The above communication should have appeared in the last number, but was accident- 

 ally overlooked. The subjects touched upon are of such importance, and involve so many 

 considerations, that instead of replying to them in the usual brief way, we have thought it 

 better to take them up separately and treat them somewliat in detail, or in a scries of arti- 

 cles, as suggested by our correspondent. Street and Avenue trees, and Pruning, have 

 already been noticed. Other subjects will be found answered in the present number. — Ed.] 



The Ceescent Seedling onoe more. — So many readers of the Horticulturist have 

 expressed a wish to be more particularly informed respecting the Crescent Seedling straw- 

 berry, that I have written to Mr. Lawrence, of New Orleans, and learn from him that his 

 manner of cultivating it is very simple. lie says: "I give it all it requires to perfect its 

 fruit, and check the luxuriance of the vines by reducing our rich, alluvial soil two-thirds — 

 that is, I add two-thirds river sand to it. This mode likewise enables the plant to Avith- 

 stand the exces.sive hot months of June, July and August. In fact, the soil best adapted to 

 my seedling is a sandy loam ; and I also know, by experience, that the less manure of any 

 kind used, the better it is for the plant. In j)lanting, I never mulch; I place the plants lU 

 inches apart in the rows, and the rows 18 to 24 inches apart. In dry weather I Avater 

 copiously two or three times, in as many consecutive days, and then let them take care of 

 themselves for awhile. "When the ground is moist from previous rains during the planting 

 season, I never water. I transplant every year into new beds, as new soil is preferable to 

 old, and besides, as I have noticed in a former letter, the old stools die out completely by 

 over-production of fruit and incessant bearing. I gathered the last fruit of the season on 

 the 2.jth of July, which is seven months, to a day, since they commenced bearing — Decem- 

 ber 25, 1851. This experiment of mine, accidental as it is, I consider as one among the 

 wondrous productions of nature. A similar accident may not occur again for many years, 

 and I have been ahvaj's impressed Avith the belief that I have been aided and assisted by 

 our climate in producing this truly extraordinary straAvberry ; and although I give myself 

 but little credit, yet I am happy that it should be so Avidely knoAvn and favorably noticed 

 throughout the Union, and, although I disliked it, I could not prevent my name going forth 

 in tiiis connection. My only aim is pleasure and amusement in this delightful climate of 

 ours." 



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