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this in season, the tree may be injured by causing 

 lar^e wounds. By pruning when the circulation 

 is most active, the wounds will soonest be healed. 



It is safest, when the wounds are large, to cov- 

 er them with some kind of plaist^r to ke^p out the 

 water and air. and prevent rotting. INIaiure trees, 

 it is said, will produce more and fairer fruit by be- 

 ing prtmed when in blossom, • 



VVhen mice have injured the bark, it is useful 

 to cover the wound with dirt, or some kind of plas- 

 ter. When entirely girdled, the tree may be pre- 

 served by connecting the under and upper lips of 

 the bark with a suitable number of scions. It is 

 a good preservation against injuries by mice, to 

 tread down the snow, when it first falls, for a foot 

 or two about the tree." 



How to produce the best oj Fruit. 



Take a scion from a tree, the growth of the 

 preceding year, of the choicest fruit to be found 

 — cut this scion anto piece* of two, three or four 

 inches in length, dip the ends cut into warm rosin 

 so as to pj-event the sap issuing out — plant the 

 pieces in soil suitable for an orchard. A number 

 of shoots will spring up; from these select the 

 most thrifty for growth, lop down the remaining 

 shoots and cover them faithfully with earth, and in 

 a short time they will become roots to nourish and 

 hasten the growth of the tree. An orchard may 

 be produced in this manner at least two years 

 sooner than from the seed. 



Recipe for making good ycllowBtiticr. 



A gentleman from Scotland has lately called at 

 this office and requested us to promulgate the fol- 

 lowing recipe for tho bciicnr o/" those farmers who 



