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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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GROUND FLOOR PLAN. 



eidered the most harmless. Third, The molars, 

 or grinders, are ten in each jaw, and serve to fit 

 the food for the stomach, by dividing it into mi- 

 nute portions, or pulp. Thus, it will be seen 

 that nature designed man should partake of each 

 of the foods common to the carnivorous, herbiv- 

 orous, and granivorous animals. There are 

 other teeth, appearing late in life, called "wis- 

 dom teeth ;" but frequently these are not to be 

 met with at all. 



For the New England Farmer. 



EFFECT OF "WEATHER ON FBUIT 

 TREES. 



Mr. Editor : — In reading the article of your 

 "Sandy River" correspondent, 'it suggested to my 

 mind some thoughts that may be a benefit to him 

 and others. He says, "The last winter has proved 

 to be a disastrous one to fruit trees in the inte- 

 rior of Maine ; in one instance the mercury fall- 

 ing to 40 below zero. This circumstance affords 

 an opportunity to test the capacity of diff'erent 

 varieties of fruit trees to resist the effects of cli- 

 mate." I had supposed the question nearly set- 

 tled that it was not the coldness of the winters 

 that destroys our fruit, but other circumstances, 

 •which, perhaps, we may find out by looking on 

 all sides of the question. 



The winter of 'oo'-i56, and 'o6'-57, was colder 

 than 1858-9; the mercury fell lower in Massa- 

 chusetts, and I think the papers gave it lower in 

 Maine. But I do not recollect hearing anything 

 in particular of the injury done the fruit trees. 



He SHVS, "The past winter has proved the Bald- 

 win is the most tender variety of the apple yet 

 introduced i. ^u Maine." The reason is obvious ; 



there is no tree that has ever been cultivated In 

 our nurseries, that will make wood so fast as the 

 Baldwin, hence its tenderness. Notice his ex- 

 pression, "grafted at considerable height above 

 ground, and on the slowest growing trees," 



There is no danger of the Baldwin, if you do 

 not grow them too fast. Now let me show you 

 an instance in my own experience : In 1822 or 

 1823 I set out twenty-five Baldwins and twenty- 

 four russets, (and one greening by mistake,) and 

 as I said to you in my other communication, the 

 winter of 1830 and '31 killed the twenty-four 

 russets, and not one of the Baldwins ! Now 

 what was the reason of this ? The russets were 

 set on the richest soil, and grew the most ; the 

 greening was set on the richest spot, and made 

 more wood than either of the russets, and is a 

 fine tree now ; so are all the twenty-five Baldwins. 

 Now I would like to know why the greening tree 

 escaped the injury the others felt ; is it more har- 

 dy ? It is a settled question in my own mind, 

 that it depends upon the growing of the trees 

 late in the fall, and of our having gentle or light 

 frosts at first to check the growing of trees, and 

 preparing them for winter, that prevents the in- 

 jury, and not the severity of the winter that 

 causes it. 



If it is true that Maine has suffered the past 

 year, I doubt whether they have as much as Mas- 

 sachusetts did in 1831. I do not recollect of 

 hearing that Maine suflfered at that time. Maine 

 has its advantages and its disadvantages. In 

 1834, Maine had more apples than all the rest of 

 the States. The frost cut off almost all the fruit 

 in the other States, but in Maine, the season be- 

 ing later, escaped the fe"ost. In Maine the ap- 

 ples are later, do not ripen so early, do not ripea 



