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a large orchard. It will frequently happen that in- 

 stead of only the extreme bud breaking into wood, 

 three, or sometimes four will break ; in this case, at 

 next winter's pruning shorten all such down to two 

 eyes, unless there be a branch wanted to fill up a va- 

 cancy. Then choose one well placed, and shorten it 

 at the same time as the extreme shoot, only a little 

 shorter ; my reason for this is, if this and the extreme 

 shoot were stopped both of a length, the sap would 

 flow more freely to the top of the tree, the buds would 

 break there more regularly, and the second shoot 

 would only break about two-thirds or three-fourths 

 of its length, and leave a portion at the lower end 

 naked and unfruitful. 



Mr, Clarke's practice, as here detailed, seems more 

 adapted to the kitchen garden than the common or- 

 chard, and even there some portions of the practice 

 must be received with caution. AVe think that there 

 is no necessity for hollowing the tree out in the centre, 

 like, as he observes, " a well -formed tulip such 

 must be productive of a loss of fruit. Some of the 

 very late ripening dessert kinds might possibly be 

 benefitted by it in point of flavour, such, for instance, 

 as the Nonpareil class. In our experience, however, 

 we have always found it best to have two chances of 

 fruit ; one from the interior short branches or spurs, 

 and the other from the extremes of the principal 

 shoots ; which, if not too severely pruned, will gene- 



