244 Root-grafted versus Stock-grafted Fruit Trees. 



Mr. Avery — Bears but little with him. 



President — We have had fair fruit, but little of it. 



Mr. Phoenix — When root-grafted, would class it with Rhode Island 

 Greening and Roxbury Russet, as worthless. 



Mr. McWhorter — Has seen old trees, which were severely injured the 

 past winter. 



Mr. Brewster — Has very thrifty nursery trees, two inches in diameter ; 

 are hardy. 



Mr. Williams — Is acquainted with an orchard near Knoxville, containing 

 root-grafted trees fifteen years old ; have never borne well, some of them 

 never an apple ; other trees budded from them, in the same orchard, have 

 borne good crops for seven years. 



Mr. Loomis — Bears well in Northern Indiana. Passed, 



TELLOW BELLFLOWER. 



Mr. Edwards — Would inquire whether not more productive budded than 

 root-grafted ; had proved so with him. 



C. Bryant — Trees are budded, did not bear young, but well, after they 

 commenced ; one of the most desirable, in his estimation. 



Mr. Williams — Has seen budded and root-grafted trees of same age, to- 

 gether in an prchard : budded trees full of fruit, root-grafts bearing but 

 very little. 



Dr. Haskell — Has trees thirteen years old, bearing well this year, for the 

 first time. 



Dr. Pennington — Considers it one of the very best; one budded tree 

 worth two root-grafts ; one of our hardiest trees, root-grafted, but does not 

 bear as well as when budded. 



Mr. Phoenix — Would call it one of the best. 



Mr. Avery — In subdividing the best apples into three grades, would call 

 the Yellow Bellflower as one of the third class. 



Mr. Bellangee — Was oifered $2 a bushel in Peru market, fall of 1851. 



Recommended by a vote of twelve to eleven, (other members not voting,) 

 to be budded or stock-grafted, instead of root-grafted. 



Now mark the result — -fourteen nurserymen out of thirty, 

 voted against root-grafted trees. If we consider for one mo- 

 ment that perhaps the aggregate number of root-grafted trees 

 already in the hands of these gentlemen, is one million, can 

 we suppose such a vote to be an entirely impartial one ? We 

 wish it to be distinctly understood that we believe every in- 

 dividual honest in his opinion ; but unknown even to the in- 

 dividual, there would be a hesitancy to vote at once against 

 what he was, and long had been, practising every day ; and 

 especially when, as Mr. Phoenix justly says, " it is too soon 

 to decide entirely against root-grafting," We quite agree 



