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Show TALK ABOUT mUNlSC!. As tho season of (ho year is Jost at hand when many who yet adhere to the old, though not commendable, practice of Spring pruning; will bo sharpening their, tools for tho, .annual "trimnilug,0 wo beg Icavo to mention a few leading principles lying at tho base ofUhis-opratijju. lu the Out.set, Jt. tnay ;bo. safely jsaid that tberb fa. -.nltpgethcr too much pruning done J or, at leastr that ,1't- js. ,Prformcd with too rough and careless ajiaud 1 is scarcely uioro a light matter to a tree to jiavo one of itslargei.btauches jqppwj off, than for a man to liavcanarm amp'u; tntcd. The body of an animal has uq ro-ilnndancy; ro-ilnndancy; no surpius'parts'whfchmay tc removed, and the main structure continuo Just as vigbrbas, as. before; "May'wondt Infer; therefore, front analogy, that' every port of the vegetable Is' needed' t'o'jirc-servb t'o'jirc-servb it's health, and to enail it to fiilCI the designs "of nature? Airobserrlng'gardeners know thai the several parts'of a tree or plant arc closely connected,"nnd,t!iat one "portion Cannot be Injured withbut at'tfiosamb time iujnrlng others, Cat' off, or'niac a" branchy and at dnco a portion of 1be root .feels the blow nud puffers, from It. If yon cut bu" n root, tlio injury is felt among the brbnehes. Nor is Hits surprising, if, as some say, the branch Is only an extension of the root, every bud nbovo ground having a corresponding-bud or rootlet bcloV. Hut whe-j thcr this djact balance of parts exists or nor, there Is, without questTpu.'a nlco sympathy and correspondence; of growllr and health between them. If I pruue the top of a'treo. closely for sevcrarsueccsslve' yearsI do In fact prone the roots also, and tiec Wrr. "If a tree'has'nn aEnndanco of ieavcftt has'' and" roust have, nifabund,-ancb nifabund,-ancb of fopfs. " 1 ' - 4. Heiicp wo .gcd.why woja're directed, to 'prnne'a'bedgiiir'mi diumm'er, if werwlsb to restrain its growth and keep It stationary. station-ary. .Trufe'l W "3prhfg, there; Is nci losi Of foliage, but & rapid: determination: :of sap Into the Remaining;, hlids,' (to restore th6, , balance. -tietween robt and ,branch,) and hente; n vigorous growtlu , ITencei tod wo' .see why it is'licltdr to transplant small treerf than Jarger ones, -.Tlio first can be taken op with little mutilation or root and branch, and when again sciont, tbcy go; piJ' their way almost; oa;lf.they had not, been disturbed -TheIaiter cannot, can-not, bd. iinearthed Wilhput Vuttin off and Wangling many oMhejr To'oist'ftnd so ln-trodnclng' ln-trodnclng' dcraiig'ctnent.arid. diseaio'Jnta the; wholei' sttuctore: - Something'-, can ,be done.lt is.'traej'tbworc" resforlng.tho cVinl-Tibrliim cVinl-Tibrliim of. the parts, Ijy cutting offa,largb portion of the; bfbnches; nt ' tho time ,of transplanMng :but ,hls" gives the Vrcc another an-other ;cvero-shock; ''If dcpriv,ei: ft'ofi'a large part of its clabbratfng, organsitnnd so,.betwecn thb;doub'Id ahnscYitls a long thne before: It -?ccpvcrs(ir it ver.d.ocji; from thd scYrb'Injnrlcsi " ' ' ' '.I The, effect of; injudiclobs pruning may bd secri. In. almost cvery orchard. How "many a largo; limb' is' hewn off, and the stump, not being properly protected from. th"divclein;nfs;-.;dccays: and brings disease ihto.tho entire Ircb! The nnttiraf life pf. thcappleitrcef tiiicngrbwing' hi the ileld. Undisturbf d;' 1$, ab'out a'century f-years; yotn' many of bur-b'rcharilslt'Rbldom reaches beyond half that period. Sd mucn for-civlliaitiVnl,," I ' ' , ustjve, thcrerorej not' pjrtnc at:'a11f Hy'no frteoris, u;IsVthe,'.berole: stylo' we invcigUagaihst, andjvould MvV'dlspeu'sed wltu'as spdifbs pdssiblei" "Uodcratd" and timely pruning has hiuck to recommend It7 Tho beauty of .a'trcb. and 'Its frultfulnciis may be promoted 'by itnnd 'thatj Wlth Jittld Injury to' the tree's health ' Plainly, haw'ovcr,' to accPmpllsu l.thfs; -the 'work must.be begun vcry.carly; and akd-the character of training "rather thbrv 6f. prnn-. Irig; the excisions leing done jnostly with tlmnb -and: finger,', or wltlLn moro' fbr,-tntdable fbr,-tntdable jndtrument than a'ack-knlfe; Let the;,, saw be' broken, and r thq hdicbet buri6di';; " . " 5 ' Ih'prrinIng'for'! bcanty, all that Is need-, ful Is,tobegiu"wItti tb'ojbuhg trce,"nlp out any eross-branches th"at appcar, pinch off nny one-sided, ill-shaped slibbts; and endeavor to keep tho tree Syramclrrcal.1 Within such general limits, l?t "the tree develop Its own eculia'rHiesf an'tl'It Till, bo bcnutifnl nccprding'to hs-kiiid. Whcu-, cycr a branch larger than ohei jittlo (Sii gcr must 1)o taken W, 'the; wound shonld bo covered with' grafting.wftx or ihtllne. irprunnig'Tor'tfhfte toiinpt-de tlio perpctidlcnlnr liow ijf sap, and Uia .tendency to makp more wootb Thlsfa often effected by cntling out tlo centra shoot, and' by favoring, in various way, ,n horizontal growth of bruriehes, Tbis,chccfcs jhp wood-making foree, and promotes'a illi)bsltioh of fruit buds. This inhwglvcshc trwn more globular-shaped licnil, unil EO exposes the fruit to light and lair "ani -improves its nppc'arnnO niid flavor. ' - ' ' - - . As ia the best time of year for pruning," this may depend -somewhat upon the olW jeet. we wish to accomplish.. 'If weAWunt ; to guide tho; growth oMtho tree into nuw directions, or to stimiilato a ttmitcd tree, the last'bf Winter, or very early In. Spring may auswcri-though'thoVbcstaUthoritlcs prefer tho Ifall or latp Summer. But; to diminish rapid growth, to promote frult-benriug, frult-benriug, and for most other purpbscs,itlio early Samracr -Is tho best- tliiio. Afttri I pruning in Spring, there Is apt to bo a ! tronblcsomo growth of suckcrs-just xovf the wound, iucrcasing the evil 5 which it i was llcsignwl to remedyi Then, too, the 'flow of crude sap in the Springes so very (Strong, It fa difficult to stop itr It oozes out from tho wounds, nnd runs, down, corroding cor-roding the surrounding, bark and wood,-loflcn wood,-loflcn engendering decay. But when pruning fa dono.iu tho month of Juno, tho wounds aro protected by the foliage, tbc first strong upward flow of sap is over, and the descending- sap is elaborated Into cambium or new wood, which .begins at onco to heal over the wounds, and to preserve pre-serve them from ilecay. 1 meticem Agriculturist. |