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and that to any extent that may be found necessary. There- 

 fore, when the laterals are likely to prove too luxuriant, 

 check them in the early part of the season ; when they have 

 made 6 or 8 inches in length, pinch off their tops ; and 

 when they push a second time, pinch them back to the first 

 bud formed by the secondary shoot. In the following spring 

 cut them back to a female blossom bud, if any ; but other- 

 wise, spur them nearly close to the branch. By the annual 

 repetition of such proceeding, fruit will ultimately be ob- 

 tained ; and the fruiting will be a check to over-luxuriance. 

 If root-pruning be resorted to, it should be performed in the 

 autumn. 



Suckers should be carefully removed ; or rather they 

 should be eradicated as soon as they make their appearance, 

 if this can be done without injuring the roots ; otherwise 

 autumn or beginning of winter is the best time for laying 

 bare the roots for some distance round the stem of the tree, 

 and thoroughly clearing off all vestiges of suckers. 



Art. V. Pomological Gossip. 



The Stanwick Nectarine. In our last number we an- 

 nounced that the stock of this new nectarine was about to 

 be offered at public auction, for the benefit of the Benevo- 

 lent Institution for the Relief of Infirm Gardeners. We 

 notice by the latest journals that the amount realized from 

 the sale of twenty-four trees, Avas £164 17s., (upwards of 

 $800.) The following are the names of the purchasers,, 

 which we give, that those of our nurserymen, or amateurs, 

 who may be ordering plants, may know who have the genu- 

 ine kinds : — 

 Lot 1.— £7 17s. 6d.— Mr. Low, Clapton. 



2.-10 10 — " " 



3.— 8 8 —Messrs. Whitley & Osborne, Fulham. 



4. — 6 16 6 — Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple place. 



5.— 10 10 —Messrs. Whitley «fc Osborne, Fulham. 



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