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eral trees, procured of various nurserymen, in our collection, 

 on the Canada plum, and, in a late gale, a large tree was 

 broken off at the junction of the graft, from the overgrowth 

 of the scion. We would recommend the muscle plum to our 

 correspondent, as the very best stock for the apricot. 



We have never budded the apple on the pear. Though 

 the apple will undoubtedly grow, it is doubtful whether such 

 a union will be of any utility. Perhaps, to test a new variety 

 as soon as possible, it may be advantageous ; but we need ex- 

 periments to show whether trees will continue to produce fine 

 fruit after they once begin to bear. We shall be happy to 

 learn the results of any experiments of this kind, which our 

 correspondent or his friends may be induced to try. — Ed. 



Art. II. Results of the Cultivation of the Pear and other 

 Fruit in the Southern Slates. By R. Chishoui, Esq., Cor- 

 responding Secretary of the Beaufort Agricultural Society. 



I PROMISED you, last summer twelve months, to communi- 

 cate my experience in fruit, but the past summer has been so 

 very unfavorable that I have had very little fruit, nearly all 

 having rotted on the trees. Of peaches, nectarines, and plums, 

 I did not get one single good fruit, though my trees were load- 

 ed, except from a tree of the Bolmar Washington plum, which 

 bore about fifteen or eighteen, which all came to perfection, 

 the largest being fully six and a half inches in circumference. 

 My apples were generally wormy and rotted before ripening. 

 My pears did rather better, though they too rotted very badly. 

 The Epargne bore well, and, from one or two fruit picked at 

 the right time, I should call it a good, juicy, and sweet fruit ; but 

 1 allowed most of the fruit to remain on the tree until over- 

 ripe, when they were mealy and flavorless. The Epine d'Ete, 

 or summer thorn, bore well also, and the fruit was larger than 

 the year before, and probably better, but I thought it only 

 fully second quality. The Grey Butter, St. Germain, Winter 

 Bon Chretien, Crassane, and Verte Longue Panache bore 

 well, and their fruits were about equal, though very different, 



