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The trees are scraped, some washed with a preparation of lye, 

 &c., and trimmed with care, though circumstances have prevent- 

 ed this being done to as great an extent as Mr. Wellington him- 

 self deemed desirable. 



The orchards are on a northern slope and have suffered very 

 little from cold winters. A few years ago, when many in that 

 vicinity having trees on a southern slope, lost a large proportion 

 of the trees, Mr. Wellington lost only one or two. 



The subsoil is a firm blue gravel, without any mixture of clay, 

 and uncommonly valuable for roads. Those in that vicinity 

 built of that material, which is found in parts of several towns, 

 are remarkably good. To obtain water about these orchards, 

 wells have to be dug 28 or 30 feet. The greening and pippin 

 have been engrafted some, but within the Dr.'s observation, the 

 experiment has not been sufficiently successful to have them in- 

 troduced much. 



Van Wyck. — Our meeting to day, I think, will be considered 

 a useful one, from the quantity of valuable information obtained 

 from it Our subject, the best way of preserving fruits and vege- 

 tables, is important for our country at large. The scientific and 

 practical farmers from Massachusetts, Long Island, and Orange 

 county. New- York, and professional and practical men of New- 

 York, all have given their views freely, in a social conversation, 

 on the subject. Our chairman has thrown much light on the 

 best way of preserving vegetables in winter, and Dr. Wellington, 

 originally of Boston, or near it, has detailed with clearness the 

 manner of managing fruit, and especially the apple, in this 

 region. His friends who are engaged in the business, have ena- 

 bled him to observe minutely and give a correct report on all the 

 operations of gathering, preserving, and sending to market, near 

 or far, America, Europe, Asia, &c., this valuable fruit, the apple, 

 and in what way it pays and keeps best. 



The Baldwin apple, he thinks, has the preference in and about 

 Boston, for preserving, profit and beauty. Dr. Carpenter has pre- 

 sented ns, from Mr. Jenkins, of Monroe, Orange county, a basket 

 of fine apples and some plums ; the former ripe, of good size, high 



