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throuo-h the whole. If the work is done as it should be, 

 care being taken to graft none but small limbs, none more 

 than one inch in diameter, the work can safely be all done 

 the same year. No pruning more than is necessary to do 

 the graftino; should l)e done at this time. 



The sprouts which start around the scion should be 

 rubbed off during the summer, but no other pruning should 

 be done until fall, when about one-half the remaining natu- 

 ral branches should be taken out, and the remaining one-half 

 allowed to grow another season, when the whole may be 

 taken away, leaving the scions in sole possession. Many 

 procure their grafting done, and neglect the absolutely 

 necessary after pruning until tlie natural growth has com- 

 pletely choked and starved out the scions, rendering the 

 work of grafting of no avail. 



Yakieties. — In the selection of varieties, choose only 

 those which are adapted to the locality. It is one of the 

 sins which tree peddlers will have to answer for, that they 

 have been crowding upon the people a great many varieties 

 which can never be made profitable. 



In raising apples for market the fewer varieties growTithe 

 better, and in the selection of those varieties be guided by 

 the experience of the most successful fruit growers in the 

 immediate vicinity rather than by the picture books of tree 

 agents. The distance of but a few miles will sometimes 

 change a variety from a heavy bearer to just the reverse, 

 so that it is impossible to give a list suitable for general 

 cultivation. For my own locality the Baldwin is far the most 

 profitable market variety which can be grown. With my 

 present experie^ce I should next choose the Hubbardston 



