Sharp. - Whenever you see a limb which ought to be removed, cut it off; but, as a rule, general pruning after the flow of sup has commenced is injurious; has learned this from experience.

B. Fish objected to lute pruning, whether in orchard or nursery trees, causing deformity to the tree.

Ellwanger. - If you wait until the 1st of June before pruning, you get no growth, and that is the case with all late pruning. The best time for pruning is February, if you want a healthy growth of the tree. The most of the pruning, formation, and shaping of the tree should be done while the tree is young.

Langworthy. - Experience has taught that late pruning stops the growth of the trees, and the most injurious thing in the world. Old trees, if pruned even as late as April, will bleed, will rot and turn black; while pruned in winter the wood will season perfectly, the wound heal over hard and bright, and remain so.

H. E. Hooker agreed with Mr. Langworthy, that late pruning is a most severe check upon the fruit tree, and in some instances is perfectly ruinous, causing stagnation in the system of the tree. To cut off large branches in May injures the circulation in large trees; while if cut in January or February the wound seasons and grows over perfectly.

Mr. Holmes argued that the pruning had best be done either before the circulation of the sap commenced, or after the leaves were formed.