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numbers, but leave all such capricious pranks to tlie soil of 

 I^ew England. 



It is not desirable that young trees should bear large crops, 

 and to prevent it, if the time can be spared, a portion of the 

 young fruit had better be thinned out, in order to insure 

 thrifty and vigorous growth, and smalLn^ crops of fine fruit, 

 Y^^hich is of more importance, when trees commence bearing, 

 than large crops. Trees that are grown up, and those which 

 have attained their full size and maturity, are in a condition 

 by nature to bear full crops, and as a general thing they will 

 do so, some annually and others biennially ; but, of course, 

 like animals, they must be well fed and attended to ; other- 

 wise we shall, as a general thing, have to be contented with 

 biennial crops. 



Mr. A. G. Comings, of Mason county. New Hampshire, 

 says of the Baldwin apple, which is usually an alternate 

 bearer : " I have found by experiment that with proper cul- 

 ture it will bear more frequently. I have a tree in a rich 

 loam and under high culture, which was ivell supj^lied with 

 fruit for five years in succession. The apples grew extremely 

 large and were of very fine flavor. 



One of Mr. A. J. Downing's correspondents says, in a 

 note : " For several years past I have been experimenting 

 on the apple, having an orchard of two thousand Newtown 

 Pippin trees. I found it very unprofitable to wait for what is 

 called the ' bearing year.' I have noticed from the excessive 

 productiveness of this tree, it requires the intermediate year 

 to recover itself; to extract from the earth and atmosphere 

 the materials to enable it to produce again. This it is not 

 able to do unassisted by art, while it is loaded with fruit, and 

 the intervening year is lost ; if, however, the tree is supplied 

 with proper food, it will bear every year ; at least, such has 

 been the result of my experiments." 



LIST OF ANNUAL BEARING TREES. 



The following varieties of apple trees in a soil kept in good 

 condition will bear evert/ yeai\ viz: 



White Spanish Reinett (Mississippi), highly recommended. 



