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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Feb. 24 



be able lo do it, it'lliey kpe|j their experiinen Is 

 UDiler their oivn observalions. 



In your paper of the 10th you have staled that 

 a farinnr in Norfolk, from 3 potatoes weighing 

 18 oiiiices, r:iised last year 41- bushel*. This is 

 a mistake. It ivas m;iny years ago that this was 

 iloiie, not by a Norfolk farmer, but by 



A Norfolk Agriculturist. 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE N"CW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Althboro' (Ms.) Feb. 16, 1826. 

 Mr Fesseneen, — Lale in the fall of 1823 1 cut | 

 from my apple trees about thirty small limbs or i 

 sprouts, from ;' of an inch to j! in size, .some i 

 were Ihe growth of iwo or more years, and 

 others but one. 1 immersed the large end in 

 warm tar, about A or j^ of an inch, sullicienl to 

 cover the wound made by cutting off from the 

 parent stock. 1 then placed them in holes made 

 with an iron bar from to 10 inches in Ihe 



possessed Ihat was any ways useful or ornament- 

 al. 



Now, sir, no doubt mnny of us will again be 

 permitled lo see the month of June, and with il 

 a return of ibis formidable enemy. 1 look to 

 you for relief, tiplieving your means are as great 

 as any olher person lor obtaining the necessary 

 infornialion. 



The Miller deposiled his eggs very early this 



last season for Ihe caterpillar ; having collected 



many before Ihe 27lh of June. But our old friend 



Col. Pickering's brush answers our purpose well. 



Yours, &.C. RCSTICUS. 



TO THE EDITOR OP THE NEW ENGLAND FAR.MER. 



RAISING STUMP?. 



Boston, Ftb. 22, 1820. 

 Dear Sin. — Will you have the goodness 

 through the medium of your paper, lo inquire 

 ! of your correspondenis if they have in Iheir pos- 

 ground, and caretully pressed the dirt around | gg^^j^,^ ^^ ^.^^ -^ information of any im- 



them. In tliesprmg.of 1821 about r^ ot them i .^^g^t now in use for Ihe purpose of raising 

 leavedout, the others appeared shrivelled and j g,„^ _., description of Ihe same, Ihe pruba"^- 

 dry; in ihe course ol the season they a.l e.'ccept i (^j^ ^^^^^ ^^,, ^.^^^..^ ;„ ,,3 oi,,;,!,,^.). 

 (wo, died ; those Iwo are now living and grew j ,^ ^ ,^ through your p;.per, or a line to Ihe 

 the last season (1G25) about eighteen inches p^^-^,-^ ^,. „,g .^^Hcullund Establishment 

 each in height, and have roois ol the common ! jyy ^^.^^^ 3,^^^, willoblige, 



size of such trees. 1 he two which survived; v„„,.- «•,- 



,. , ,, ,,., . ; X oui;, o^c. 



were ol the smallest size set out. I he situa- 

 tion was dry and gravelly, and no pains were 

 taken to water tlism, as I was entirely fiilhless 

 about their growing ; but I now really believe 

 that had ihe groyiid been of the most favorable 

 kind that many more would have survived. 



1 have observed several communications in 

 your paper the last season respecting that very 

 destruclivo insect, the Rose Bug. Some have 

 recommended catching and pulling ihem into 

 bowls ol' hoi ivater. They lir*.l made Iheir a[)- 

 pearance in this vicinity about the 7lhof June; 

 and four weeks from (hat time had nearly all 

 vanished, — but no! until Ihey had carried the 

 work of destruction far and wide. 



1 had a very line native grape vino, which I 

 liad set cut and kept in good order (or several 



J. R. NEWELL. 



From the .Massachuscfts .Igricullural Hepositorij. 



REMARKS ON TREES. 



Bcston, Feb. 1, 1S2G. 



The appendii! promised to the remarks mail? 

 in Ihe preceding numbers of Ihe Agricultural 

 Repository as to the ago and peculiar circum- 

 stances of Ihe Orchiird and Forest, have been 

 subrailled as to the I'ormer. Those on the For- 

 est now follow. 



It may be thought somewhat loo excursive 

 fir the object and character of this Journal, 

 which aims at improvement in annual crops, or 

 more immediate practical results, to look so far 



jears near my house, which bad never been at- 1 back, and with too little certaintv, for the laws 

 tacked much by those froublosome vermin. It [ which govern ve^fftable life, tha't we may be 

 gave promise in the spring of several bushels, i i„siriicled for Ihe' future. 



(it now spreads over the top of a frame 9 by 18 | But the reign of liiis monarcli of Ihe vegcla- 

 leel, and 8 feet from ihe ground,) but only 3 or > |,le kingdom extends through so many genera- 

 ■1 solitary bunches came lo maturity. After dis- . .jons, and is as yet so und'cfmei!, that we are 



covering tli^-.t it was attacked on every side, 1 

 had rccour.se to some exiierimeiits. in Ihe lirst 

 place I burned sulphur under the vine as near to 

 it as 1 thought prudent. It gave Ihem some ui- 

 easiness, but not so much as I suffered mvscif ; 

 il also injured the lender leaves and branches ol 



pioni|>led to inijuiry and research by somclliing 

 more than curiosity. 



