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as to obtain an average bearing aumuahT rom 
♦be fields wind had been .committed to »;v 
care and management 
The climate of Jamaica, varies so materially 
in its different localities, that no distinct period 
can be stated as the most favorable for pruning. 
In those altitudes, where the coffee trees vegetate 
almost all the year, round, I have known pru¬ 
ning to be performed during the whole 
period. It stands, however, to reason, that 
there are certain periods m the year, when the 
sap lies dormant in the tree, and not the 
slightest spring is perceptible. It the object he 
to obtain a copious and healthy supply of young 
wood, I do not think that season suitable to 
the purpose-—as I have observed fields pruned 
in November and December, remain in a dor 
mant state, and not throw out a single particle 
of young wood, till the spring of the ensuing 
year. The mon'hs of May, June, July and An 
gust, have formed the season in which I ob¬ 
served the pruning’ to act beneficially on the 
Coffee tive, in the upper districts where I was 
principally located. But it has oftentimes hap¬ 
pened that in a late crop, the fruit is not taken, 
off by August, consequently the priming had 
to be delayed to the months of September and 
October, alter which period I consider the cut¬ 
ting a field for wood perfectly valueless, and a. 
mere waste of labor and money. 
There is no doubt that the pruning knife 
should be administered to the tree as early (is 
possible after it has been relieved of its fruit. 
It has occurred to me, however, that this re- 
actvo should fcc contingent or the seasons, any 1 . 
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