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trees washed or brushed over with common soft-soap, undiluted 

 with water. This treatment will give a thriftiness to the trees, 

 surpassing the expectation of any one who has not witnessed 

 its effect." 



II.— POMACEOUS FRUITS. 



1. The Apple — Pyrus Malus. 

 All the varieties of the apple cultivated in this country have 

 originated from the small, acid crab-apple of Europe. When 



cultivated with the same care and skill, it seems to succeed 

 even better here than in its native localities. It is well worthy 

 to stand at the head of all the fruits of temperate climates. 



The apple-tree requires so much room that, in an ordinary 

 garden, we must confine ourselves to a small number. The 

 choice of our varieties, then, becomes an important affair, and, 

 we may add, a difficult one. 1. In the first place, the varieties 

 are very numerous, being numbered by thousands; 2. Sorts 

 which are considered " best" in one section of our widely ex- 



