Round the Year in the Garden 



shoots, and well-branched plants result. If the shoots are 

 "stopped" later than this month the Carnations will 

 not bloom until spring. 



In the Fruit Garden 



One of the chief tasks in the out-of-door fruit garden is 

 that of thinning the fruits of Apple, Pear, Apricot, Peach, 

 and others, while it is advantageous to mulch the soil 

 above the roots of heavily-laden trees with decayed 

 manure. Watering is an important work at this time of 

 year, and especial attention should be paid to trees planted 

 against a wall. The young shoots on Peach and Nectarine 

 trees often produce side growths ; these are of no value 

 and ought to be cut out. The Raspberry, Blackberry and 

 Loganberry usually bear fresh stems in such numbers that 

 all cannot be accommodated conveniently ; the weakest of 

 them may now be cut out. Early in the month clean 

 straw should be laid among Strawberry plants for the 

 purpose of keeping the fruits clean as they ripen. In 

 gathering green Gooseberries it is advisable to do so 

 systematically, with the object of leaving the remaining 

 fruits, not in bunches, but at more or less regular intervals 

 over the whole bush. Fruit trees on walls should be 

 syringed or sprayed with the hose in the evening of a hot 

 day ; not only does this encourage growth, but it assists in 

 preventing the spread of red spider and thrips. The 

 shoots of Peach, Nectarine, Plum, Morello Cherry, and of 

 other trees on walls ought to be tied loosely to the wall or 

 trellis alongside older branches which they will supplant 

 later on. Aphis frequently attacks the tips of the growths 

 of Cherry, Plum, Pear and other wall trees, and should be 

 destroyed by insecticides early in the season, otherwise 

 the trees may suffer serious harm. 



Fruit Trees under Glass. Unless ventilation is 

 practised carefully at this season, the leaves and fruits of 

 Vines and other fruit trees under glass are liable to be 



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