142 THE PARKER'S MANUAL. 



JUNE AND JULY. 



Your strawberries, cherries, &c. now begin to re- 

 ward your labours, and if you have rightly arranged 

 your Fruitery, you may now enjoy a rich succession 

 without intermission, until the frosts commence ; and 

 with a little attention by preserving, you may enjoy 

 it round the year. Go on to enjoy the fruit of your 

 labours ; you alone have the best right. Let the hoe 

 rank amongst the delights of the morning; nature's 

 school is full of variety that never cloys, when right- 

 ly used, and richly repays for all our care and toil. 

 Gather your currants and goosberries, and make up 

 your wine. 



AUGUST. 



Propagate fruits generally by inoculation ; choose 

 a cloudy or moist tim* 1 , when the sap in your stocks 

 is in full spring. Stone-fruit will heal over best 

 when propagated by inoculation. The process of 

 grafting and inoculating are both so simple and com- 

 mon, that it must be unnecessary to describe them 

 here ; every farmer's boy of 14 years of age may be 

 capable of propagating fruit in this way, with ease and 

 safety. Transplant such strawberries as have be- 

 come foul with grass, and give them a rich fresh bed, 

 as directed in November, (under Gardening.) 



SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. 



Continue to enjoy the fruits of your labour ; pears, 

 plums, nectarines, apricots, cherries and peaches, 



