MONTHLY CALENDAR. 175 



grafted and budded trees, rubbed off; crooked trees 

 staked up ; the peach and apple examined for the 

 worm and borer; and layers made for propagating 

 the quince. 



SIXTH MONTH, JUNE. ' 



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The rapidly growing season having now arrived, 

 no work is more important than keeping all young 

 trees widely and deeply spaded round, or otherwise 

 deeply cultivated and kept clean. Strawberries, 

 raspberries, gooseberries, and currants, need the 

 same attention. Young trees in the nursery are to 

 be straightened up and staked, and useless shoots 

 at the bottom rubbed off. Vines should be trained, 

 and fruit thinned out on overbearing trees. Con- 

 stant attention must be given to the curculio, as al- 

 ready described, and a strict watch kept for fire- 

 blight on the pear, and black-knot on the plum. 



SEVENTH MONTH, JULY. 



Thorough and clean cultivation is to be continu- 

 ed. If the soil should become very dry, and young 

 trees need watering, several inches of the surface 

 should be first removed, and replaced after water- 

 ing. Small trees should be staked up and trim- 

 med ; and shoots from buds tied to the stock above 

 them, before the wood becomes stiff. Cherries and 

 plums should be budded the last half of the month; 

 apples near the end. Grape and other layers should 



