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waxed cloth. A part I grafted quite early and others after the leaves on the 

 stocks were nearly as large as a mouse's ear, having kept the scions in the saw- 

 dust next the ice in the ice-house. To my surprise and great joy more than 

 seventy-five per cent, of the scions grew, though some grew so rapidly that 

 they were broken off by the wind before fully united. They have made a 

 growth of from four to six feet and some have produced over twenty-five feet of 

 new wood ; all have ripened up as sound as a dollar. From present appearances 

 judging from what the two little trees have done, many of these scions will 

 bear another year. Now, I am more than glad that our Dutchman did not 

 better understand English. We shall have the rest of the natural grove cut 

 down so as to graft the sprouts that spring from the stumps. As no insects 

 ever attack the Chestnut here I believe a Paragon orchard will pay more money 

 than the same land in apples. 



PARAGON CHESTNUTS. 

 By J. S. Woodward. 



ANOTHER YEAR'S EXPERIENCE. 



Older readers may remember that a year ago I gave my experience with 

 two trees of Paragon Chestnuts, and also the result of grafting the Paragon on 

 common sweet Chestnuts. For the benefit of new readers, let me say that the 

 two trees which we have were planted in the Spring of 1890, one year grafts, 

 and that in the Summer of 1893, one of them bore seven burrs with three 

 Chestnuts each, and the other three burrs with a like number. These trees 

 are now about one and one-half inches in diameter of body, not over seven feet 

 high, and with a spread of top of not over four feet. The one that bore twenty- 

 one Chestnuts last year was more exposed than the other, and the late frost 

 we had last Spring so killed the young growth that it bore no fruit this year. 

 The other, bearing nine Chestnuts last year, started with twenty-two burrs this 

 year, but being away from daily observation the Summer web-worm got upon 

 it, and so ate the leaves from one limb that the burrs dropped from that, and it 

 matured but seventeen burrs. But before they were fully ripe, some vanda 

 stole the most of these, so that we got only sixteen Chestnuts this year. I 

 weighed these and they averaged a little over one ounce to four Chestnuts. 



Some of the grafts set in the Spring of 1893 bore nuts this year, and all 

 have made a very strong, healthy growth, and show every indication of great 

 fruitfulness next season. I last Spring grafted a lot more, and among others I 

 cut off quite large trees and cleft-grafted them the same as I would the Apple. 

 On others, I inserted scions in the side of the trunks, and these have made a 

 good growth. Next Spring I shall cut the main body off just above the grafts. 



