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CHOICE OF TREES. 



grown one year from the working, because 

 some of the buds at the bottom part will very 

 probably have broken and made shoots the 

 second summer, but they are generally very 

 weak, by reason of the tree having to sup- 

 port such a large head of branches, and for 

 want of a proper degree of sun and air; also 

 it very frequently happens that such weak 

 shoots perish in winter, and when the tree is 

 cut down afterwards, its branches are gene- 

 rally placed in a very awkward manner. If 

 the graft or bud was very weak the first year, 

 and not cut down on that account, but left 

 to grow another season, it will do provided 

 it has grown well the second year, because 

 the shoots being weak the first season, the 

 side buds will not have pushed as in those 

 which grew more freely. 



I before remarked that a tree of one year 

 old is what I prefer, yet some people are de- 

 sirous to have trees that will furnish their 

 walls more speedily, and bear fruit imme- 

 diately. This object may be very readily 

 obtained, for trees of this description may be 

 had at most of the public nurseries. The 

 only objection I have to this method is, that 

 I find it very difficult to obtain them from 

 those places uninjured. I have practised 

 this method of planting trees that have been 

 previously trained for several- years with 

 great success, but they have been such as I 

 have myself chosen of one year old, and 



