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then grows as a part of the sour tree^ but bears 
fruit of its own kind. 
6. I hope you will plant some fresh orange 
seeds^ and watch their growth. Then you may 
see the two seed-leaves, upon which the young 
plant feeds at first. 
7. An orange-tree takes six or seven years 
before it bears good crops, and during this time 
it ought to be well pruned. Round the stem a 
number of shoots spring up, and these, as well 
as the low side-branches touching the ground, 
should be cut off. 
8. As early or very late oranges mostly fetch the 
best price, men do all they can, by pruning and 
by giving manure, to obtain fruit when it is not 
plentiful elsewhere. 
9. Much harm is done to the orange-tree by 
the scale insect, which makes the tree unhealthy 
and unable to bear a good crop. To free it from 
this jDest, its branches and stem are brushed over 
with water in which tobacco or kerosene and soap 
have been soaked and mixed. 
THE BANANA. 
1. A grand treat was in store for Fred and 
Harry Brown. They were to ride by coach to 
Annotto Bay with their uncle, and to stay for 
