Increasing The Size Of Fruits

Among nursery-men and others a grtttt ir.ania liasexisterl Ar a few yeara past, tor multiplyiug aln.u.st indetinitcly tho varieties it' their fruits, wïlhoul iMiffiuiuDtly beuring in miud the importuncu of in proving the varietiea whioh thev already pusaesa. Prof Dubreuü culis nltention to ihis subjeet n a i''rci?ch boriioülturel journal. Wo con dense sama of the nperatio&a whioh ho suggeet, whereby the ze of fruit may bo increa.sed : - 1. Orafting tl. e trees on i weuk epeoie of stock ; lot iaManco, the peur on the qüiuee. 2. Ptuning sa as to dt'prive the tree of a Certain portïoB of its shoota, liy this means, tic aiip whioh s ii!d have beert nbaorbed hy the parta i u ofif a. 'es to ncroüsü tlie eizo of fruit. Suminer pruning, vyliich l'üti for te object tlo removul f u large nnmberof hoots by dis-budding and pinching, has the samo effect. 3. Let the beur ing shoota be as short as possible, ai d in mmetfiate connection with tho inain branches. Fiuit growing on the stem is alwuye larger tluin that situnted at the oïtreiiiities of lonijf, slender branchea. 1. Thinning ouf tho fruit whon to; numer ous. &. 8hirlening the princpal branches at the winter pruniog, and check ing in the suminor the vrgoroua hoots. 6 Snpporting the frnits, so i that their wéight may not becoino n etrain upon the foot stalk. 7. Modernting tho amount oí evnporation from tlie fruit. Fruitá covered by h.-aves aro larger than those on the same tree not shaded. It is necessary, however, in order that shading may not effect' the f]iinlity of the fruit, to exposé it vfhen iull grown to tho direct action oí' the suri. (To dimiiislied evuporatinn cntist be attiibuted the considerable increase of si.e whioh alwaya takes place in lruit iptroduced intó bottles soon after t 9 set - the mouth of the bottle being closed over a poition of the branch, lrom the dry aeijn of ihu air, and conBtantly surrounded with a inoist, warm atmpsphere, whioh keeps the epidermis pliabie, and stimulates tho growth of J f the tissues.) - Jïtïd)iip rps.