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be quite mature, and the laterals may be pruned to the Oct. 

 plump bud at the base. The rods may be washed in ^~^5 

 water in which a little soft soap has been dissolved, and 

 the walls whitewashed. Late Vines will not have quite 

 ripened up their laterals yet ; the latter may be reduced 

 to half their length, and fully pruned later on. 



Root- Pruning Fruit Trees. — When the leaves are 

 turning yellow on fruit trees, any which have made a 

 great deal of wood, and have not blossomed, may be 

 root-pruned. Summer growth that exceeds thirty inches 

 in length may be regarded as dangerously strong, 

 and to curtail the roots of the trees which produce 

 it cannot possibly do any harm unless it is carried to 

 excess. A wise plan is to cut through all the thick 

 roots on one side of the tree the first year ; if that does 

 not sufilice to check exuberance and cause fruitfulness, 

 the other side may be operated on the following year. 

 Of course, this is in reference to large trees ; small ones 

 may be lifted bodily, and all the strong roots trimmed. 



Pot Strawberries. — Where frame room is limited, a 

 good plan of disposing of pot Strawberries which are 

 intended for forcing is to stack them in a heap on their 

 sides. The main object is to protect the plants from the 

 autumn rains. If the soil gets saturated the plants do 

 not thrive ; moreover, sharp frost may cause the moist 

 soil to swell and split the pots. Placing the pots on 

 their sides precludes further watering, but that is hardly 

 likely to be required now. Where there is abundance 

 of frame room the plants can be kept in frames, with the 

 pots plunged in ashes. 



Vegetables 



Lifting Beetroot and Carrots. — The main crops of these 

 two useful vegetables are now mature, and may be taken 

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