An item in the September number recalls an experience I had some years since, when a large grower of pear seedlings. Some French pear seed being left over, they were packed in water, and air tight tin cases, with charcoal dust, and buried in a cool spot several feet in the earth. The following spring they were properly treated, and planted. The germination was nearly as good as fresh seed, but slower.

Planted side by side with new seed, the difference could be easily told, as far as they could be seen. The foliage on plants from the old seed was yellowish green white; the foliage on the plants from the new seed was dark green, and the plants averaged one-fourth larger when dug.