454 Monthly Calendar of Work. 



DECEMBER. 



Examine the directions for last month, and promptly complete all 

 jobs not finished in season. Finish cutting grafts ; apply winter 

 mulching to young trees ; collect stakes, tallies, labels, etc., which 

 are out of use, and tie up and pack them away. Examine the 

 directions for January, and perform any work which may be in 

 season. 



Grape-houses. In early houses the vines pruned last month will 

 begin to swell their buds. Give a regular and moderate temperature 

 during the present month. Prune vines in green-houses and cold 

 houses, and protect the latter with a covering of leaves. 



