216 FRUIT FARMING 



It is a good plan to Market all Apples at least 14 

 days before Christmas, as at that time, foreign produce 

 is preferred. About January loth, demand again sets 

 in for culinary and dessert Apples. 



Frosty Weather should be taken advantage of to get 

 manure out on the land, and thus avoid kneading the 

 surface, and deep cart ruts that occur when the land 

 is wet. 



Rubbish, of all kinds should be collected in frosty 

 times and burnt, spreading the ashes among the 

 manure heaps. Hedges can be repaired also. Finish 

 re-tying trees to stakes. Old hay-bands should be 

 removed and burnt, as many insects lodge in them, 

 and the new tie to stake be made above or below the 

 former tie. 



GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF 

 BEGINNERS. 



Bagging Hook. A Kentish term for a large kind of 

 sickle. 



Blight. A general term for all insect attacks. 



Bush Out. A term used to denote lateral growth. 



Cut Backs. Dwarf trees headed back to 18 inches. 



Fleet. A Kentish term for shallow. 



Fly. A general term for aphis blight. 



Lay In. Trees placed in a trench, their roots 

 being covered with soil to prevent their drying. 

 Shoots for grafts also. 



Maidens. A nursery term for one year old trees. 



Nurses. Trees planted for protection, either Damsons 

 or Chalk Pears in Orchards, or belts of quickly grow- 

 ing Poplar, Scotch Fir, Ash, Chestnut, and Larch Fir. 



