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THE FRUIT-GARDEN. 



Fruit Trees. 



EXAMINE your wall and espalier trees, and where you find any- 

 long loose branches, train them in and make them firm in their pro- 

 per places. 



The early kinds of fruit trees against the walls of your forcing- 

 houses should, towards the end of this month, be pruned and trained 

 close to the wall or treillis, that their buds may be preparing be- 

 fore the season for applying artificial heat. 



Gathering ripe Fruit. 



Gather apples arid pears as they ripen, and treat them as directed, 

 under the head Orchard for next month. 



Prepare for Planting. 



Begin towards the end of this month to prepare the borders, &c. 

 in which you intend to plant fruit trees, in October or November ; 

 it is of consequence to add a good supply of thoroughly rotted dung, 

 and to trench the ground to the dep.th of eighteen inches or two 

 feet, provided, that the natural good soil admits thereof. 



Strawberries. 



Of the Fragaria -vexed, or Esculent Strawberry, there are five 

 principal varieties cultivated in gardens for their very delicious 

 fruit. 1. F.-virginiana, or scarlet strawberry. 2. F. vesca pratcn- 

 */, of Alton.) or hautboy strawberry. 3. F. chiloensis, or Chili 

 strawberry. 4. F. Alpina, Alpine or monthly strawberry, and, 

 5. F. Ananas, or pine-apple strawberry. There are besides these, 

 the varieties sylvestris, or common wood strawberry, and caro- 

 lin!ana r or Carolina strawberry, with many others, arising from 

 these, differing principally in the colour of their fruit. 



The first, or scarlet Strawberry, has dark green leaves and of a 

 more even surface than the others ; the flowering stems are shorter, 

 and the fruit is frequently concealed among the leaves. It is the 

 earliest in ripening its fruit, for which reason it merits esteem, had 

 it nothing else to recommend it ; but the fruit is so good as to be 

 generally preferred to most others. 



The second, or hautboy strawberry, has larger and thicker leaves 

 than the scarlet, oval-lanceolate, and rough ; the fruit is of a pale 



