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Jargonelle, Marie Louise, Easter Beurre, Napoleon, Beurre- 

 bosc, Beurre d'Amaulis, Winter Nelis, Autumn Bergamot r 

 Pitmaston Duchess, Louis' Bonne of Jersey, Beurre 

 Clairgeau, Beurre Baehlieu, Vicar of Winkfield. 



Almonds. Any light rich soil will suit almonds. The 

 same mode of treatment as that indicated for plums will 

 suit for almonds. The Soft shell is the most generally 

 useful. 



The Apricot. This delicious fruit does not bear freely 

 in all localities, it requires plenty of shelter and a deep 

 moist soil, so long as stagnant water does not lie about the 

 roots. It bears freely when treated as a wall tree at least 

 in the South Island. It however grows to a large size, and 

 bears well as a standard in many localities. As a standard 

 it requires very little pruning, simply cutting out superfluous 

 or exhausted wood. Apricots, treated as wall trees, like 

 plums, are prone to produce coarse shoots ; these should be 

 pinched in during the Summer, if not done at that period 

 they must be cut away during May, June or July. The 

 apricot, when in proper condition, produces, perhaps, more 

 natural spurs than most of our fruit trees ; and although 

 some kinds will blossom and bear on the young wood, yet 

 on the true spurs we must mainly rely, for blossoms from 

 the young shoots most generally develop imperfectly. The 

 pruner, therefore, must, with some precision, cut away 

 cleanly all immature-looking sprigs which may tend to shade 

 the blossom-bud and produce too much spray in the succeed- 

 ing Summer. The following varieties can be recommended: 

 Moorpark, Kaisha and Royal. 



The Cherry will thrive in any deep sandy loam. They 

 are propagated by budding or grafting on wild cherry stocks, 

 after the same manner as pears and apples. Cherries re- 

 quire very little pruning. No shortening back is necessary. 

 Pruning resolves itself into thinning away cross shoots, and 

 those interior branches which become crowded. Plant out 

 in May, June or August. The following varieties may be 

 relied on : May Duke, Amberheart, Blackeagle, Blackheart r 

 Bigarreau, and the Morrello for preserving. 



