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less degree. The second year’s growth is liable to the same difficulties 
and hindrances as the first. 
“ Root grafts being protected the first winter and planted in the spring 
will not grow too rankly or rapidly if the ground is not too richly ma¬ 
nured, and I think their wood ripens earlier in the fall and comes out 
better in the spring than those that have been planted two years, what¬ 
ever may have been their genealogy. 
“ There are many different opinions as to the most proper time for 
pruning, some say May and some June. I prune in the spring, before 
the buds open, the sun then hardens the wood and prevents bleeding. 
Some years ago I pruned some trees the last of May or first of June, 
and they bled the whole summer, and some never stopped until they 
were dead. Allow the bleeding to continue all summer and the bark will 
be covered with a black rust which in time will kill it. 
“ Root grafts grow slow when there is no large root to crowd 
them. The ground should be just rich enough to supply their wants. 
By the slow growth a stocky tree is formed, by their standing on their 
own roots a sound tree, and by twice transplanting a great many roots 
are produced which are sure to live when the tree is transferred to the 
orchard. 
Second largest and best variety of apples; Joseph D. Clapp, Milford. 
$3. 
VARIETIES EXHIBITED. 
Rambo. 
Unknown. 
Baldwin. 
Seedling. 
Cranberry. 
Bell Flower. Fall Wine Sap. 
Pine Apple Sweet. Seek-no-further. 
Smith’s Cider Apple. Holland Pippin. 
Gilliflower. * Pear Apple. 
R. I. Greening. 
Fall Stripe. Milan. 
Red Romanite. Wine Apple Seedling. 
Best five varieties of apples ; Theron Plumb, Milford. $4. 
