In our last there was an inquiry about grafting the Quince on the Crataegus or Hawthorn.

Mr. Thos. J. Edge, Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, kindly furnishes the following minute from the proceedings of the State Board at a recent meeting at Blooms-burg in this State :

Mr. H. H. Brown, of Light Street, P. O., Columbia Co., said : " I have succeeded very well in raising the quince by grafting upon the White thorn. White thorn, as you know, will grow anywhere. It does not need clay soil, but will do well on loam, gravel, or anything else. I have one stock that has grown seven years, and it came into bearing in three years. I have quinces this way the second year after grafting. My mode is to grow trees, say one inch in diameter, and then cut them so that they are three or four feet high, and let them sprout, and next year whip-graft them. I have attempted cleft grafting, but after the graft begins to grow it 'turns in the bark ' and lifts the graft out. I only succeeded in getting one out of twenty in this way. The next year I whip-grafted with complete success. I have raised excellent quinces by this method".