It is surprising wliat a degree of uucort.iiiilv 

 generally exists as lo ihe age of Trees beyond 

 a given jieriod. It is but xory seldom that any 

 corporate or other record occurs that can be 



;he vine. !n Ihe ne.\t place 1 procured some satisfactorily relied on. In general llicy are 

 sj.irils ot turpentine, and by dipping in a paint- , presumed to have been .set out when Ihe hous,? 

 sr's brii-,h, and sinking il across a slick I threw ; ,vas built near which Ihey stand, or by tradition, 

 J^ among tiiem pleiitilully in the form of mist or ; which is liable to groat inaccuracy, bv some 

 tmall ram. It set tiiemlo tumbling and kicking I predecessor far removed. In some instances 

 about a! a strange rale, Inil not one to my knowl-Uvhich will follow, a sufficient degree of accura- 

 e^gc met his file by this experiment. 1 then cy has been arrived at. Others are left lo in- 

 gave up lo Ihem Ihe quiel and i)eaceablc pos- 1 ferenre, with such light as could be had on the 

 session of my vine, and Ihey left it when Ihey I subject. .Amongst ih<' instances best ascert.iined 

 were .ready, but not unlil they had destroyed al-jare Iwo venerable Elms, lately standing before 

 rooM every grape. Fifty one of these insects the luMise in Nalirk, formerly occupied by the 

 were cacght at a single grasp of the hand on siJRev. Oliver Peabody, the successor of the eel- 



red rose in my garden. They are not at all nice 

 about their fond, for Ihey partook freely of al- 



!j:Vst every ki;c,l of vegeUible or flower which ] accejifabie lo the Indians here jihiced, as lo have 



ebraled Elliot, Ihe Indian Apostle, so called. 

 The latter made only occasional visits, tliu' so 



received many testimonials Irom Ihem, besides 

 the orchard before mentioned. 



Mr Peabody was settled in Ihe ministry to the 

 Indians in Nalick, in the year 1722, and il has 

 often been told me by his daughter, (some lime 

 since deceased,) as well as by others, ihat a 

 deputation of Indians came, one bearing two 

 Elm trees on his shoulders ; that they present- 

 ed themselves and recpiested permission of Iheir 

 minister lo be alloweil lo set out those trees be- 

 fore his door, as a mark of their regard,or as the 

 Tree of Friendship. 



These trees flourished for about ninety years, 

 when Ihe l.irger one was stricken by lightning, 

 and soon after failed. The olher is in a slale 

 of decisive decline. These measured, one foot 

 I'rom Ihe ground, about 21 feet, and in the smal- 

 lest part, for 11 feet up, 13 feel. The growth 

 was about 1.} inches per year. The Rev. O. 

 Peabody died in 1752, after 30 years' ministry. 



In 1763 Ihe Rev. Stephen Badger was settled 

 as the successor of llie last mentioned gentle- 

 man. A like request was made by Ihe Indians, 

 and the same ceremony look place in the plant- 

 ing Ihe Trees of Friendship before the door of 

 Ihe Rev. Mr Badger. These trees are now in 

 full vigour, having been set luil 73 years. They 

 are about 15 feel in circumference, near the 

 ground, and nine feet above in the smaller pari, 

 and have given, in circumference, nearly 1 J in- 

 ches' growth a year. 



The Elm attains a gre.il size in lighter soils, 

 and on plains, common.'^, high ways, 5ic. Cam- 

 bridge has produced several that have been 

 remarkable ; there is one on ihe ceniinrn 

 that mea-ures, near the ground, about 16 feet, 

 above, 1,3 feet ; another 5|>reads lo 22 feet, and 

 is, above, 12 (eet. 



^ There was in the College Yard a very fine 



Elm, which was unforlunately destroyed, as is 



said, bv the great quantity of pickle thrown 



j about il when our lrooj)s occupied the colleges 



■lUring the revolulionary war. 



Oi another Professor Sevvall in his Eulogy on 

 Dr Willi hrop thus speaks: '-Under a veneialde 

 Tree, lately standing on our common, Governor 

 VVinlhrn]) was wont lo call together liis little 

 senate." 



In Framingham there is one in the high way 

 near Ihe bouse of Mr Haven, set out by his fath- 

 er about 90 years since. It measures, a foot 

 from the ground, 20 feet; il is of great height, 

 and is, for 10 feel above, 12 feel. 



There are several nure in Fiamingham, Slow, 

 ike. of great beauty, whicli nearly correspond in 

 measure, being near Ihe ground about 18 feet, 

 and above, about 13 feet. 



In Lancaster there are many mucli admired 

 Elms — Iwo which me^.'ure, at the ground, I'J 

 feet. That by Ihe house of Wm. Sledman, Esq. 

 set out by Cid. Willard, is of great beauty. It 

 retains its size far up about 15 feel. 



la Essex several are spoken of One which 

 was cut down in Salem nol long since, it is there 

 thought, would outdo all compelilion. Another 

 on Mr Crowninshield's firm nieasiires, one foot 

 from the ground, 22 feet; four feel above, 14 

 feel. 



There are Iwo fine Elms on Mr. Lowell's es-, 

 tale, in Roxbury, one of which spread* remark- 

 ably near Ihe ground, lo 27 feet, anU is abo\c 

 about 13 i'(;(^l. 



There is a remarkable Elm Tree about three 

 miles iVom Providence, us to which the Marsh.il 



