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Remarks on the great damage done to Apple Trees by 

 erroneous Pruning^ by the Rev, Dr, Nicholas Collin, 



Read October 13, 1812.* 



Philadelphia, September 25 y 1812. 



Dear Sir, 



Desirous of contributing my small aid to the pur- 

 suits of the Agricultural Society, I present some re- 

 marks on the pruning of apple trees, the communica- 

 tion of which may be useful to the public, though not 

 to persons well skilled in horticulture. 



I have the honour to be, with great esteem, 



Dear Sir, your most obedient servant, 



Nicholas Collin. 

 Dr. James Mease. 



Secretary of the Philad, Agric. Soc, 



Apples being the principal fruits in the greater por- 

 tion of the United States, merit particular care. I shall 

 confine my observations to them for the present, though 

 in part also applicable to other kinds. 



Mismanagement often begins in the nursery, by 

 leaving suckers from the roots, by letting* the trees 

 grow so crooked as to become incapable of a good 

 shape, and, especially, by leaving branches for two or 

 three years, which must be cut away when the tree is 

 planted, because they are too low, or crowd the head. 



* This, and the two following papers were accidentally misplaced. 



