viii CONTENTS. 



Spur-pruning for next season's crop, ... . . .98 



Training, . 100 



Keeping grapes through the winter, . . ... .101 



General management of borders, . . . . . 102 



Renovating exhausted vines, . . . . . . .105 



The pot-culture of grapes, . . . . . . .107 



Inarching vines, .... *;-- . . . .108 



Setting up grapes for exhibition, 110 



Packing grapes, 112 



Insects to which vines are subject, . . . . . .114 



Diseases to which vines are subject, . . . . .130 



THE PEACH AND NECTARINE, 136 



Peach-house for early forcing 138 



Peach-house when ripe peaches are not required before July, . 139 

 Drainage, depth, and width of border, ..... 143. 



Soil, 144 



Varieties for early forcing 146 



Propagation and selection of trees, . . . . . .147 



Planting, 151 



Pruning and training, . . . . . . . .152 



Disbudding, or summer pruning, 159 



Thinning the fruit, 161 



Root-pruning, . . . . . . . . .162 



Forcing and general management, . . . . . .163 



Dressing the trees and borders, 164 



Temperature, 165 



Ventilation, 167 



Moisture in the air and syringing, . . . . . .168 



Setting the fruit, 169 



Watering, .......... 170 



Ripening and gathering the fruit, 171 



Packing peaches to be sent to a distance, . . . .172 



Insects, . . . . . . . . . .173 



Diseases, . . . . . . . . . .174 



THE FIG, 176 



Fig-house, .... 180 



Soil and formation of border, . . . . . . .181 



Varieties of figs, . . . . . . . . .183 



Propagation, .......... 184 



Time and manner of planting, ...... 189 



Training and general management the first year, . . .191 

 Pruning and pinching, 193 



