1826.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMIiR, 



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Some years before the theory in question liad 

 been broached by Marshall and Knight, (he 

 same idea, founded on his own observation, had 

 been noticed by a common farmer in Essex, but 

 one who, probably, at tliat timo, had paid more 

 attention to apples llian any oilier farmer in the 

 county. A relative of mine mnving near tilty 

 years ago into the country, where some good 

 pearmains were found, desired llic farmer here 

 referred to, to graft some trees will) that fruit. 

 He answered, " Don't gral'i those apples— (/if!/ 

 are run out.'''' 



A graft is a part of the tree from whicii it is 

 taken; its growth, only an increase of the orig- 

 inal wood, produced by the sap which enters 

 the roots of its adopted parent. The latter may 

 be young and vigorous; but the graft continues 

 to be a part of its proper parent tree from which 

 it was taken, and participates in its qualities, 

 whether these are appropriate to vigorous youth 

 — mature life — or old age ; and if the analogy 

 be admissible, why should it be expected that 

 a full supply of sap from a youlhlul stock, should 

 alter the nature of a graft from an old tree, any 

 more than that the same nourishing food should 

 give equal vigor to an old and to a young man 1 



Mr Kmght, in giving his theory, is treating 

 only of the apple and ptar, so fiir as it was de- 

 duced from faVts. He intimates, however, that 

 probably trees which will grow from cuttings 

 (as the willow and some other trees) would at- 

 tain greater sizes if raised from the seed. No 

 ivhere has the variety of gooseberries been so 

 much improved as in Lincolnshire, in England ; 

 and these improvements have been alTected by 

 raising plants from the seeds of ihe fruit. By 

 like means, .Mr Knight has raised some new 

 sorts of excellent pears; and most liberally sent 

 some of his new trees ami grafts to Massachu- 

 setts. 



Some persons, misunderstanding Mr K.^ight's 

 theory, have imagined that as soon as the orig- 

 inal tree, of any old variety of the apple or 

 pear, decayed and died, all other trees gr.ifled 

 ivom them would likewise perish, and from 

 " sympathy." This is not his doctrine. On 

 the contrary, he says " he had often seen the 

 strong shoots of young trccs^ of old x^arielics, to- 

 tally desi*'yed by the canker, when the old 

 trees growing in the same orchard, and from 

 which the grafts had been taken were nearly 

 free from Ihe disease, h continued to bear well." 

 A similar fact was some twenty years since stat- 

 ed to me by a farmer in Danvers — that he had 

 grafted some trees with scions from an old pear 

 tree in his neighborhood; but they did not 

 thrive, and bear fVuit ; although the old parent 

 tree continued lo bear fruit well. 



Tne old age of man, was many ages since, 

 set at " three score years and ten." Yet many 

 men die, apparently of old age, at earlier and 

 at later periods. So some apple trees may per- 

 ish at the age o-f one hundred years, while some 

 may live three hundred years; and others may 

 die at all intervening periods between the two 

 extremes. In this respect, much may depend 

 on soil and situation. 



If you think the preceding statements may be 

 acceptable to your rpader«, vou will putilish 

 them. Believing Mr Knight's theory lo be well 

 , founded, I wished to^ire.vent an undue impres- 

 sion from the statement* of others less skilled in 

 (h-- science of vegeiatum. and with not one hun- 

 <lredth part of his experience. But 1 shall en- 



ter into no controversy on the subject ; for 

 which 1 have neither time nor inclination. 1 

 take this occasion, however, to add one curious 

 fact, for the consideration of naturalists. 



The same relative lo%vhom 1 have before re- 

 ferred, had a tree grafted with the Coldcti Rus- 

 set., from an old tree in my father's orchar.l ; an 

 apple rich and well llivoured, when kepi thro' 

 the winter. A few years since, passing by the 

 same grafted tree, in autumn, I observed, near 

 the extremity of one of its limbs, two white ap- 

 ples ; \vhile a number of the jirojier golden rus- 

 set apples were growing on the same limb, be- 

 tween the former and the stem of the tree. — 

 Two years afterwards passing by the same tree 

 (which bore only every other year) 1 observed 

 Ihe same two sorts of apples, similarly situated, 

 on the same limb. The ^vhito apples differed 

 as much in flavour as in colour, from the golden 

 russets. 1 well remember to have observed Ihe 

 like phenomenon, about sixty years ago, on the 

 original golden russet in my father's orchard. 



T. PlCKErxING. 



(CoitgrfsstoKal iSrotcctfitflS. 



HOUSS. Ij^LS- -'4. — a l.ill ciia!I„o- a fmid 

 toi' tilt- M'-f^ of (.'ominon Vf liri.ils, in tin; ?fvc?:U state?, 

 was read twice and oideitd lo tie prinUtt. Pcvf-rat a- 

 niendnn-iits to Ihc Couslitatiou were ofleied,aijd ordei . 

 cd to be printed. 



MARCH 1. — A resolution passed diifcting Ihe cleik 

 of llie House to cullfccl in a voliinie tlie laws of llie I', 

 State?, Resolutions of tlu; Old C^onji-cs?, Trf-itif s, ic. 



MARCH 2. — The Naval Comniitli p rpporlcd against 

 Ihe location of Navy Yards at Charleston S. C. on St. 

