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now hwI then one exhibit* oven a few nenttered 
specimen*. If it he nhjeciod that this rooditl.m 
<>t thing* will uni he likely to oitlast tli« minority 
of the tree*. I reply that the nn»wcr to tills qne* 
Hon lie* wholly in the control of the planter. If, 
wlieu ready to plum out an orchard he select* hi* 
tree* with line diwriminnlinn, admitting Into lib 
collection no variety that ha* uot nit c*i«bli»hci] 
ropntutlon as a I tee hearer, lie may oalcul uin with 
certainty liiat hut « i ery small percentage ul theni 
will disappoint hi* cv pec ration*. while, on Hut 
other band, the planter nl M'c.lling* but e in pin a 
his money Into the hopper of ” ihe Wheel of 
Fortune," which, In ll« ravnliiUimx, may iffiml 
him out a fair proportion of pr|/- v hoi will be 
equally likely to pul him in p"««»sx1ijn of a large 
a iifiunt ol blank*. 
Third. The superior quality of 11* rruit 
Whojhcr the theory br founded ou fart or fiction. 
It li i« been reay generally accepted that nlnn»*l 
any kind of mutilation iull'ulcd on u Him tr. e in it* 
root*, atetu tir branches, lend* to li.or.we the fruit 
In si/.e, and to (five it au onhanual valnu, whether 
as a Cotilc or a market fnne lli-i.cn, dcprlvlm: 
trees of n portion of tl» ir root# or their ad-in* of a 
part tu the whole id their bark. riolcutly ib-llciting 
or contorting their limb*, ringing II. .-m fi e, tak¬ 
ing from them a narrow rim; of Irnik), ligafinlng 
ibem with wire or small com, etc , etc, have been 
to practice for age*, and arc at itia present time, 
perhaps more than own before, re lied on for the*' 
purpose*. Alik.- with I. ml. ling and grafting, all 
tin-*.- prut lice* half their original conception in 
Hip itlm that by tnurrupllng the naturai, free cir 
culaliou "f the •up, the mmiic tiemimr* more per. 
ft'clly elaborated anil lielier adapted for tbo pro¬ 
duction of fruit than fm the growth of wn*I. ‘[hat 
this theory is not well rounded, is the opinion of 
hut few That I ho largest and (lucwt • per-imon* of 
<iur t«li|efralU» arc grown upon stock * of dwarfish 
dliminim.* run! Iinhils -a* the npplo on Porndbc 
stor ks, and rile po«r on quince or tlinru— go m cor 
riiboruie it; go, in n striking manner, doe* the 
fact Hint repeated graftings of Hie s.-iuiu brunr.it 
fi'aUilr »liercoding grail being put upon flu, um> 
Iusi »ei| i-UV-ci a continual increase in the »ize of 
the fruit. 
Fourth The greater facility with which buds 
nre planted, primed, protected from lu-cci cnemli'S 
and piirrwltu grrwihs, and tlndr products handled 
in the time of harvest, all which fact* are ton sell 
evident m need anything more than a simple 
panriicrutiou. 
Film. Th* saving, in ili« cue of budded free*, 
of a large nercenuige of Hint scrlou* lo*. >u»tamw1 
annually In all seedling orchard*, through the 
ribrusiouu and Ihorninga of their IVuit* by the 
agitation (ami wimBilmes/b^if/ofWn) of their high 
and spreading lop- in Wasuus idliigll wind. hitv. 
Hit' editor of the AU.i C-xUfnrnin, in lib Issue of 
April Iftllr ' Much of their fruit—in goine case* a 
fourth—Is spoiled by striking against tlmrns 
ilurlng storm* " <tt these thorn* the hud* are 
comparatively (and, at (lie tip|mo of the planter 
may be entirely. guild.>. flog tr pH: i, ulno too 
well andcrstiroa to require tiny c| m id .it Ion 
Hi<th Hus vmH/igrvf round wbi. li II. a On It of 
Hie bud for gruff) must III way* occupy inflie nine 
kei« of Hm world, by reason of it* ascertained 
superior excellence, and a cnrnauptatil widoprvud 
nlld well rslutlildicd rc|mlnHo|. Ueputallmi pre 
*up|eii.py uimo ijcgrca of notoriety .No „„, v 
Variety (and Hm fruit of every wad ling Is mm, with 
rare cxeomiuu.) can po-obly biK’ouiL' mitnimu* I,,, 
yon.I Ihe limits of a nelghWlmoO, until hy .......... 
