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cd on either reason or experience. The 

 effect is quite the reverse ; it prevents them 

 gumming, because it removes the constrio 

 tion, and allows the gum and juices to dis- 

 perse freely over the tree : whereas, when 

 the tree-is bark-bound, the gum and juices 

 cannot disperse over the tree, but must 

 burst out at some wound, crack, or stump 

 of a decayed branch. The peeling of cherry 

 trees, however, requires to be done with a 

 little more caution than that of pear and 

 apple trees ; not to cut too deep, nor too late 

 in the season. On the trunks of old cherry 

 trees the bark is so thick, that it requires little 

 dexterity to avoid danger ; and the younger 

 ones and branches may be relieved by taking 

 off the transverse bark only ; which is not 

 difficult to do, as it is not perfectly trans- 

 verse, but spiral, and winds off like yarn 

 irom a clue 5 aud the operation may be 



