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this means you will stop their elongation and confine the 

 juices to the already formed leaves, where they will become 

 fully elaborated for the ensuing year's fruit, which would 

 not occur so readily, if left to the formation of useless wood ; 

 for be it remembered, it requires the secretions properly 

 prepared, by the action of the sun's rays, in order to pro- 

 duce fruit ; this check will cause the shoots to throw out 

 lateral branches, which must be stopped in the same man- 

 ner, for the confinement of the juices as already described. 

 This system of summer pruning will be found to be of the 

 first importance in the production of fruit, and it requires 

 but little trouble when properly attended to. Winter prun- 

 ing is only a secondary object compared to this system, and 

 I hope it will be clearly seen, when the principles here laid 

 down are properly investigated. All that is necessary in 

 winter pruning is, to remove all useless and superfluous 

 wood. For peaches, nectarines and apricots, plenty of 

 young wood is required, and the operator should be guided 

 by the health and vigor of his trees, the soil and situation 

 in which they grow : all these circumstances must be taken 

 into consideration, to perform the operation aright. The 

 system I have described will be found to answer the sum- 

 mer pruning of vines and all fruit bearing trees. 



R. Cakmichael. 

 Nonantum Hill, Newton, April, 1844. 



For the above interesting communication, we are indebted 

 to Mr. Carmichael, recently from the London Horticultural 

 Society's garden, and now gardener with Mr. Kenrick, nur- 

 seryman, Newton. It is well worth attentive perusal ; and 

 we hope often to have the pleasure of inserting communica- 

 tions from Mr. Carmichael. 



Art. III. An account of a Netv Seedling Apple, icith an 

 engraving of the fruit, its origin, ^*c : and a notice of 

 the variety called the Detroit apple ; in a letter to the Pres- 

 ident of the Massachusetts Horticidtural Society. By A. 

 H. Ernst, corresponding member, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



I had hoped to have met with a gentleman going to 3'our 

 city, who would be willing to take charge of a very small 



