May.] THE FRUIT GARDEN. ;jg~ 



Watering with common water proves very beneficial to trees in- 

 fested with insects, especially if thrown against them with some 

 force, by means of a small water-engine. This will not only dis- 

 place caterpillars and many other insects, but greatly refresh the 

 trees, especially in dry weather, and if often repeated where insects 

 appear, it will considerably diminish their number, and prevent 

 their spreading. 



The most eligible engines are such as have the pump and dis- 

 charging pipe fixed in the vessel for containing the water, of which 

 some are of a moderate size for carrying about by the hand, but 

 larger ones are fitted upon a low, light, three wheeled carriage, for 

 the more convenient removal from place to place. 



This engine may be conveniently used for watering different 

 parts of the garden in dry weather. 



Watering new planted Trees. 



The new planted fruit trees will now be greatly benefitted by 

 occasional watering, which should always be given in the morning, 

 and frequently over the branches, as well as about their roots; this 

 will be of great service in washing off any dust and filth which their 

 leaves may have contracted, and in opening their pores for the re- 

 ception of the atmospheric moisture. 



Strawberries. 



Watering at this season will be extremely salutary to strawber- 

 ries, by causing their fruit to set and swell freely; let it not be 

 given over the plants, but between them, lest it should wash oft' the 

 fecundating polen from the flowers, and thereby prevent their set- 

 ting fruit. 



In those beds where the plants are kept apart from one another, 

 and the fruit required in the greatest perfection, the young advanc- 

 ing runners should be trimmed oft", to encourage the bloom and en- 

 large the fruit; but when a supply of those are wanted for forming 

 new plantations, a sufficiency must be left for that purpose. 



The edgings of strawberries, round beds or borders, &c. should 

 be kept within due bounds, by occasionally cutting away their ad- 

 vancing runners. 



Newly grafted and budded Trees. 



For the treatment of such trees as were grafted in the preceding 

 months, or budded last summer or autumn, see the Nursery for this 

 month. 



THE ORCHARD. 



You should now pay attention to the due formation of the heads 

 of young or new planted trees; much may be done towards that by 



