THE MAGAZINE 



HORTICULTURE. 



MARCH, 1838. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Pomological JVotices: or notices respecting new and 

 superior varieties of Fruits, worthy of general cultivation. 

 By the Editor. 



The past season was a very favorable one for most fruits. 

 Without any great extremes of heat or cold, many varieties ap- 

 peared to ripen better than in those seasons when sultry days and 

 a scorching sun have been more frequent occurrences than the two 

 or three past years have witnessed. Spring set in tolerably mild, 

 though not early, and was succeeded by a dry and temperate 

 summer, and a fall unclouded, and remarkable for the very few 

 showers which fell during the latter season: September was ex- 

 ceedingly dry; early frosts followed, but not to damage any fruit 

 but the grape crop, which, in the country, was almost entirely 

 cut off. Pears were abundant, though in elevated situations, on 

 hill-sides, they suflered some from the long drought in August. 

 Probably a greater crop of fall and winter varieties never ma- 

 tured in the country. Plums bore very well. Apples, also, 

 afforded good crops and of fair quality. Grapes, in cities, and 

 in latitude south of i^ew York, ripened very well. 



The dryness of autumn was highly favorable to the maturing 

 of the young wood of various fruit trees: the fall previous, 1836, 

 and in particular that of 1S35, was very mild, with heavy show- 

 ers; this caused a rapid growth of the young wood, which was 

 speedily checked by early frosts, and the branches in a greater 

 or less degree destroyed. The sap being in full motion so late, 

 the wood had no opportunity to acquire that ripeness and solidity 

 which enables it to stand the winter, otherwise, successfully. 

 From this cause many trees were partially destroyed or conside- 



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