Show trees there aio frequently days in january that the weather is not too cold for alie fruit grower to work in li n orchard comfortably As alis is usually a of when such days como alicy should bo improved the orchard and cutting oft lucli limb as bo thought necessary abr the improvement pro of the liinus cut oil at this acason of alie year when tho sap is comparative at rest leave a wound aliat caubo easily protected from the action of the weather than il cut 1 few doullis lanco when alie sap is in motion to trim a arco just right judgment i good eye and some experience as well ad good tools tho saw should not bo only sharp but perfectly straight anil set wide enough to run easy alio llio knife annl alio ax should also bo sharp to s with poor tools i ant only very disagreeable work but it is to lo 10 tho work well sonio laako a Kiis tako in trimming trees by trimmin goo much in the middle cutting out not only largo limbs bill of bracing spurs leaving but a small amount of ill tho end of each limb chiv il is ablo to cut out all limbs that cross tho other limbs anil to keep tho of alio arco so atiat alie fruit can be caay gathered there h il point it ia not judicious to go as some of aftic best fruit grows m alio of alio tree this is especially truo varieties af apples tharo aro pear tracei ali grow and need to leavo tops cut oly tu mako them grow sl slyly cly alie treo not only needs to bo cut offal tho lop but to bo headed iu ou aej bides in trimming small trees buo ouo thing never blosl of that is that alio llio trunks should novar bo exposed to alie liot sun if alio llio lop does to shape il a few indies of alio brunches should bo left to furnish for hado largo limbs arc cut wound should be covered with euni shellac dissolved in alcohol toad mixed willi a very oil mas tho rates of postage in mexico anro higher than any other country on alio but why anny ono in mexico ever want to send or a loiter is a conundrum if they attend to their rc lellion i |