DEC 3 THE VINEYARD. THE NURSERY. 605 



You may likewise continue to plant and prune all manner of hardy 

 fruit-trees, but particularly those mentioned in the Fruit Garden for 

 this month. Here I would recommend to your attention, the perusal 

 of the article Orchard in January, page 56, February, page 149, 

 and March, page 234. 



THE VINEYARD. 



In the middle and eastern States, little remains to be done in the 

 vineyard at this season ; indeed it sometimes happens in the former 

 that the ground is open in the beginning of the month, in which 

 case you may plough between the young vines and earth them up, 

 as directed in November, if then omitted. It will be of considerable 

 use to lay some litter around the roots and a little way up the stems 

 of such tender kinds as were planted in the preceding spring and 

 autumn, to protect them from very severe frost, till they are once 

 fully established. For further particulars of what may be done in 

 this month, in and for the vineyard, as well as in the ensuing, see 

 page 60. 



In the southern States you may now prune vines, as directed in 

 February ; and south of the thirty-fifth degree of latitude, vineyards 

 may be planted agreeably to the instructions given in March. 



THE NURSERY. 



NEW PLANTED TREES. 



Continue the care of the more curious and tender sorts of new- 

 planted trees and shrubs j where there was no litter laid between the 

 rows in November, let it be no longer neglected, and bring it up 

 close to their stems the better to protect all the roots from frost, 

 should the winter prove so severe as to destroy their tops, which may 

 also be protected as directed on page 614. The roots and lower 

 parts of their stems being thus preserved they will generally shoot 

 out freely in the ensuing spring from the near surface of the ground. 



SEEDLING TREES. 



Seedlings which make but slow progress in growth the first year, 

 such as pines, &c., must now be taken due care of, as directed on 

 page 587. 



The beds of acorns, and of any other tree seeds that were sown 

 in the preceding months, would be greatly benefited by laying peas- 

 straw, fern, leaves, straw, or other long litter over them during the 



