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the first bearing season, and, the very next 

 year, the tree being abundantly supplied with 

 sap, the peaches would grow and swell out 

 into large, beautiful, delicious red rareripes. 

 We have also frequently seen an almost equal 

 improvement in the pear, sometimes even ex- 

 tending to the third or fourth season of fruit- 

 ing; and, further, it ought to be understood 

 that the fruit of some varieties, particularly of 

 the pear, may be excellent one season, and 

 only ordinary or indifferent the next, for 

 causes not yet well understood. 



Thinning-out Fruit. The fruits of the 

 pear and the peach, and, indeed, of all fruit- 

 bearing trees and shrubs, may be greatly in- 

 creased in size, by thinning out the young 

 fruit when it is fairly set. And, as the largest 

 specimens are always the most valuable by 

 the quantity, this will often be found, by the 

 careful cultivator, to be a profitable operation. 



A single peck of large, luscious rareripes, 

 is worth a bushel of those little, tough, fibrous 

 abominations, such as it is the height of im- 

 politeness to offer to a well-fed pig. 



Peach trees, annually shortened-in, will, in 

 general, scarcely need to have their fruits 

 thinned. 



