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Query 3. What led the gardener to the discovery of that 

 method. 



Answer. The gardener says, that he first discovered this 

 method by the following accident. In planting some cab- 

 bage-plants, among the rows of some kidney beans, very 

 early in the morning, after a frosty night, in spring, before 

 the sun was high enough to come upon the frosted beans, 

 he spilt some of the water upon them which he used in 

 planting the cabbage-plants ; and to his surprise he found 

 that the beans began immediately to recover. 



It is impossible not to applaud the sagacity and reflection 

 of the man, in not suffering this fact to pass by unheeded. 

 I think it is an honour well merited by him, that his 

 name should be mentioned to the Society : it is Charles 

 Harrison. 



Query 4. Were the trees sheltered from the frost by any 

 sort of covering ? 



Answer. The trees are protected from the frost in the 

 month of January by branches of broom : these are previ- 

 ously steeped in soap-suds, mixed with one-third of urine, 

 for forty-eight hours, in order to clear them from insects, and 

 when dry, disposed thinly over the whole tree, letting them 

 remain on only until the trees begin to break into leaf. 



Query 5. What was the quantity of fruit that was ripened, 

 as near as it can be ascertained ? 



Answer. I have good reason to believe, that the number 

 consumed in the house, and given away in presents, was 

 5850 Peaches and Nectarines, exclusive of all waste from 

 decay and other means. 



