THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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WHITE POPLAR OR ABELE THEE. 



Syon, "which, being lopped in February, 1G51, did, 

 by the end of October, 1852, produce branches as 

 Kg as a )nan's wrist, and seventeen feet in height." 

 iAs a general rule, the Abele, when planted in a soil 

 inodei-ately good and moist, will in ten years attain 



the height of twenty feet or upwards, with a trunk 

 from six to nine inches in diameter. 



The conmion Abele tree, {Poiuilns alia aoeri- 

 folia,) of which we annex a beautiful engi'aviiig. i« 

 not only well adapted for planting in belts to pro- 



