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roots, and then its branches afterwards ; both must be made 

 at once ; and the consequence was that the former must suf- 

 fer at the expense of the latter. Let the roots get firm hold 

 of the soil, then head in, and a top worth havhig is secured. 



Mr. Strong thought as there was a difference in the views 

 of pear cultivators as regards transplanting and heading in, 

 he thought they might be reconciled by the difference of 

 seasons. In damp years trees would do without cutting, but 

 in dry ones they should be pruned. 



Mr, Walker looked upon a transplanted tree as upon a sick 

 animal. When the tree is taken out of the ground it is in- 

 jured ; in one season it recovers itself by means of its buds 

 and leaves ; all the leaves being in action, the roots are made, 

 and the tree is reestablished, — that is, the stomach is at work ; 

 and then, the next year, if it was headed in, it regained its 

 original vigor and strength. 



Adjourned to February 5th. 



Art. III. The Cultivation of the Grape Vine. By A. 

 Johnston, Jr., Wiscasset, Me. 



Dear Sir: — I have read, with much gratification, the 

 paper on the Culture of the Isabella Grape by William Gore, 

 of Freeport, Me., in your February No. of the Magazine, and 

 I am rejoiced to learn that / am not alone in the determina- 

 tion to produce this admirable fruit, annually, in quantity and 

 quality fully equal to the best specimens of any other tState. 

 I tried hard to find the time, during commencement week at 

 Brunswick, to visit Mr. Gore at Freeport, by invitation of our 

 mutual friend Rev. E. G. Parsons, but without success. I 

 shall take an early opportunity so to do the coming season, 

 for I do think that there is nothing in the way to the general 

 cultivation of this prolific vine all over New England, if those 

 who know will only try. 



Mr. Gore's method and my own, exactly correspond in all 

 but two items, viz., weeding and summer pi'uning, or pinch- 



