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Variation in the flowering period of the apple and pear is of 
common occurrence and usually in such cases an injury or decay 
of a portion of the stem furnishes a ready explanation of this 
interrupted periodicity. A noteworthy illustration of this was 
e em 
ni last year at Tremont. A roadway en cut 
rough near a chestnut, necessitating the removal of several 
large roots his did not interfere with the flowering of the tree 
or the maturation of the fruit. out the toth of September 
the greener sward of the turf. It appears reasonable to suppose 
that a more extended root system ue by reason ne this con- 
dition and the additional food su tl 
in the unusual flowering. ene factor that may have played 
flowering copi i earlier conditio: re not suffi- 
ciently unfavorable to interfere noticeably with the growth of the 
tree but the drought and heat later may h as an effectual 
check and with the renewal of favorable conditions the spring 
