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the use that may be made of it in this condition, in drying, 

 and other domestic purposes, such as making cider, brandy, 

 and for feeding stock, may be considered by some as a suffi- 

 cient equivalent for the care bestowed upon the trees without 

 inchiding thinning out. 



But there is another consideration that should not be over- 

 looked. Trees whose fruit are properly thinned and regulated, 

 become, as a general thing, annual bearers when thus treated; 

 whereas, if they are entirely neglected in this regard, their 

 over-bearing is apt to cause biennial crops only — and the pro- 

 ducts of every other year are almost entirely lost; and, in- 

 deed, some trees, if suifered to mature a very heavy crop, will 

 not bear again until the tltird yeai% and consequently two 

 years are lost. 



GENERAL REMARKS ON THE CULTIVATION OF 

 THE APPLE. 



We have thought proper to append the following practical 

 article on "Apple Culture," from the pen of an experienced 

 Albemarle county, Virginia, farmer, (Professor J. Dinwiddle, 

 late of the University of Virginia,) as the sum and substance 

 of the entire art and science of apple culture. His views on 

 this subject so nearly correspond with those of the author, and 

 are so comprehensive and well written, that we gladly substi- 

 tute them for the general remarks we had intended to have 

 used in closing this part of our work : 



" Having been for many years actively engaged in the col- 

 lection, preparation, and cultivation of fine kinds of fruits, 

 such as are best adapted to the soil and climate of the eastern 

 base of the Blue Ridge mountains in the States of Virginia 

 and of North Carolina, we believe that Ave can pen some plain, 

 practical information upon the cultivation of fruits which will 

 be useful to those who may desire to engage in this most 

 pleasant and profitable business. The apple, pear, peach, 

 cherry, and grape are the great fruits naturally adapted to the 

 soil and climate of this section of country, and are most pro- 

 fitable to the cultivator, and so easy of cultivation that every 

 farmer should have a choice and well-selected collection of 