of Hm bud or gralt It i* nnmrroiuU propagated 
ami rims by Il.e ordinary method* pnimiil u nted 
und dbsemlmilml. Titer, are vurtelto* of fruit 
(onet. Ilmiti.d, siiviirally, to a sluglrlrcv) that to 
day belt the globe with Hm aharlua . of thn l.i.ddcd 
(or M'ltflial) bee* that yield them and .or ... 
called II cuuvplouQua plaeo in mo market* of 
two hemlsj.heres. Tlirae uro Ihe rrtllt* Unit *-/! 
Hie fruit* tlm world ru,/.» after, the fruit* that well 
Informed and liUi reet planter* will give the yir»f 
|ilui:c, the hut place, and rr.-ry place in H„ij| 
orchard*, Hodling fruit, in /». /«>* clunu t.r, 
mil Is known, til lie willbut only n* «n imlls' 
el iminate aggregation of rauUIfnriounairrU, good, 
bad und ludiflinut tlm two latter, a* a rule! 
greatly preponderating. Hut of Hm fruit of 
I , 
individual sewHing tree no such thing *» notoriety 
can lie predicate, f I lore I* not enough of p 
Hut one trtr produces it The mnrtrl . sn have n 
knowledge of its exi-m-nce 
Tranuicilon* In llir frail market are apt to lakr 
lilacc sonivwliut after this faahioit: A clflwi 
j him that a mm.li luger n 
probably *1 no greater e<» 
' drcUf*' tile bud to be too 
j tions, 1 reply /•« Af« that the 
lover of good fruit, p issing thrnu ;U lire market ; *gsin*t hi* living long enough t# 
place, and glancing 111* aye oter the content* of » ' from this quarter But, in caac . 
frethiy.nrrivcd inai kel wagon, turp* lip Id* fare I prove «horl liv«l, the qtw«.fr>u i. 
and sirics.iutch-erllytu Ilmmun In clnugc, "Aha' lug, whetbir th' rrw*,r.,/of* bod 
von have Hit ierit.ii.le old Mi Michael there, mu n « owe In two orrhrrwt- 
haven't yonT The btwf pnsrOte world ever Knew ». II rrf.*y rheourUr. br the 
lirfoiv our day, and acnnwly .ecind to any ulhcr '* ’ -- r - 
known variety •11)1. Kvinhody ha* Know n and 
«dni lied It since the dav* of Julius fn-ar. I'lmw 
hand me out a bu*kct ' M.iikui ki.iu : '■ They »r.> 
hear ing u pretty high prlcn at Ihepr.-s. nt rime, sir 
tl.ere are «n many new fangi..c( *..rts in Il.e market J 
and they are not plenty n« furmerly, either '• 
t iti/en "Never min.I the prlc, friend; they nl 
way* hear an extra price, mid it i* ipiltc right they 
should. They pity llir purchaser beti.rr at ulnio*t 
any prli c, Hum the inferior trash the markM i* al 
way* floodetl with" A fruitciei- not *t. p* up 
d dirocting nvery mipiUliiro look at n r rrmin 
barrel of fruit, Inquire*, 'Wlml arr the large, red 
apple*you have in this barrel Imrof Marker 
man "They arc very One, large, handsome apple, 
a»you see »ir; «ml they ore very good apple* i,„, « 
Frulturer • ‘That iitrty boi but w hat I tuu in 
.foiling for t* the nnnif." Market Ilian: "I have 
no name fm tlicm, I r.rr.o<# On a. J‘r ,r tn *reit in my 
own orchard, nod they arc very tine appli**" 
Fruiterei "^enllinij apple*. *nd t/inul n mime 
That will do ,1/g euttumn* aliruytt ie,mt (<> (iiOir 
irtoit thru buy. Von could not gir* like a lottel nf 
Mo ll They Would only rot down in mv Ur.r. " 
I have to the begfaiiiug of ihU article' ,p 0 ktn 
of till* fruit of the buit rt.xkou collectively) iu i*t 
f'«t ; and of the Bull of the u-eiUtoa (tak.in colfort 
jvcly, also, as i in perfect. When I tlm* charm i.r 
'f- flm fruit of the hud, I moult that it U e«,„v,ir 
fiticity porfucl—nx perfect n, liUmair elf.irt ha., 
thus lac, been able to make U; fur It embraces 1 
only rartfblty made mUpKom from uff th* bet 
tendril rnrjiti'eji. If those solcOliumt have been 
the bett Ji»nibte then Olir hu.lded Hull is Hie l.est 
po“lhle, in ihe prevent condition of thing*, and 
when I churacii-nre Hip fruit of Hi.- seedling (ml 
ler lively) *. impirfH't, I mean that in iisnumniisj. 
