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did, hif^hly gratified with this letter and its contents, and hoped that the 

 writer in the closing* reqiiest will be kindly rememliered. The alihea frutex 

 mentioned is not the most desirable variety, the flowers being single, while 

 other varieties are double and much more beautiful. 



Hawthorn for St?)cks for Budding. 



J, B. p. Day, Kennebec, Iowa, writes: " Will you, through your Farm- 

 ers' Club report, tell many of us in the west whether or not the common 

 hawthorn, that bears a red, edible fruit, sometimes very good, is the kind 

 Mr. Prince recommends as stock for pears ?" 



Mr. Bergen replied that, in the absence of Mr. Prince, he could not say 

 positively, but thought it was not. 



Mr. Carpenter deprecated the use of any kind of thorn for stocks for 

 pears. 



Effect of Hoots Striking from Pears on Quince. 



John G. Bei-gen. — This spring, I had occasion to move twenty-five pear 

 trees on quince, which I set five years ago, at two years old, budded low 

 on the stock, so that it was easy to set them two to four inches below the 

 junction. Upon about one-third of these trees, I found that there were 

 plenty of quince roots, but none from the pear. About one-third had both 

 pear and quince roots, and in some instaaees, when the pear roots were 

 vigorous, the quince roots, though still in place, were dead or dying. 

 Upon the other third, there were no quince roots left, the whole tree being 

 sustained by the new roots formed from the pear. In one case, the tree 

 was budded upon pear, and that had straight roots, reaching downward. 

 On the trees where new pear roots had formed above the quince, they all 

 appeared disposed to spread out horizontally. The trees still retaining 

 quince roots are not as large as the others, and those with both pear and 

 quince roots prove that the latter do not always die as soon as pear roots 

 form. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter. — I do not think Mr. Bergen has stated all the 

 facts. I think if he had stayed a few years longer he would find that the 

 quince roots would have all disappeared and their place supplied with 

 roots from the pear. 



The Prospect of Fruit. 



This question was considerably discussed. Dr. Trimble thouglit the 

 prospect bad for all fruit, except black Tartarian cherries, about Newark, 

 N. J. Mr. Quinn, superintendent of Prof. Mape's farm, three miles west of 

 Newark, said the prospect was good for all varieties of cherries. Mr. 

 Hawkshurst thought the prospect generally good for apples in New Jer- 

 sey. Mr. Carpenter said it was good in Westchester county. Dr. Trimble 

 said that peaches may be better this year than last, as the curl leaf is 

 much less prevalent. As to any particular insect causing the curl, I have 

 not been able to detect it by careful microscopic examination. 



Preserving Potatoes in Summer. 



William Pettingill, New Lisbon, Otsego county, writes: "Please to ask 

 the members of the Farmers' Institute Club, what is the best method of 

 preserving potatoes for summer use ?" 



