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| apricots as the other branches of the Same espälier of equal jW magnitude; its fruit was one third larger and earlier than Wt that of the rest of the tree, by 18 days.

| Experiment 2. In the spring of the vear 9,(1801,)€ Pared away the bark from the bottom öf one out 6f two branches forming the head of a standard apple-tree) The other branch of equal extent and thickness with the first, and forming the other half of the tree, was not put under this ex- periment. That year, like all the preceding, without excep= tion, there was no fruit on either of the branches.

In the spring of the year 10,(1802,) the young Shoots were nearly of equal size on both the parts of the tree, and I cut out none of them.

On the 20th Mesidor, on that part of the tree eubjected to the experiment, there were thirty apples, principally on the young branches which bent beneath the weight. One of| hose apples taken at random weighed nine ounces; the only“* apple that was at the Same time on the other branch, weighed only two ounces.

The young branches on that side of the tree not having un- dergone the operation, had grown out one third larger and> thicker than those on the Side where the excoriation had been made.|

Experiment 3. Ona very healthy apple tree that had never | borne fruit, and was divided into four branches, equal in Size and extent, I made in the year 9,(1801) two annual excoria-' tions on two of the branches. That year there was no fruit, because there were upon the tree no fruit buds forming the pre-

" ceeding year. The young wood grew nearly equally on all the branches ofthe tree.

In the spring of the year 10,(1802) I pruned one 6f the branches on which I had made the annular excoriation; and

oneof the others, leaving the new wood on the two remaining branches.

1. I obzerved that the branches Submitted to this operation and pruned, had produced very few shoots, and that these were both Short and small. The branch which bad not undergone the operation and pruned, had produced a great number of vigorous Shoots..

9. The young Shoots, left on the other branch Submitted to | the operation, had increased very Jittle in their dimensions, 150 while those of the branch on wbich 1 had not operated, bad j. 194 grown very much.

4 3. The two branches on which the operation had not been [1]| performed produced no fruit; of the two other branches, 11,4 that which had been pruned bore fewer apples than that not pruncd, the young shoots of which were covered with fruit.

“1 am, Sir," Yvoutrs,. 8&Te

April 14, 1804, ARBUSTIVUS.