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the new wood at least one-half, and fertilize freely ; use 

 the carbolic acid tree-washes. If the next season the 

 tree has not thoroughly revived, pull it out root and 

 branch and burn it ; scatter muriate of potash freely 

 in the hole, and fill it up ; don't plant another tree here 

 until next season. 



6th. — If the tree is bark-bound and the sap appears 

 deficient, slit the trunk and the large branches on two 

 sides for their whole extent, cutting through the bark 

 down to the wood. 



7th. — Avoid the use of raw manures of all kinds in 

 the orchard, and use lime very sparingly, if at all, as a 

 fertilizer, for in the absence of potash, the tree appears 

 to take from the soil too large a percentage of lime to 

 supply its average need. Use tree-washes if insects 

 appear in the bark of any or all trees in the orchard. 



8th.- — In fertilizing, use, chiefly. Chemical Fertilizers, 

 by the rules given, and especially those containing some 

 salt of potash ; be careful to worm the trees, if appear- 

 ances indicate their presence. I would here say that 

 worming is not as much practised as formerly — but this 

 is no reason, nor is there any other reason that I know 

 of, why vigilance in this respect should be relaxed. 



In the proceedings of the New Jersey State Horti- 

 cultural Society, at its tenth annual meeting, held at 

 Trenton, Dec. 29th and 30th, 1884, I find a paper read 



