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and this glutinous eopstshee to. harden, and has since 
grown into a perfect bark, the “apples hung on as the 
other trees, and no bitter-rot on them as had been some Se 
years before. a ae ws rs 4 e" * i 
I relate the facts.as they are, and hope that others ee 
more knowledge and judgment, may improve on the <8 
experiment. J intend myself to make further’ trials.” ni eae 
These facts I communicated in. a letter to my ‘wor- «4 
thy and ingenious friend Doctor B. S: Barton, and gave % 
it as my opinion, that the annual growth of the tree at 
that season is of such an age, as to be im an ‘optional Ke 4 
state to either form wood or bark, as the necessity of thé." ’ 
tree may require ; how much earlier the operation. ought 
to be performed in more southern climates, must Peng ry 
tested by experience.* ; “ ’ +e a 
I have lost several good trees by those worms g AEaRey aes 
first kill the bark, then 4 speedy rot takes place in the » © — 
wood, and they blow down with storms: and according 
to my observations, all trees ina declining state are . 
much more subject to the brtter-rot, than those ‘in as 2 * ae 
more flourishing condition. Fie a 
Some experiments and Sesbbnitittos I fv made i in : 
regard to raising orchards’ and preserving of apples, I. aa 
presume may prove worthy the/attention of the public. "» _ "| 
The common practice i raising apple trees is to graft, a 
or inoculate ‘them when small in the nursery near the 
eround: this does not appear to my experience to be 
the best way, as I have two large orchards of trees 
raised in that way, bearing the best kinds of fruit, and 
* See Medical Repository of New-York, vols. 3d, and 4th, 
for an account of the utility of barking fruit trees. 
J. M. 
