. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. m the commonspecies, in both the larger size, and thepurer white, of its flowers, and also in the 420 ON PRUNING APPLE ORCHARDS. foliage, which is twice asbroad as that of the four-winged sort. The seeds have,as the name indicates, only/zfo-winged appendages. Though this species is fre-quently advertised for sale,yet it is rarely found true toname. We received fromnurseries at New-York, Phil-adelphia, and Natchez, a fewyears ago, a number of plantsunder this name, but on flow-ering, they all proved to bethe common varieties. There
. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. m the commonspecies, in both the larger size, and thepurer white, of its flowers, and also in the 420 ON PRUNING APPLE ORCHARDS. foliage, which is twice asbroad as that of the four-winged sort. The seeds have,as the name indicates, only/zfo-winged appendages. Though this species is fre-quently advertised for sale,yet it is rarely found true toname. We received fromnurseries at New-York, Phil-adelphia, and Natchez, a fewyears ago, a number of plantsunder this name, but on flow-ering, they all proved to bethe common varieties. There are two or threefine specimens of the trueHalesia dipiera in the excel-lent nursery grounds of Eeid, at Murray Hill,New-York city, which havestrongly excited our admira-tion, whenever we have seenthem in bloom. They blos-som in June, three or fourweeks later than H, tetrap-tera; the blossoms are largeand numerous, and of a pure and snowywhileness, and remain a good while inflower. Altogether, we consider the two-winged Silver Bell, as a hardy shrub of. Fig. 101. The Two-winged Silver Bell. ly propagated and introduced into every collection. It cannot be very difficult to ob-tain seeds from the south, and Mr. Reid in-forms us, that this species ripens seeds in great beauty, and one that should be large- the open borders of his grounds. On the Common System of Pruning Apple Orchards. BY C. SPRINGER, MEADOW FARM, OHIO. The best fruit is generally found among thelargest specimens of particular varieties:and the exceptions among such as havegrown in the shade. The largest speci-mens grow on thrifty branches ; not more,however, on young trees than old oneswhich support thrifty shoots. Hence the great importance of judicious pruning, sothat the sap may flow into fewer branches,giving them a larger growth—larger leavesand larger fruit. Another advantage of pruning, is, toallow free access of sun and air, withoutwhich the juices are not perfectly elaborat- ON PRUNING APPLE ORCH
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