NOVEMBER. 



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NOVEMBER. 



be taken first, because they are the first to 

 come into bloom. 



Cherries and Plums should all be 

 gathered before the frost sets in, and j 

 either wrapped in paper or hung by the | 

 stalk in the fruit room. Pruning should I 

 follow. 



Cttrrants and Gooseberries. Plant and | 

 prune both while the weather is favourable, j 

 For the production of large gooseberries, i 

 short pruning is necessary. When quantity 

 is required, and the trees are young-, shorten 

 the young shoots one-half or two-thirds. 

 If the trees are of full growth, only take 

 the points off the young shoots, and when 

 the branches are thinned out, cut back to 

 a bud on the upper side of the shoots. 

 When the trees are pruned, lime the ground, 

 and, if necessary, add manure and dig it 

 slightly. 



Figs on Walls. Figs against walls 

 should have any odd remaining fruit taken 

 off. Thin out superfluous shoots, and 

 pinch out the points of the wood selected 

 for bearing, when the branches should be 

 tied together and matted, or protected by 

 haybands, fern, &c., for the winter. 



Fruit, Care oj. Let the bulk of kitchen 

 and dessert apples in the fruit room be 

 often looked over to remove decaying 

 fruit. In doing this, be careful not to 

 bruise the others, which would induce 

 early decay. 



Leaves, &., Clearing. Clear off the re- 

 maining leaves from wall trees ; and now 

 that the greater part of the fruit-tree leaves 

 have fallen, the whole should be cleared 

 off the ground preparatory to pruning and 

 turning up the borders rough for winter. 



Strawberries. Continue as directed last 

 month, unless you are inclined to adqpt an 

 expedient which has sometimes produced 

 enormous crops, namely, to take up the 

 old plants in spits and plant them 

 again immediately in the same ground. 

 Young plantations of strawberries should 



have some short dung spread between the 

 rows, to preserve their yet shallow roots 

 from frosts, which otherwise might lift 

 them out of the ground. Look the beds 

 over, and head the ground firmly round 

 the plants. This is more necessary where 

 the soil is light and rich, as the frost will 

 make such ground more porous. 



Trees, Dwarf, Shaping. Towards the 

 end of the month is the best time to com- 

 mence pruning dwarf apples and pears. 

 Define in your mind what particular form 

 the young tree should assume when at its 

 full size, whether pyramidal, globular, or 

 spreading. Shoots to form the skeleton of 

 the tree should next be selected. How far 

 these require shortening will depend on 

 their strength and the object wished for. 

 The remaining shoots must then be cut 

 back so as to fill up the figure. 



Trees, Large Standard. Orchard trees, 

 where covered with lichens and mosses, 

 should have them scraped off, and a wash 

 of hot lime and water applied to the 

 branches. Apples, pears, plums, and 

 cherries may be taken in the order in 

 which they are named. 



Trees on Walls. Remove all the old 

 shreds where they are used ; those that 

 will do another season should be boiled, to 

 destroy the eggs of insects, before using 

 them again. The large wood looks better 

 neatly tied in with osier twigs. Before 

 tying or nailing, examine the trees, and if 

 infested with scale or other insects, dress 

 them with soft soap dissolved in hot water, 

 to which add sulphur, quicklime, and 

 tobacco water ; mix the ingredients well 

 together, which should be of a consistency 

 to adhere to the branches ; with this dress 

 the branches, but not during frost. 



November. Glasshouses for 

 Fruit, &c. 



figs. Fig-trees grown under glass 

 should never be permitted to be frozen. 



