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the groves upon which the advice is desired. It might 

 be well to say here that the writer has supervised the 

 pruning of more than one million trees, and as high 

 as fifty thousand in one season. 



The time for pruning is of the greatest impor- 

 tance. This is a question that the writer has long 

 experimented upon, and has long been convinced that 

 an amputation upon man, beast or tree will heal and 

 perfect itself more quickly, with less shock to the tree 

 in the months in which vegetation and everything is 

 in its highest state of condition. No months should a 

 man feel better, speaking in this altitude and latitude, 

 than the months of May and June. Therefore, I con- 

 sider from April to July first the proper period for 

 pruning. Those who have followed my method can 

 speak for themselves. So far as I know, it has proven 

 best. 



Now getting back to the most vital, the most im- 

 portant, and the one thing which cannot be neglected 

 without bad results following that is, to keep the body 

 of your tree in such condition that the bark may ex- 

 pand by the natural demand of wood growth. The 

 writer for many, many years gave the body of the tree 

 his entire attention, which lead him to the wonderful 

 discovery which the growers throughout the country 

 are now being excited over. That is his wonderful tree 

 tonic and root extract. 



APPLICATION OF TREE TONIC 



This tonic is applied upon the body of the tree, 

 after making a basin around the trunk of the tree down 



