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or twelve have been long enough cultivated to ascertain with 

 certainty whether they will succeed on the quince. By cer- 

 tainty, we mean whether they will make good sized trees, 

 and bear one or two good crops, without impairing their 

 health and vigor. The Seckel will succeed on the apple for 

 a year or two, and then it dies out. Of Mr. Reid's list, only 

 the Andrews, Seckel, Stevens's Genesee, and the Gushing, 

 have been introduced a sufficient time to test their growth. 

 We have not been able to make the Seckel grow well on the 

 quince, though it may do so. With the exception of Swan's 

 Orange, we have not tried either of the others. Two years 

 grafted trees of the former look exceedingly well, and we 

 hope they will continue to thrive. The Andrews and Colum- 

 bia are very poor growers, even on the pear. 



We should be pleased to know that every pear, American 

 or foreign, would grow well on the quince, for we think that 

 the most desirable stock for all purposes but orchard culture ; 

 and we trust that every nurseryman, and, indeed, every am- 

 ateur, who has any experience on this subject, will commu- 

 nicate to us the results of their experiments. By this means, 

 a fund of valuable information may be secured, and, by com- 

 paring results, a list made out of such sorts as grow well on 

 the quince, which will be a safe guide to all who are propa- 

 gating trees for sale, or for their own gardens. — Ed. 



Art. III. Some account of a New Seedling Cherry. By 

 Henry Yail, Esq., Troy, N. Y., in a letter to the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society. With a description and 

 engraving of the Fruit. By the Editor. 



The following letter was communicated to the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, at a late meeting, by Henry Yail, 

 Esq., of Ida Farm, Troy, N. Y., with specimens of the 

 cherries for trial; and it has been kindly furnished us for pub- 

 lication by the president, Samuel Walker, Esq. The cher- 

 ries, when they came to hand, were somewhat injured by 

 carriage, and a just estimate of them could not be made by 

 one trial. The variety appears to be equal to the Late Duke 



