THE FRUIT GARDEN. [o(hf. 



thin on the shelves ; the room being properly fitted 

 up with shallow shelves on purpose, being well air- 

 ed, and having a stove in it, that damp may be 

 dried off when necessary. See further remarks on 

 this subject in September. 



Of planting Fruit-Trees. 



If a plantation of fruit-trees be intended next or 

 the succeeding months, it will be proper to begin 

 preparing the borders for that purpose ; and for di- 

 rections, the reader is referred to the Section on 

 Soils, and to January. If it have been a good sea- 

 son, fruit-trees may be fully ready for lifting about 

 the end of the month, and so of course for planting. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



Plantations of these may now be made, that is, of 

 currants, gooseberries, and raspberries ; but I pre- 

 fer planting strawberries in March or April, or in 

 August ; which see. Respecting the others, the 

 reader will find directions in the Sections on Soils, 

 and on Fruits, and in January and February. 



The ground among currants and gooseberries, 

 and the rows of strawberries, may still be digged, 

 as directed last month ; but that work should now 

 be got forward, in order that the soil may be well 

 meliorated by the action of the weather. 



