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I have two hundred or three hundred set out; and unless 

 the uncommonly severe cold weather, which we have just 

 had, has injured the trees, I will have near one hundred trees 

 in bearing next summer. My object is to raise them for sale, 

 but I am well aware, from sad experience, that the crop is a 

 very uncertain one, although, strange to say, the cold that 

 kills my trees here, will kill those in Florida at the same 

 time. I intended to have sent you two or three fruit from 

 each tree, but during an absence all had been gathered and 

 mixed together. There is considerable difference between 

 the fruits of the different trees, yet not enough to make it 

 worth the while to keep them separate. The past summer 

 was quite favorable to peaches ; the extreme drought and the 

 August gale destroyed all pears and the late peaches. The 

 cultivation of fruit is steadily increasing, and we will soon 

 get experience enough to give us some assistance in our 

 further progress. I cannot produce apples, cherries nor plums, 

 but very fine peaches, pomegranates and pears ; but the fire- 

 blight is very destructive to my pear trees, and the curculio is 

 very fond of my peaches. Nowhere can we have everything 

 desirable." 



The box of oranges was sent from Beaufort the 20th De- 

 cember, but did not reach us till th;3 middle of March. It 

 contained about two dozen, put in loosely, without paper or 

 packing of any kind, and they came to hand in perfect order, 

 with the exception of two. Larger, finer, more beautiful or de- 

 licious oranges we have never eaten ; nearly or quite equalling 

 the St. Michaels ; and we can now affirm, from the inspection 

 of the fruit, that the orange can be produced in many portions 

 of the Southern States in the finest condition. Indeed, 

 it would not be surprising if another half century should 

 witness the growth of the orange in sufficient quantities for 

 home consumption and exportation. 



Capt. Chisholm has our thanks, not only for the fine speci- 

 mens he sent us, but for his correction of an assertion made 

 without knowledge and due consideration. 



New Seedling Plums. — A new seedling plum has been 

 raised by Mr, Lunn, of Montreal, C. W., which he calls the 



