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There arc other varieties which will not bear the hot-bed and 

 forcing process with any degree of safety, even in northern 

 Massachusetts, with open orchard culture. In close, protected 

 gardens in the cities and suburban towns, losses from winter 

 killing more rarely occur, and altogether different treatment 

 may be admissible and even desirable. 



Probably there are but few localities in the State where a 

 large majority of the highly prized apples will not bear consid- 

 erable forcing ; yet, while there are some that will not, we 

 think the exercise of at least moderate discrimination, in the 

 mode of treatment, will be followed by beneficial results. 



It may not be amiss to touch briefly upon varieties, not that 

 we desire in this connection to recommend a list for any 

 particular locality, or for general cultivation, but rather for 

 those who are about to transplant an orchard, or a garden, it 

 will be important before making purchases to consider well the 

 purpose for which fruit is wanted, whether for home consump- 

 tion, for a neighboring market, which it is desirable to attend 

 statedly or occasionally through several months, or whether the 

 market is at such distance that the more judicious course will 

 be to convey the fruit thither in bulk and wholesale, then make 

 the selection strictly with reference to the demands of the 

 place. Much fastidiousness is frequently manifested by purchas- 

 ers of trees, because, forsooth, they do not appear so thrifty as 

 they hoped to find them. 



Many thousands of apple trees have been transplanted by the 

 writer, and we have always observed that in the case of those 

 trees which had been forced, making long shoots the preceding 

 year, a good deal of cutting in of those long branches must be 

 done, or a lean and stinted growth followed. We apprehend 

 that the difficulty lies in the fact that there are too many buds 

 for the roots to support, for such trees do not usually contain 

 roots proportionate to the head, or top, and we account for the 

 curious facts in this way. The trees having previously drawn 

 their nourishment from fat, fertile soil, so many mouths were 

 not required, or if they were they could lie nearer together, and 

 draw in all the nourishment needed to push the trees vigorously. 

 On the other hand, we have almost invariably observed that 

 trees of moderate or slow growth, the superinducing cause of 

 which was scarcity and want of food, the balance between the 



