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process is completed. If done in August the supply of sap will immediately be 

 lessened, the wood-maturing principle accelerated, the fruit buds formed. The 

 operation has been performed in spring with but little benefit, but if done in the 

 fall can not fail in producing the desired results. 



"" Root-pruning has been successfully applied to young evergreens that in con- 

 sequence of growing late in fall are liable to have the points of shoots injured by 

 early frost. When growth is stopped by root-pruning, the shoots mature suffici- 

 ently to withstand the winter without being injured. A few years of such treat- 

 ment when the plant is young is found sufificient, as the specimen will attain 

 hardihood with age. 



BY RINGING THE BRANCHES. 



This operation is performed by removing a ring of the bark from a branch, 

 so as to arrest circulation. This, however, is done with a view to hastening the 

 ripening process of fruit, and has long been practiced, particularly on the grape 

 vine. It is, however, of doubtful utility, as the branch beyond the point of 

 operation is destroyed. It has the effect of not only hastening the ripening, but 

 the fruit will be somewhat increased in size. Grapes produced in this mann er 

 are easily recognized by their thick skins and the coarse texture of their fruit. 



BY LIMITING ROOT GROWTH. 



The most satisfactory application of the principle is that of restricting the 

 growth by confining the roots in pots, boxes or other similar coriveniences, as is 

 well exemplified by the great crops produced on fruit trees in pots. Florists are 

 also alive to the fact that their flowering plants will blossom most profusely 

 when the pots become well filled with roots. — William Saunders, U.S. Govt. 

 Supt. of Gardens. 



SuTTON Beauty. — Here is an apple which has long been grown in Massachu- 

 setts, side by side with the Baldwin, and holding its own with it in the opinion 

 of many ; yet overshaded by the popularity of its better known rival Lately it 

 is being pushed into notice by nurserymen, and it really deserves much more 

 attention than it has had. The tree is thrifty and very productive ; fruit medium 

 or above, waxen yellow shaded and striped with a fine crimson. Flesh white, 

 crisp, tender, juicy and mildly acid. Season, November' to February. — T. H. 

 Hoskins, M. D. 



At midsummer, shrubbery and evergreens require an annual trimming, to 

 bring them into shape and induce a denser growth. Species blooming late 

 on new wood may prove an exception, and receive similar treatment later on. 

 The second growth after trimming is weaker, and, will not as a rule, mar the 

 outline of the plan. — Floral Instructor. 