Hon (or aggrcfiiti ml, (lian- I, I'.umd much mu. 
k-riiil ufu very lufrrinr ami w.'tllile** eharactcr .. 
To lie ptrffi t, an orange must lie of good *l/.>, lair tr iiistemil 
lonn, dear coinplr.xhin, thin In rlrnl, dellcale in ... ... 
nbre, soluitle in |.ul|i.iitmmlant in Juice, delicious IT arvlvui, yonng amateur truit gi- 
In lU.or, itgrccnlde in udor 1'hu great dlvrroiiv 11'"' *m.»il’*r/ar*a»*«sH ~e.llmc o 
in all thoc particulars, Hint exist. In tlm jmrrl.' ,Y ..‘ ' ' ' 1 
metis gatlured rrom u small serMlIlng urrlmnl 
even, nuinut Imvc cr. ap.ul ||m uotuiMof.in olwrv.., .. 
am ordnmlUt. I Imre, uiyoitlf, In the very IlmiM ! ttmil ut ihclr Ut. 
n*|Kiieiu:i- 11 have had iu till* Hue of fruit, veri jt-' - “ “ 
v in ful 
lie fruif gp.wn 
In whai 1 bare 
part or my pnrj-Me to malign the w 
but only iu a.Mo„ to, I, ir. ,s.qa.r | 
Original 1' it'At »t ■ek, by means of w(. 
reirefttl crMn\y, wo can lot/usi*#, <«. 
•led. 
All fhfl choice varudlM »» prrsrul ___ 
buds have cii.iip from this r alone, and that 
It*capabilities an exliuu*trd Ih-rr I* re. rm-.o to 
uuppitso Thai a thorough canvass of ’he . l!.u< 
..robxHlaof >v 'Uilsiro California rr.igbt, teeday, n 
tpal s'seral nrielira efual nr it*b ^• r -n r g. 
Hit very la-»t now caliiv,ii„| may b. p_„, v» (hat 
many **r ..TS'.f ire,:},.:*, would fm dlwbwc.i rs nl 
together yrr.tMt, and that low’s OC ye-M orim 
Would rwro* t-, the light |« i(UHc ac»ti.* - flir 
thing Ural h.t« been, II U dial w/iu h *h«i) h*/ Sr. 
Mi. luirl 1 *, M.sl'a BI‘*«I, M>-Ho rr*ri so .•**'« t. 
etc.. ip»re a U i me* tifltinyt, and ihi* Is true erf *li 
the fine varil ue* llmt n .W rjlailden llir l.rnrrt .,( 
.... i, all II.i- rI■! I 
worthy o.mher of *)| good ora»g*t. and uoii.i tbr 
UmeflUblto fw t r anu.-’l be Igrsiiml dial »a.,.(,g r 
iniineoni, r.lf.pring, n> among that of M ■*her Fx- 
therr turn up many a.-rrhl. « vagabond* 1 can 
> I I H ■ t '.It i . ' . I , _ 
a, u> Datne Nature, Tin m-uJirr jww», ihe tiwwl.rr 
apple, ntod Hip motlu rs of ail the prrefrulu 
in love arid p'i/.e i.idmrltr ban falkn, alike, ua- 
dur Ibuuariie intsforiune 
In view of the foregoing i'.r.*e.b ration* | can 
Dot tn.VMil avoid llif c.aiclusbai Uiat w. col’lvale 
snail mg iirsosi* m /bsrljuInntOf. t* *n iMnm. 
sidcrol and InJudlHu.i, pnsrtnc lu.liwhuii 
n.iltly llu-y must lie rutliraiod, or u-t at all; 
situ, tufoir tlirv c-uin- fain Iwwring the iiuality 
”1 Ho 11 nl . 
