BOOK OF FRUITS. 



ety (as natural trees are seldom if ever attack- 

 ed by it) we know of no better course than 

 that which we should pursue in the case of 

 the black warts, or excresences upon the 

 plum, which is, to cut off at once the limb 

 just below the affected part. 



If trees are found to grow too luxuriantly, 

 and to form only wood for years, even afte 

 they are of sufficient size and age for the pro- 

 duction of fruit, the earth should be removed, 

 just before the frost sets in, and a propor- 

 tion of the deepest growing roots cut off, thus 

 checking its luxuriousness, and rendering it 

 more fruitful. This question is often asked, 

 which is the best season for removing trees, 

 Spring or Fall ? Horticulturalists are about 

 equally divided, some preferring one and some 

 the other. We think in ordinary seasons, pro- 

 vided it can be done early, that Spring is pref- 

 erable, particularly for stone fruit and pears up- 

 on quinces. Lindly, a popular English writer, 

 says that " Trees cannot be removed from the 

 Nursery too soon after the wood has become 

 ripe, and the leaves fallen off; for between 

 this time and the Winter many of them will 

 make fresh roots, and be prepared to push 

 forth their young shoots with much more vig- 



