A RALENDAR OF WORK 



the trees. The application of oily or resinous substances 

 to the stems or branches of fruit trees ought to be at 

 all times carefully avoided. 



Keep up a succession of Roseberry Strawberries in 

 the forcing-house ; and, towards the end of the month, 

 Keens' Seedling will be a proper sort to be made use 

 of for a succession from this time till the end of the 

 forcing season. 



Look over the fruit room, and pick out all decayed 

 fruit. 



March. 



Finish planting of all sorts of fruit trees and bushes, 

 and mulch newly planted trees with rotten or half- 

 rotten dung. 



Plant out Strawberries, as directed under that head. 



The pruning of fruit trees must be completed as early 

 in this month as possible, if it has not been done already, 

 except the Fig, which must be deferred till the next 

 month. 



Grafting of all sorts of Apples, Pears, Plums, and 

 Cherries, must be performed this month. 



Thin out early Grapes in the stove and forcing-house ; 

 and continue to force Keen's Seedling Strawberries for 

 succession crops to those of the last month. 



Look over the fruit in the fruit room, picking out 

 all which are unsound ; and should the house be 

 damp, give air in a dry day for a few hours, but shujb 

 up again close towards night. If straw has been used 

 for a covering to the fruit, and has become damp, or 

 contracted any unpleasant smell, it must be removed, 

 and sweet dry straw supplied in its room. 



April. 



Prune and train Figs, as directed under that head. 

 In very bleak situations, the blossoms of Pqaches and 



