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After planting, a gentle watering with tepid water is given, using a little weak 

 liquid manure-water as occasion may require. As they advance in growth, they 

 are secured to the upright rods until they reach the rafters, and are tlien trained 

 over the pathway to rods fastened to the rafters, and extending the whole length 

 of the house ; forming, when in fruit, a sight well worth seeing. 



By the above mode of culture, and otlier means, I secure a supply of cucum- 

 bers throughout the year, without disease, or those unsightly, club-like fruit so 

 often comphined of When other cucumber-plants come into bearing in spring, 

 those grown for winter production are taken away, and renewed in the autumn, 

 as I prefer young plants ; so that I have no experience to relate about stems as 

 thick as walking-sticks, or lasting for years. I have practised this system for 

 years, and it has answered the purpose intended ; and I shall be happy if the 

 facts stated prove of service even to one individual. — Eitg. your, of Hort. 



Treatment of Peach and Nectarine Trees. — Plant, if possible, trees 

 one-year-trained from the nursery, unless you like two-year trees best. After 

 planting, put some rotten manure over the roots, with soil, and water it in. I 

 like to plant in October or November, and I let the trees grow till. May before 

 I cut them back. Should there be any shoot absolutely useless, I cut it out, but 

 no more ; then nail, as soon as of sufficient length, as much wood as will form a 

 good head. I usually let the wood grow all it can in the spring till the follow- 

 ing season ; that is, I never cut a shoot from the trees till I prune them, say in 

 the middle of May : then I go over the trees and cut out the useless w6od, dis- 

 bud the wood left for another year, take off the embryo fruit where it is too 

 thick, and then nail in properly. By this management, I never miss having a 

 crop of fruit. The reasons I assign for this treatment are, that,. by having every 

 piece of wood with its leading shoot, the proper nourishment of the tree never 

 ceases to keep properly distributed, you obtain a crop without any covering to 

 your trees, and you avoid all standing in the cold, and hitting your fingers instead 

 of the nails in winter-pruning. I have had a crop of fruit for the last twenty 

 years under the above mode of managing the trees. — Eng. Jour. Horticulture. 



Currant-Culture. — Currant-culture is as profitable as the culture of any 

 of the small fruits. The currant is a most healthful fruit, and comes into mar- 

 ket when it is most needed. If properly managed, people have no idea of its 

 lusciousness. I get fifteen cents per pound for my crop. They weigh one and 

 a half pounds to the quart. The merits of this fruit had been strangely over- 

 looked. It comes at a season when the system seemed to require the acid pecu- 

 liar to them. They were healthful and exhilarating. Those who had only been 

 accustomed to our common varieties as commonly grown had no conception of 

 the beauty of the Cherry, or the quality of the Versaillaise, White Grape, or 

 Imperial Yellow, when well grown. It is one of our most profitable fruits. 



Thinning the Leaves of Vines. — Grapes cannot be grown long to great 

 perfection if the Ifiaves are greatly reduced in number. If plants have to be 

 grown under vines during summer, light should be admitted to them, not by 

 denuding the vines of foliage, but by having a less number of vines in the 

 house. — English Journal of Hortictilture. 



