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within its proper limits, and possess strength and vigour to 

 support and mature a heavy and abundant crop. Other par- 

 ticulars will be found where the Morello Cherry is descri- 

 bed. See page lOl."^ 



CHAPTER IV. 

 CULTIVATION OF FIGS. 



Propagation. 



Figs are propagated by cuttings, and by layers : the lat- 

 ter method is the best, as plants at the end of a year are fit 

 to take up from the stools, and to plant out where they are 

 intended to remain. 



Cuttings taken from plants where layers cannot be ad- 

 mitted, may be planted singly in pots, and placed under a 

 frame, in a gentle heat, in March, and they will make good 

 plants at the end of the year. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. . 



There is no description of fruit tree more easy to manage 

 in its formation than the Fig : it produces shoots in abun- 

 dance, and they grow readily and luxuriantly in every direc- 

 tion. 



This being the case, it is not very material whether the 

 plant be particularly handsome when it is first planted out, 

 provided it be clean, strong, and well rooted. Should there 

 be any suckers rising up from the root, as there generally 

 will be when the plants have been raised from suckers, they 

 must be carefully removed, cutting them clean off at th© 

 place where they are produced. 



If the plant be put out in the autumn, it must be protected 

 by some light dry covering, to prevent its head being injured 

 by frost ; and it must also be well mulched to secure its 

 roots. It is, however, sufficiently early to plant the Fig in 



* Morello Cherries are often trained on the north side of the wall or fence, in or- 

 der to have the fruit rery late. jlm. Ed. 



