216 NUTS. 



they can be grafted with great success on the black walnut, 

 or on the butternut : as tar as the theory of grafting goes 

 they ought to succeed ; but how is it in practice ? I answer 

 for one, it is not so easily performed as some have thought. 

 I have tried them many times, but have never succeeded. 

 About seven years ago I planted the nuts of both kinds (seve- 

 ral hundreds,) and when about five feet, I proposed to a very 

 experienced grafter to give a shilling a piece for every one 

 that he should succeed with ; but contrary to his expecta- 

 tions, not one of the grafts grew, although done well with 

 cement. Still I do not say it is impossible either to bud or 

 graft them ; but there is something peculiar about it, for both 

 the bud and the graft turn black when cut, almost instanta- 

 neously. Others may succeed better; but let them try it 

 before they affirm it upon hearsay : they may succeed very 

 well by inarching. 



The PECAN NUT, Juglans Olivccformis, isa native of our 

 southwestern states, and the nuts generally brought up from 

 New-Orleans. The shell is thin, smooth, and of an oval 

 shape. They will succeed Jiere very ^vell ; but thf^ seed- 

 lings should be protected the first and second winters. 



Ed. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PEARS. 



As many of the French and Flemish Pears succeed well 

 when grafted upon the quince stock,* all such as have been 

 ascertained to possess this property will be noticed at the 

 end of the descriptions. 



SECT. I Summer. Round-fruited. 



1. AMBROSIA. Switzer, p. 113. 

 Early Bern-re". Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 13. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish and somewhat flattened 

 figure. Eye rather sunk. Stalk an inch long, slender, and 



* Pears are grafted on Quince itocks in order to make dwarfs or Espaliers. 



.dm Ed. 



