542 Reasons for and against Root- Graf ting. 



APRICOTS. 



Moor Park. — Decided to be of first-rate quality, and worthy of general 

 cultivation. This was the only kind presented. 



NECTARINES. 



Early Violet. — Unanimously considered first-rate. The specimens were 

 from Canada. 



Downlon. — Unanimously voted to be first-rate. 



This long catalogue of fruit was discussed during the three 

 days' session, and we believe the results arrived at will be 

 far more valuable to the public than the merely bringing for- 

 ward a select list of kinds, nearly all of which our respecta- 

 ble nursery catalogues have, yea?^s ago, designated as tmex- 

 ceptiotiable fruits, worthy a place in every garden. 



Art. hi. Reasons for and against Root- Grafting. By N. 

 GooDSELL, Esq. 



At this time, when there is so much interest manifested in 

 the cultivation of choice fruits, permit me to make a few re- 

 marks, with regard to the effects produced by the different 

 methods of cultivation, and the mutual effect between the 

 stock and scion, confining my observations to apples and 

 pears. 



The more common method of propagation, which has been 

 pursued for the last twenty-five years, in the northern and 

 western states, has been by what is termed " root-grafting," 

 which has its advantages, and disadvantages, a few of which 

 I will endeavor to point out. 



Its principal advantage is to the nurseryman, in economiz- 

 ing labor ; as, by this method, grafting may be performed dur- 

 ing the last of winter, or early in spring, when the weather 

 \vould not permit laboring out of doors, and this can be done 

 within ; and grafts set in February or March, when packed in 

 earth, and kept in a cool place, take equally as well as when 

 set in the month of May, when business is urgent, and the 

 price of labor high. 



