192 Editors^ Letter- Box. 



There is an apple-tree growing on the grounds of one of my neighbors, one 

 of whose limbs, about two and a half inches in thickness, was accidentally 

 stripped of every particle of bark, for a space of about four inches, several years 

 since ; yet this limb has continued to grow ever since, made at least six inches 

 of wood last year, and is now robed in green foliage, though it does not manifest 

 the same amount of vigor as the rest of the tree. I examined the limb myself, 

 and found, on cutting into the peeled part, that the outside wood was dead and 

 dry. Have you ever heard of a similar occurrence ? and how do you account 

 for it ? Samuel Rati. 



North Lima, O. 



[We have never noticed such a case. We have frequently known a branch 

 to go through one season as though nothing had happened to it, and then die. 

 If any of our readers can explain this case, let us hear from them. — Ed.'\ 



S. C. G., Providence. — What is the best season of the year to transplant a 

 large magnoHa-tree, say twelve or fifteen feet high? — Should not advise 

 transi:^nting such trees ; but, if it must be done, do it in winter, with a frozen 

 ball attached. 



C. C, Arlington. — Can you give us more information about the Rose Potato ? 

 for, if it is as early as its friends claimed, new potatoes of this variety ought to 

 be heard from by this time. — Yes: it has been both seoi and heard from. 

 We saw splendid specimens of this new potato on the tables of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society some two weeks ago, said to have been grown from 

 potatoes planted in the open air the fourteentli day of April. They were of good 

 size, and very handsome, and grown in less than ninety days from time of plant- 

 ing. We think it will not prove a humbug. 



Cultivator, New Haven, Conn. — The variety of strawberry called Len- 

 nig's White was recommended to me very highly by a friend ; and I procured 

 plants at considerable expense, planted, and took the best of care of them ; and 

 they turn out to be nearly red or pink instead of white. Have I got that variety, 

 do you think ? — Without doubt you have. When fully ripe, they are of a pink- 

 ish color on the exposed side. The shape of the berry is ratlier flat, and it is 

 of first quality. The vines are neither very strong growers nor great bearers. 

 It is only profitable for home-use. 



Alton, 111. — We have heard from friends in Boston that Col. Wilder has, 

 after many years' labor, produced a seedling-strawberry better than any thing yet 

 sent out : can you give me any information concerning it .'' E. P., Jun. 



Col. Wilder has produced a strawberry which his friends claim to be better 

 than any other yet sent out. It is figured and described in the present number 

 of this Journal. So well satisfied are we of its value, that we have purchased 

 the entire stock from Col. Wilder, and offer it as a gift to subscribers, as will be 

 seen in another column. 



