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that he thinks they were from " a grafted tree, and not a 

 seedUng," we think were conjecture ; as probably at that time 

 but httle was thought of the origin of any good apple, and 

 that it would be of little importance. The fact that no such 

 apple has been described, or is now known, so far as we have 

 any knowledge, in New Jersey, leads us conclusively to the 

 belief that it is some native seedling, not known beyond the 

 locality of its origin until grafted by Mr. Tubbs. 



Art. IV. Gathering and Preset^ving Fruit ; with Engrav- 

 ings of a Fruit Room. By the Editor. 



In our January number, (p. 15,) we presented our readers 

 with the plans and descriptions of a Fruit Room belonging 

 to Mr. J. Moorman, of London, who has been highly success- 

 ful in keeping fruit in a fine state of preservation for a long 

 time, and whose specimens of pears have repeatedly received 

 the premiums of the London Horticultural Society. 



We do not know of a place which seems better adapted to 

 the keeping of fruit than that referred to, but as there is a 

 great interest manifested on the important subject of the pre- 

 servation of fruit we have thought the following account of 

 a fruit room, somewhat differently constructed from Mr. 

 Moorman's, though upon the same principle, with plans and 

 descriptions, might add something to our stock of knowledge, 

 and afford some hints which may be of value in the con- 

 struction of similar houses. The article is from the Revue 

 Horticole. translated in the Gardeners^ Journal. 



The Hon. M. P. Wilder informs us that he has a fruit 

 room constructed similar to Mr. Moorman's, with this differ- 

 ence, that in place of the cavity between the inner and outer 

 walls, the space is filled with charcoal, as a non-conductor. 

 Whether this is any improvement over Mr. Moorman's plan 

 we are unable to say, but we suspect that for winter fruit it 

 does not possess any superiority over it ; for producing a 

 cooler temperature in the summer we have no doubt it is 



