82 SUCCESS AT INTRODUCTION OF FOREIGN FRUIT TREES. 



tried.* The filbert and hazel are unknown except 

 in the Hills, and the vine is in a very languishing 

 condition for want of improvements.! There are 

 also a few seeds of the UmbelliferaB which we ima- 

 gine would do well here, especially the carraway, 

 fennel, &c. 



I trust, you will be so good as to view this com- 

 munication as affording you a considerable field for 



* Since this was written, I have been informed by Major Corbet, dated 

 Lohoghat, Kumaon, llth June, 1841, that in his garden at Havilbagh, he 

 was very successful in grafting from imported apples trees on the crab 

 of the Hills ; and from a few good trees a regular supply of grafted 

 plants might be depended on from that Province, consisting of apples, 

 cherries, and plums. When Major Corbet left Havilbagh, he had about 

 fifty apple trees in bearing (some of the fruit of which was sent to Dr. 

 Wallich) also pears, which latter however were not good, and a great 

 variety of plums. 



t It may not be an uninteresting fact to mention to the Horticul- 

 tural Society of India, that a pensioner of the name of Haylett, residing 

 in Meerut, presented me on last Christmas-day, with a ripe bunch of 

 grapes of good size, and very tolerable flavour, off a young vine, which 

 I have recommended him to take care of, with a view to ascertain 

 whether the circumstance was accidental or will be permanent. H. C. 

 February, 1841. 



Grapes are produced in great abundance, and of good quality, at 

 Hazareebagh, and Saugor territories, and generally throughout the 

 Nizam's country, where sun-dried raisins can be made in great perfec- 

 tion. H. H. S. 



