BOOK OF FRUITS. 21 



or in the Spring." This will not apply to 

 New England ; cold weather sets in too early 

 after the fall of the leaf for this ever to take 

 place, and we think it extremely doubtful that 

 this can ever occur in the climate of England. 

 The impression that fibres will form in the 

 Autumn from newly set trees is common, but 

 we have never witnessed it. The following 

 experiments in Spring and Fall planting have 

 been made at our Nurseries, viz : We receiv- 

 ed from Albany in November, 1 836, two hun- 

 dred pear trees, grafted on free stocks, which 

 were immediately set out ; and on the follow- 

 ing night the ground was completely frozen. 

 They all, with the exception of ten, leaved out 

 the following Summer, 



In March of the next year, 1837, we re- 

 ceived from France the same number of pears 

 grafted upon quinces. When they arrived at 

 Boston, the frost prevented our setting them, 

 and they were immediately taken to Newton, 

 and placed in Mr Kenrick's Moss House. In 

 the course of three or four weeks they were 

 received at our grounds in North Salem, and 

 set out. \Ve lost but eight of these trees ; six 

 of them bore fruit the same season. 



