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great cause of this detect ire character when taken from 

 the nursery. The nurserynmn is averse to cutting back his 

 trees, as they lose a year in bight : and planters or pur- 

 chasers are not generally discriminating enough to be will- 

 ing to pay him a proportionate price. He finds tall trees 

 more attractive. When planters do get these trees, they 

 cannot be persuaded to cut them down ; they wish to ob- 

 tain fruit as soon as possible, and therefore the tree is al- 

 lowed to proceed in the defective form it assumed at the 

 nursery. 



For 2>KVtrr!f and JPmarf Sttrndard*. it is less difficult to 

 obtain the right sort of trees, tor this is the form that nur- 

 sery trees that have not been cut back, ordinarily assume. 

 Those, therefore, who prefer such trees can always be sup- 

 plied with them well advanced, even in a bearing state, if 

 so desired. As in t":e pyrainid, however, persons who 

 intend to make models of their trees, will do well to pro- 

 cure yearlings worked at the surface of the ground, for on 

 them, heads or lateral branches can be formed without any 

 difficulty at any desired point between the collar and ter- 

 minal bud. Another consideration is worthy of note on 

 this point. There is a much greater risk in removing 

 three or four year old trees than yearlings, and they are 

 more difficult and expensive to pack and transport The 

 yearling is easily remove 1 and easily transported, and its 

 growrh is comparatively unaffected by the change. The 

 gardeners most famous tor their handsome, well-nianased 

 fruit trees, invariably select yearlir.g trees, that is,, trees 

 that have made one year's growth from ihe bud or graft. 

 But it is not always practicable to procure trees of this 

 age, as lew of them are called for, and nursery-men dislike 

 to break upon their young stock before it has attained 

 the usual marketable age. 



$e/y/A>w of TT?riVf*Vs. The selection of varieties of 

 fruits for a fruit garden should be made in view of all the 

 circumstances that can affect their usefulness. They 



