miBSTOM FIFBIH, 
dmerence ol opinion exists, amongst po- 
i mologists, respecting the progressive natural 
I decay of Apple-trees, in proportion to the time 
' that has passed since their origin, individually, 
from seed. The Eibstone Pippin is generally 
considered to be approaching a state of decrepi- 
tude. It must not he forgotten, as we have previously explained, 
that a tree propagated from a graft, is still a part of the original 
tree, and inherits much of its infiiTnities, whether from age or 
otherwise ; and certain it is, that trees of this variety, now pro- 
pagated from grafts will not continue in healthy gi-owth a third 
of the number of years that usually belong to a seedling tree. 
A renovation, for a few years, is obtained by gi’afting it on a 
fresh stock, or even by re-grafting the same stock with the same 
