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make isugar, nor is it as plenty as that of the maple. They never 

 plug up the liole; the air soon dries and heals it. I have seen an old 

 Apple tree safely taken "out of the line of a road, with a good deal 

 of its top cut off, bear some fruit the -following year. Currant and 

 Gooseberry bushes can easily with care, be transplanted, and bear as 

 much fruit that year, as in any other. It is not good to transplant 

 after the sap begins to move, 



Dr. Underliili. — And we must observe that the sap moves in diffe- 

 rent trees and plants, at different times. 



Mr, Elliott. — In New Jersey a friend of mine, tired of the poor 

 growth of his gooseberries, and the mildew on them, attributed the 

 evil to the great heats of our summers, and by way of protection put 

 salt hay all around his bushes, and had good fruit always afterwards. 



Dr. Underbill. — The hay no doubt checked the rapid evaporation. 



Mr. Carter. — I was plagued with the mildew, and tried the follow- 

 ing remedy, viz: I dug holes about two feet distance from the goose- 

 berry roots ; filled them with manure and covered once with earth j 

 I had no more mildew there. 



I cover currant bushes with straw in the fall, and pick currants in 

 good condition during winter while the snow is deep about the bushes, 

 I think the fruit would be good through the winter. 



Mr. Elliot. — Perhaps the holes you dug operated as so many drains 

 to your gooseberry bushes. 



Mr. Carter. — Mildew would be a good subject for the Club to dis- 

 cuss. 



Dr. Underbill. — Certainly. I propose it. " Mildew on plants and 

 fruits, and the remedy. ^^ 



