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to push, and exhaust the organizahle matter of the scion, before its union 

 "with the stock can take place. This usual cause of failure is obviated by 

 "working, as recommended by the late President Knight, with the base of 

 the annual shoots, the buds of which are small and but little developed. 

 Another successful' mode, noticed in D'Albret's recent work on grafting, is 

 to cleft-graft in the side of the young shoots, and is said to answer well 

 whether performed-in the solid or herbaceous state. In regard to the stock 

 for Belt's Hybrid, we would suggest the Butternut for standards, and the 

 Juglans pnsparturiens for dwarfs. 



From J. B. Gfarber, of Columbia, Pennsyhania-r-J&ine varieties of Ap- 

 ples, sent to Mm from Georgia. These are the first apples we have re- 

 ceived that were grown in that state. Mrreh attention, we understand, is 

 being paid at this time, by the Pomologists of Georgia, to the raising of late 

 kinds of this fruit. Those that ripen with us in winter, become, when trans- 

 ferred so far South, autumn varieties. This fact has induced them to turn 

 their attention to the Southern Seedlings. And we learn, that they have 

 already succeeded in originating a number of kinds, which promise to be 

 far better keepers, than those which they had previously obtained from the 

 North. We are so much pleased with the appearance of those sent to us by 

 Mr. Garber, that we hope Mr: Richard Peters, of Atlanta, or some of our 

 other Georgia friends will furnish us, at the proper season, with other spe- 

 cimens for examination. Although these we have received are not in a con- 

 dition for testing, we deem them sufficiently interesting to merit a full ex- 

 terior penological description, especially as most of them are entirely new 

 to us. And if it should prove from our descriptions that we have not re- 

 ceived the true varieties, we trust specimens that are genuine will be for- 

 warded to our Society. 



1. Limber Twig, or James River.— This variety lias been cultivated to a 

 considerable extent in Virginia, and some of the Western States. Size — 

 full medium, three inches long by three and three-sixteenths broad ; form, 

 roundish oblong; color, striped and marbled with pale red on a yellowish 

 ground, yellow around the crown, a good deal russeted about the base; stem 

 three-fourths of an inch long by one-twelfth thick, inserted in a deep acu- 

 minate, russeted cavity; calyx small, closed, set in a wide, shallow basin.- • 



2. Summerouf. — Size large, three and one-eighth inches long, three and 

 five-sixteenths broad ; form roundish oblate; color a mottled greyish red, 

 with dark crimson stripes, and containing large grey dots; stem five-eighths 

 of an inch long and one-fifth thick, inserted in a deep, narrow, partially 

 russeted cavity; calyx small, closed, set in a deep, wide, plaited basin. 



3. Berry. — bize, rather large, two and five-eighths inches by three and 

 five-sixteenths ; form, roundish-oblate; color, striped and mottled with crim- 

 son on a greenish-yellow ground, with a number of green russet spots ; stem, 

 one-half an inch long, one-tenth thick, inserted in a tolerably deep cavity ; 

 calyx, rather large, set in a wide, shallow basin. . « 



4. Mountain Sprout. — Size, medium, two and three-fourths inches by 

 two and seven-eighths ; form, oblong-truncate ; color, red, with stripes of 

 deeper hue, white dots numerous; stem, three eighths of an inch long one- 

 eighth thick, inserted in a narrow cavity ; calyx medium, partially open, set 

 in a wide, deep, slightly furrowed basin. 



