AUG.] THE FRUIT GARDEN. THE ORCHARD. 489 



DUNG- HILLS AND WEED-HEAPS. 



The dung-hills should, during the summer months, be kept free 

 from weeds, for if the seeds of such are permitted to ripen and fall, 

 the dung when carried into the garden will poison the whole ground. 

 The manure produced by the heaps of weeds taken out of the garden, 

 should not be introduced therein again, until it is three or four years 

 old, lest the seeds which happened to ripen should stock the ground 

 afresh. 



THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



The care of your wall and espalier fruit-trees, &c., being the same 

 in this month as directed in the former, page 465, 1 refer you there- 

 to to avoid repetition. 



Should any of the shoots be displaced by winds or other accidents, 

 let them be immediately made fast again in a secure and neat 

 manner. 



FIG-TREES. 



The wall and espalier fig-trees will now be ripening their fruit ; 

 they should be kept neatly trained, but the knife must not be used 

 except to the fore-right and other irregular productions, as it is from 

 the young shoots of this season's growth that you are to expect fruit 

 next year ; and these bearing principally towards their extremities, 

 ought not to be shortened. Lay in the shoots regularly, not across 

 one another, and let them be well secured, for the wind and rain 

 have great power over them on account of their broad leaves. 



BUDDING. 



For the budding necessary to be done in this month, see the 

 nursery department. 



THE ORCHARD. 



Such of your standard peach and other trees as are overburthened 

 with fruit, and likely to break down, should be supported with sub- 

 stantial stakes, to which the pending branches ought to be bound by 

 strong hay-bands, taking care to place part thereof between each 

 stake and the branch lest the bark should be injured : these supports 

 are to be taken away as soon as the fruit are off. See the article 

 Orchard, on page 466 ; what is there directed is very applicable at 

 this time. 



