A\ugust (Calendar. 
J. S. HARRIS. 
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ORCHARD. 
From this date until all growths have ceased, cultivation in the 
orchard should be discontinued, nor should pruning be done in 
this month except to rub off water shoots and buds that start 
a where branches will not be wanted. Sprouts from the roots and 
pe about the base of the trunk should be removed whenever they ap- 
_  ~+pear. Budding is generally best done in this month. It must be 
a done while the bark of the stock will raise easily. August is gen- 
” erally the most trying month on newly planted trees, and they 
_ should be kept liberally mulched. Where they have long bare 
-_ trunks,it is well to wrap them with white cotton cloth or give them 
; a coat of whitewash to retard evaporation and prevent sunscald. 
3 : INSECTS. 
a The worms of the codling moth are now in the windfall apples 
— which should be kept picked up and fed to the hogs or otherwise 
destroyed. Bands and other traps upon the trunks of the trees 
should be looked to once a week and the worms that are under or 
in them destroyed. It is also in order to search for and destroy the 
borer. 
NURSERY. 
In the nursery continue cultivation, hoeing and shaping the 
trees up to the middle or twentieth of the month, but after that 
time let them rest, or a late fall growth may be stimulated. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
The new beds should be kept scrupulously clean of all weeds and 
grass. In cultivating gradually make the cultivator narrower, and 
always go in the same direction between the rows. This is to avoid 
tearing out the runners and newly rooted plants. Old beds to be 
kept over should be well manured and kept clear from weeds. 
RASPBERRIES. 
ie All things considered, it is best to remove all old canes as soon as 
the picking is ended. All surplus canes and suckers should be taken 
ie out in order to give those retained for fruiting the fullest chance 
be for development. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
The blackberry harvest is now on. Fruit for shipping long dis- 
tances must be gathered before it is over-ripe, but for home use 
should be fully ripe. Ifthe canes for next years fruiting were not 
headed back early, they may be pinched back to four or five feet at 
