122 On the injurious Effects of Clover to Orchards. 



not be removed Avith safety in our climate ; at least there 

 can be no certainty of their success. 



. With very sincere respect and esteem, 



I am dear Sir your obedient servant, 



William Coxe. 

 Richard Peters Esq. 



P. S. Last year I had the ground around every apple 

 tree in my grass grounds, dug with spades from two to 

 three feet from the stems. I mean to continue the 

 practice hereafter, from a conviction of its utility. 



[The opinion that the cultivation of clover, is injuri- 

 ous to orchards, is maintained by Mr. Blakesley of 

 Plymouth, and by Mr. Ives of Cheshire, Connecticut, 

 as appears by the publication of the Agricultural Soci- 

 ety of New Haven. 



Mr. Blakesley says, ''A neighbour of mine, an ob- 

 serving farmer, informed me some years since, that in 

 the younger part of his life, he had nearly ruined his 

 orchai'd, by raising crops of red clover on the land; but 

 that when his orchard was decaying, he conjectured the 

 cause, and left off raising the clover in his orchard, 

 when it soon recovered. I never ventured it myself. 

 Many orchards in the country appear to me to be inju- 

 red by this cause." 



Mr. Ives says, "I have found the large red clover 

 ^ery prejudicial to my orchard. I used formerly to 