 .Mary's, Gcorsfia ; on Ihe livor 'liiaiAt =• in Ccn- M Bal- 

 t-Mijoro. and in the valer^ of Nariv.^an^t t 1-av, R. i. 



and of n;ood 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, ^-c. 



FOR SALl',, at the Kenricli 

 Place, near the Brighton l^ost 

 Office. The .Nurseries have been 

 ^.^ much extended, & tiesides a vari- 

 ''& ety of English Cherries, Pears, Ap- 

 ^ ricots, Sec. contain many thous- 

 ands of grafted Apple trees of su- 

 perior kinds, thrifty, handsome 



. ... 3 ....^. Also, some thousands of budded t'eacli 



Trees, remarkably thrifty, and comprising a choice col- 

 lection of about 40 of the most approved sorts discover- 

 ed in our best gardens, or brought to the markets ; the 

 I'each trees are from 5 to 8 feet high and sold at the 

 nicderate price of 30 cents each. Of good siz^d orna- 

 mental trees, the flowering Horse Chesnut- flowering Ca- 

 talpas ', European Mountain .A^-h v ^^'teping V\"iliow ; 

 Ilveigreen Silver rir ; and the Larch ; Bnlternnts, and 

 English Walnuts. Currant bushes of the prolific red 

 kind, of all sizes, by the dozen, hnnditd, or thousand, 

 on moderate terms. .Also, the black, white, and Cham- 

 pagne do. ; red, and white Roses ; Lilacs, Senna, Gum 

 Acacia, English Grapes, Sic. 



Orders addressed to JOHN or WM. KEN'RtCK, and 

 sent to the Brighton Post Oflace, or to the office of DA- 

 NA & FEiNNO, Brokers, in Stale-street, will be duly 

 attended to. 



N. B. nVees will be packed in clay and mats for ship- 

 ping, and conveyed to Boston, when ordered ; and on 

 Saturd.ays without charge for conveyance ; but Gen- 

 tlemen remote should employ some person to receive 

 and pay for them. 



In removing trees, one yfar''s growth is frequently 

 lost, if the trees happen to survive, by unreasonably di- 

 minishing tiieir roots; therefore special care will he 

 taken for their preservation. March 10. 



NEW GARDEN SEFT1S.— Just opening, ai.d for 

 sale by GEORGE MURDOCK, No. 14 Market scjuare, 

 a complete assortment of imported and 



A.MERICAN GARDEN SEED.S 

 of the last year's growtli ; consisting of all kinds of 

 early Peas and Beans ; Earli and Late Cauliflower ; 

 Early Dutch, Yorlc and Battersea Cabbage ; large 

 winter and green Savoy do ; Early Cabbage I^ettuce ; 

 green curled do ; large Cape do; Sweet .Marjorum ; 

 i hyme ; Summer Savory and Sage ; a variety of mel- 

 ons ; Early Salmon and Turnip Radish ; red, white and 

 silver skin Onion ; Beet ; Carrot ; Parsley ; green cur- 

 led Endive, iic with every other SEEDS, suitable 

 for a kitchen gardeu. 



Likeu'i.'/e, 10 bushels of the celebrated 40 day Peas^ 



10 do superior Dwarf .Marrowfat Peas ; 50 lbs. Sugar 



Beet; 100 lbs Mangelwurtzel, English and American; 



Rutabaga and White Clover ; GROCERIES as usual. 



6t March 10. 



MANGEL WURTZEL SEED, For Sale at this 

 ofBce, raised by John Kenrick, Esq. Newton, the last 

 season. March 10. 



THE AMERICAN ORCH ARl^IST, or a practi- 

 cal treatise on the culture & management of apple and 

 other Fruit Trees, with observations on the disiases lo 

 which tliey are liable, and their remedies. ') o wbich 

 is added, the most approved metlvid of manufacturing 

 and preserving Cider, and also wiue from apple jnice 

 and Currants. Adajited to the use of American Farm- 

 ers, and all lovers Tnd cultiiators ol Fin< Fruit. By 

 JA.MKS THACflKR, M. D. Secimd ediHnu mucli 

 improved. For sa'e by CROCKER & BRJ'.WSI'ER, 



No. 50 Comhill. March 10. 



IMl'ORILD GAKDLN sKi:Db— Just received via. 

 New York, and for sale at No. £2 Long Wharf, a |)ack- 

 age of SEEDS, consisting of .Mangel Wuriztl, Blood 

 Beet, Early and Late Cauliflowrr, Purple and White 

 Proioli. Farly York, Early Dutch, Sugr.r l^oaf, and fine 

 Red Cabbage. Sugar Peas, Flat, Yellow, and White 

 Turnips, Radish, ic. — All in prime order. March 10. 



"Prices ok coujntuy pkodl'ce, &:c. 



APPLF.S,best, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 

 pearl do. - . - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 



cargo, Ko 1, new, - - 



" JV'o 2, new, - - 



BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new, 



CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 

 shiiuined roilk, - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 

 Genesee, - - - 



Rye, best, - - - 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn - - . - - 

 Kailey - - . - 

 Oals - - . - - 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 



HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, niil. and Northern 



PLAISTF.R PARIS retails at 



PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood.wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, lyamb's, Ist sort 

 do Spinning, Ut sort 



PROriSICN- MARKET. 

 BEEI', best pieces - - - - 

 PORK, fresb, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, ---..- 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 



lump, best, - . - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOFS, - - 



CIDER, bquor, . . .. - ^ 



