IRISH GARDENING 



Half-Standard \ Standard. — Consisting of a stem 

 from 4 and 6 feel respeotively, with luaiulus al lop. 

 The old orchard sysii-m. 



Pi-wriNi;. 

 The trees >hoiilil not he planteil lU'i-per ihan jii-,i 

 siillicient to eover tlie roots hy about ^5 inehes. Thi-si- 

 should lie spread out hori/onlally to keep Iheni mar the 

 surface. The earth should then he I roil ilown lirni. 



Ow heavy and very wet soils the trees shonlil he 

 pl.iuteii on nioumls, not in holes. 



November and December are ihe best mt>iiths for 

 planting. 



Trees arriving during frosty weather, when the 

 ground is hard, siiould be placed unopened in a cellar, 

 or similar place, free from frost, till they can be 

 pl.inted. Kver\' care is taken in packing the roots, ami 

 in the event of the trejs being delayed a few da\ s in 

 transit will take no harm. 



Si PPORT. 

 C'lifi/ons. — Whenever a fence 01 wall is not available 

 these trees ntay be planted in rows, preferably due 

 north and south, a post hxed five feet high at each end, 

 and galvanized iron wiies strained along about every 

 eighteen inches from the ground. liamboo canes, six 

 feet liigh, should then be put into the ground — one cane 

 to a tree — and fastened to the wires. 



Trees may be kept straight by tjing a cane to the 

 whole tree, the cane being tied to the wires. The trees 

 should be inclined towards the south at an angle of 45'-' 

 and as the}' grow longer may be pulled down to a 

 sharper angle. 



Prlnixg. 



Fres/i Planted Trees -All forms of fruil trees planted 



before the middle of January should be pruned in March, 



cutting back all young wood half-way to a bud pointing 



in the direction the leading shoot is required to grow. 



Trees planted in gravelly soils after the middle of 

 January should not be pruned that winter, unless they 

 are mulched and given several good soakings of water 

 occasionally in the event of spells of dry weather during 

 -May and June. The following winter such unpruned 

 trees should be cut as far back as directed for trees 

 planted earlier. 



Subsequent Pruning: A/)/>/es—U trees are planted after 

 January they are best left unpruned the first summer; 

 if planted before that, summer pruning should be done. 

 This operation should take place in August, and consists 

 of cutting back all new wood to five buds, except the 



leader (or extension shoot), which should be shortened 

 a little in wiiUer to a geoil soumi bud pointing out 

 wards. 



It is a gooil plan to stop all the vigorous side-shoots 

 hy pincliing out the pointsearly in June, tlni- eipialising 

 Ihe growth re.idy foi- summei pruning. Smnmer priming 

 causi's fi uit-bnds to lorni on one or t w o ol ihe e\ es near 

 the main stem, the othei- eyes sometimes making wood- 

 shoots. These are taken off in the winler, when ihe 

 shoot should be cut back to a fruit-bud next the main 

 stem. .Should no fruit buds be formed, cut back shoot 

 to two or three eyes After a few years the fruil -buds 

 will become loo crowdetl on the spurs. Ri move all but 

 two when winter-pruned. 



/'(7/r.s- These may be pruned the same way as appU s. 

 \ery weak side shoots may be left unpruned in sunmier 



P/un/s— These ni.iy be pruned in the same way, but 

 taking care to cut back onl} the strong shoots, as the 

 weak ones cai i}' the fruil next season. 



C/ierr/'es—Ciiernes can be pruned like apples, leaving 

 all fruit-buds. 



The Morello is the only exception to this rule, as it 

 fruits on young- wood like a peach, and therefore only 

 long, ban in rods should be taken out, leaving enough 

 young wood to bear a crop next season. For this reason 

 the Morello cannot properl>- be grown as a corilon. 

 Prune directly crop is gathered. 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland 



TME monthly meeting of the council was held at 

 the offices, 5 Molesworth Street, Dublin, on the 

 8th ult. Accounts relevant to the Autumn Show 

 were dealt with and judges were nominated for the 

 coming Winter Fruit Show al Ballsbridge, October i8lh 

 and 19th, entries for which close ou the 9th inst. In 

 conjunction with this Show and in the interests of the 

 Irish fruit-growing industr}' the Department of Agri 

 culture and Technical Instruction for Ireland will hold 

 a conference at ii a.m. the second day of the show. 

 Numerous applications have been received for the 

 schedule of this particular show, which together with 

 the excellent reports of the Irish apple harvest from 

 far and near a fine display of high-grade fruil is 

 promised. The following were elected members of the 

 Society, viz.— J. T. Ellis Valdar, Garville Avenue, Rath- 

 gar; " Bakers" Wolverhampton! ; D. Watt (practical), 



ULSTER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S ^ ^ 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW 



IN BELFAST . 



1 4th and 15th November, 1911 



Entries free, and close 

 Monday, 6th November 



Schedules can be had from J. MacBRIDE. Secretary, 1 ADELAIDE Street, BELFAST 



