trees, and promote the growth of the young j 

 and that it will bring old trees, which be- 

 fore were always barren, and young ones, 

 sooner into a state of bearing. And I have 

 every reason to believe, that it will make 

 the trks bear every year, by converting 

 the wood buds into fruit buds ; for almost 

 all those trees which were peeled three years 

 ago,, have had two very abundant crops, 

 and promised equally well this year, but 

 were blasted in the blossom, by the severity 

 of the weather ; and there were innumer- 

 able instances of strong healthy blossom on 

 the wood of last year, upon trees of all ages, 

 and many different species, some of them, 

 notwithstanding the inclemency of the sea- 

 son, bearing fruit. And, however strange 

 it may appear, it is a fact, that I have had 

 instances of these trees bearing fruit on the 

 wood, of the current year, and coining to 