•ir*llliig tn r has frulinl, and ta*. fruit li st taw-n 
•rlaln-i b( he 1.1 a V. ry )>)gl| .WiIrT 1.1 It tip 
*futt‘Wi ha/-ami then a hat 
The great diversih , I P'H small • 
*' ‘ ' llviote ntl '* esi-HHstu irlpw 
am! exprriui. ntlng wills ir 
jrlovnirni full uf Inlcrci 
Mil 
fted ibe fuel that our seedling orange* vary in j future 
llmlr*!}:«-, finm two or three t.. t|.., .u *j x („,),„ 1 
In diameter; in Hu thirknissur rhelr rltiil* t'r.un 
one to t ight or b n line*. In the Dumber of their 
•ecd« flout Hour, lo morn than Iweiily ; and In like 
In none; through all Ihe list of paetlculiu* *pici 
x ml gbi bpt unp a 
VARICTU 3 . 
Iluct above 
Now. Hi. re larvrlnlnly u cA .bv li* er.ia 
ft -lie fully os i/nml a* ntiV Itlltl I 
green fully as dieapljr a* lli.oe id' le»»mero. 
•WlrMtit (It U nuieh Muallcr pxpi'i’e la it 
V I 
ilii'ii, li may well be 
'Ion or p/uafinu sr*.U.,tg .... Aicif* f MiW b 
rpio.lmi U uiilie I.ol.m par, and not a lit 
ul it nf l»m then n>» tu/n* in the murk it |.*r. j 
"dead Ilia* cause in.ill...mil ..f tit"ajmllllt'ai> to 
•i n.I Inrrli «ai|uklii) <acor," * 0.1 rt w ts.nl *|i»cimcr.«' 
lull tla.s'.l .till. MIC llir e.n.trnt* ,.| a p«. kage t*| I 
fruit 1 it her w 1 4. fttulH-PS, will w ..lie I.. •■ ml birth 1 
.hi unsavory ■ • t.., 0 . thu niBikcl that will "ioi»n 
home lo 0 . 11 * 1 " w in. me grower. 
"No cultivated pu n t !.*• a greater liability to 
'meliorate; *0 that •eetlling orange* me n)in.t«t 
ulway* wovlhln “ " • - 
"Will kink ton l.apfij that I as.pp.ai*. you 
have I icon t» the dontist ami had that *i-h- 
rr.»av*< lm i\ t g too'h *a»cl a (iali-eaton man t>> 
, mi , j H fneml with « swollen jaw. "It «m‘l that 
jlhat make* me look happy. The Hxith 
I’ki'.l, lo peisevrrn III the J axlh 
1 wsifae than ever, hut | i|.m"t fuel iu" 
w t* thal ?' 1 "Well. I feel •<• jtdlv be 
" I have jiiat been to the ilcmiM s...l 
" "J 'W! —n c. . 
walk. 
• mg c.to th* ai.iewalk 
"Oivi/t 
1 .' 
W hat is tSe mean mg of a I 
! axU^.i « (gentleman at * s.iodav 
j animation. Thi* was a pur/ler 
I down the claw* until it came b 
1 urchin, who *aiil, "iVrhap* ttV a 
ck bn** r 
chiMil e«. 
It went 
a aim pie 
o!’" SStei* ’""V, *' B, r ••""Ih-m ; To lh« query of a Uanbu. r de..«,.i 
uusiiiy, tun llivru ts no uniruraiBy nl »lrr nr flavor i ,1 * , 
' . .1.1 ..r. hand ,,f il.e.., - A.u-.oaMpr-v-ar r»f’a*i Pl . for * n, “* '"'' f 10 w,,4t of 
'iiir .it Otierii./*, Oi )/t a 1,1,1. [ tooth ana wanted, sha «ai<l. "Sji.iellmqj 
If it bcot.J cted by any one Uiat Ibe blldllwl | that won't show dirt.” 
