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the grape, cutting off blight and excresences 

 from trees, destroying borers, foe. 



Bud cherries and plums in the latter part of 

 this month, as soon as the buds become ripe 

 enough for use. Attend to shortening-in dwarf 

 pear-trees, if you prefer to do this by the 

 pinching-off process, described under the 

 head of Quince-bottomed dwarf jiears. 



AUGUST. 



Put down grape and other layers, if you 

 have not done it in the spring. Continue 

 budding plums and cherries. Simultaneously 

 with, and after cherries, bud pears, either on 

 quince or pear stocks ; then apples till into 

 September. Strawberry plants may be set 

 during this and the early part of next month ; 

 but, in our cold climate, it is quite as well to 

 defer this work until spring. Apricots on 

 plum stocks may be budded this month, on 

 peach stocks, say about the first of Septem- 

 ber. 



SEPTEMBER. 



During the first week of this month bud 

 quinces, if you wish ; finish budding other 

 trees, and then bud peaches, from the first to 



