Thinning Of Fruits

Marshall P. Wilder writes to tho Journal of llorticullure about tho advanUgeof tbinuiog fruils. We quoto some pat'afjraphs : It is true ttiat tho labor is great, but eo is tho proüt; and oftentimo.t it happens that the labor of thinning the erop naakes all tho difference between absolute unsalabloness and a high prioe in the market. No unfrequently a peartree irill aet so much fruit it caniiot bring nny part of it to a sizo which will ronder it salnble in a crowded niarket, when it ene-half or even a largo part of tho fruit had been removed, the remuining ppecimens would not only havo filed nearly or quite as great a bulk, but would have sold quickly at the top prioo8 of the market, One of ur farmers, ncar Uoston, always thins bis fruit ; another, adjoining hia orcliard, noglccts tt. The location and treatment of these two oichards in othcr respect are much the samo ; hut the former realizes from liïa erop of Haldwin apples about four dollars and a half pnr barrel, while the lutter, standing by hi sido in t!io niark't, recoives less than threo dollars and & huif for Lis. The ca.e is still stronger with tho pcar, wbich, growing on smaller tree, ís more easily tbioned, and tho priees obtained for the fruit aflord a better rcmunoraiion for tho labor of thinniug. "While thoïc proporly thinned and cnred for will cuinmand four dollars per bu-lie!, tl.ope of the conioion ruu will not bring moro than two dollars ; and this rul npplie8 net only to fruite, hut toall vegutible pro(5uetionij. Every one ha observod thüt the over-beariug of a fr.uit tree or.e year ia likely to result in bárrennos the next. Henee the neoensiV.0f tllil)i.l]g Out flUÏtS SO 33 to ITOiJ cxhaustion of tbc fruit treo, anti to keep up a rcgulnr Micccssion of good fruit, livon the Baldwin apple, whioh from ita great productivene bears oolyon altérnale years, we think might by thinniog o bear annunl crops, When fruita aio crowded tliey nre ti t only deprived of liglit, air, aod warmtb, but actually of room, so tbat thn adjacent sides of two fruili nre eompressed, and thej feil of their full development. Not meri'ly tiio forra but tho co"r is mpriived by thinning; fur without light fruit ecu never attain perfect color. Whon fruitfl aro orowJod in cluster?, ttiey are particularly liable to bc attneked by insocts and disenso, nul therefore t!it) Deoesoity, if wo wUh perfect specimens, for rciuoving a part, po that uo two fruiis eliall touch c;ich other.