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at this late period, incapable of much improvement. But, never- 

 theless, I am much inclined to believe, that a good deal is still to 

 be learned : and it would not afford matter of much astonishment 

 to me, if it should be proved that branches provided with blossom 

 buds might be transferred with success from one side of the Atlantic 

 to the other, to afford fruit in the following season. The results of 

 some experiments, which I made in the last winter, and present 

 spring, induce me to think this practicable, though I am not yet 

 prepared to decide that it is so. 



