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Show The Life of Apr.to Trees, Tho nvcraa'a Ufa of au appla tree It, ratod by tho Oardoncr3 Monthly at fifty years. But, of course, individual troos often roach a hundred years or vaoro when well cared for. Thousand., of optdo trees, however, hko men, diq early from neglect and bad treatment. Tho cutting away of largo limbs U ono (roqucnt causo of ruin aud death, Tim unprotected wound causes nn onrly do. cay of tho wood and then death. In old orchards treos may frequently bo found which are moro tbellb, little of tho trunks being left beside the baric. |