6 OF APRICOTS. 



A Selection of Apricots Jbr a small Garden, 



The Masculine j Roman j Orange ; Breda \ and 

 Moor-Park. 



Of the Planting, Pruning^ and Training of Apricots, 



The best time for planting Apricots is in Au- 

 tumn, as soon as the leaf begins to fall. The per- 

 son who goes to the nursery for the plants should 

 make choice of those which have the strongest 

 and cleanest stems ; and if he can procure such as 

 have been headed down, (to use the phrase of the 

 nurserymen) of two or three years growth, they 

 will bear and fill the walls much sooner than those 

 which have not been so treated. He should make 

 choice of trees with one stem ; or, if they have 

 two, one of them should be cut off; for by plant- 

 ing those with two stems the middle of the tree is 

 left naked, and, of course, one-third of the wall 

 remains uncovered. 



I know that is the practice of many to make 

 choice of trees with the smallest stems ; but these 

 always produce weaker shoots than the others. 



On preparing the Borders, 



If the borders wherein the trees are to be 

 planted be new, they should be made two feet and 

 a half or three feet deep, of good light fresh loam. 

 If the trees are to be planted in old borders, 

 where the earth has been injured by the roots of 

 the former trees, it will be necessary to take out 



