Vlll 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 



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 



