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of the mode of forcing : if this become attenuated, 

 over-heating might reasonably be suspected. Under 

 a proper system of forcing, it would be short-jointed. 

 Syringing would be frequently necessary, except at 

 the blossoming and ripening periods, when it must be 

 entirely withheld. Liberal waterings must be given, 

 especially when the fruit is swelling. It is well known 

 what prejudicial effects are occasioned by drought at 

 that period with the out-door apples. Liquid manure 

 should be very frequently used, in a very weak state : 

 clarified soot-water, with one ounce of guano to two 

 gallons, would be found very eligible. During the 

 whole of the process, the pots or tubs should be kept 

 plunged, and some provision should be made to pre- 

 vent the ingress of the worms. 



The plants, when in a rest state, should receive an 

 annual dressing on the wood, in order to keep down 

 insects. Some lime-water, with two ounces of soft- 

 soap to each gallon, and the addition of six ounces of 

 flour of sulphur, would be excellent, brushing it into 

 every crevice of the wood. 



CULTIVATION OF THE APPLE AS A 

 CIDER FRUIT. 



It is not our intention to offer a thorough detail of 

 all the practices which are pursued in the cider coun- 



