102 CORDON TRAINING. 



enstein, Hawthornden, Melon, Northern Spy, Washington, 

 and Fameuse. 



Figs. — The fig is a delicious fruit, and may be easily grown 

 in the orchard-house, if the plants are wintered in the cellar. 

 We have had heavy crops on trees so treated, ripening all 

 summer. The treatment is very much the same as for the 

 peach. Young plants potted in 13-inch pots in April, and 

 plunged out in the open ground, will make fine specimens 

 by the autumn. The figs will begin to appear by September, 

 and the trees should then be sheltered from severe frosts, and 

 placed in a light dry cellar in October. In the following 

 April they should be taken into the orchard-house, when the 

 fruit will soon begin to swell and ripen ; another crop will 

 ripen in the autumn. The best figs for pot culture are the 

 following : — 



Early Violet, White Marseilles, Brown Turkey, White 

 Ischia, St. Michael, and Brunswick. 



Apricots. — Cultivators who wish to try the apricot, a very 

 pretty and excellent fruit, may select the following: — 



Royal, Moor Park, Peach, St. Amboise, Muscat, and Red 

 Muscatine. 



Grapes. The grape does very well in pots, and very fine 

 crops may be raised with due attention to culture. They 

 must be wintered in the cellar or in a cold pit, where the 

 shoots can be covered with earth or leaves. Such as succeed 

 best are the following : — 



Black Hamburgh, Muscat St. Laurent, Chasselas of Fon- 

 tainebleau, Muscat de Sarbelle, Chasselas Vibert, Black 

 Prince, Chaptal, and White Frontignan. 



Strawberries. — These may be successfully raised in the 

 orchard-house and the fruit obtained nearly one month before 

 it ripens in the open air. Pot good strong runners in July 

 and prepare them in the usual manner for ordinary forcing. 

 On the approach of winter, place the pots in the house and 

 cover them with leaves to prevent freezing ; in April uncover 

 and give them a good position near the glass. 



The best sorts for pots are Triumph de Gaud, Keens' Seed- 

 ling, and Boston Pine, 



