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ing ; and in a few years will undoubtedly be cut up into small fruit 

 farms, held at enormous prices, and covered with fruit trees and 

 vines. On this Peninsular we find the oldest improvements in the 

 country. We have a number of fanns on it of different sizes, and 

 with good improvements, which we offer at fifteen to thirty dollars 

 per acre." Adjourned. 



June 2, 1868. 



Mr. Nathan C. Ely, iu the chair ; ^Ir. John W. Chajibeks, Secretary. 



PLAXTI^^^G TREES. 



Mr. George J. Knight, Brownville, X. Y., sent a long letter in 

 favor of seedling apple trees, as they are longer lived and hardier 

 than grafted trees. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I think the gentleman means well, but I say, as 

 I have said before, that no man can afford to wait for seedlings to 

 grow. My father planted seedling trees, and his boys had to steal 

 apples from the neighbore, or go without. I advise every man to 

 make experiments, for it is only by so doing that we progress. 

 Though there are swindlers among nurserymen, still there are a 

 plenty of honest dealers. One reason why so many trees die is 

 because farmers are not willing to pay for packing. It often costs 

 more to pack a large tree than it is sold for. A tree can be packed 

 so as to be carried to any part of the world. But some discretion 

 and sense must be used in transplanting. The ground must be pre- 

 pared by thorough and deep culture. A part of the root should be 

 cut, and also a corresponding number of the limbs. In these fast 

 times we cannot wait to grow apple trees from the seed ; it takes too 

 long. As well think of going to Boston or St. Louis by stage coach. 

 But if a farmer buys a few dozen trees, and when they come digs a 

 little hole and sticks the roots in, giving no care and showing no skill, 

 he will get no orchard. 



Mr. "W. S. Cai-penter. — I remember some years ago a nurseryman 

 in Erie offered a great number of young apple trees very cheap. I 

 took several thousand of them at six cents each, and sold them out at 

 ten cents apiece. Specific directions were given with each lot sold, 

 and I had the pleasure of knowing that in most cases every tree lived 

 and grew. To one I sold two hundred and fifty. He told me that 

 of that number he lost but one. An apple tree should be two or 

 three years old when transplanted, the top should be cut, and also 



