HARVEST MONTH IN THE GARDEN* 



from the base of each fruiting growth, and a heaUhy 

 tree will be full of young shoots, ranging from a foot to 

 two feet long, by mid-summer ; they will be growing out 

 from the wall, and will give the tree a lively and luxuriant, 

 but somewhat untidy, appearance. As soon as the fruit 

 has been picked, the shoots that carried it may be cut 

 back to the point where the new shoots start, and these 

 tied in to bear next year. If there are more young 

 shoots than can be tied in (the word " tied " is used on 

 the assumption that there are wires ; if not, the shoots can 

 be fastened to a wall with nails and shreds) without 

 having them nearer than four inches apart, some had 

 better be cut out altogether, 

 as a close network of growth 

 is undesirable. The weak 

 shoots, under a foot long, 

 and very thin, may be dis- 

 pensed with first. If there 

 are still too many, the very 

 strong ones, a yard long 

 or more, may go. It is 

 true that large late Peaches 

 like Princess of Wales may 

 be allowed to carry stronger 

 wood than small Nectarines 

 like Pine Apple, but, speak- 

 ing generally, wood eighteen 

 to twenty inches long is 

 best. The crossing or twist- 

 ing of shoots is considered 

 bad workmanship. After the trees have been pruned 

 and trained, the hose may be turned on them to get rid 

 of insects. Peaches are sometimes kept too dry after 

 fruiting, with the result that red spider fastens on them. 

 309 



Aug. 

 1-15 



Fig. 60.— Repotting Young 



Strawberries (p. 310). 



a. Leaves on drainage. 



6, Compost. 



c. Ball of soil and roots. 



