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Black Canker. The trunk or limbs of trees, 

 affected with this disorder, should have the 

 diseased, black outer bark carefully shaved 

 off, in the month of June ; after which appl y 

 a generous coating of the gum-shellac com- 

 position, described in the Chapter on Priming. 

 We have practiced this with great success. 



Blight. Apple-trees are sometimes affected 

 by a disease, similar to what is called the 

 Pear Blight. For a description of the disease 

 and the best known preventives and remedies, 

 see the Chapter on The Pear. 



Bearing year. In common management, 

 this takes place each alternate year. By 

 thinning out half the blossoms on the bearing 

 year, you may easily have about an equal 

 quantity of fruit, every season. The bearing 

 year may be entirely changed, by taking off 

 all the blossoms or young fruit on that year, 

 and allowing them to remain, on the year 

 which we wish to make the bearing one. 



We have a fine Baldwin, one limb of which 

 was several years ago struck by a frost, while 

 in full blossom. When the other parts of the 

 tree are loaded with fruit, this has none at 

 all. On the alternate years, this bears two or 



