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where these have grown again, they must be shortened 

 back as before. 



Runners of all the sorts of Strawberries must now be 

 taken off and bedded out, if this has not been done al- 

 ready ; and where grass or straw has been made use of 

 to cover the old beds and to protect the fruit, these 

 should be removed, and the ground cleaned by the hoe. 



Cut down all the last year's canes of such Raspberries 

 as have ripened their fruit. This will cause the young 

 canes to grow stronger, ripen better, and be productive 

 of finer and much better fruit than if left, according to 

 the usual custom, till the plants are pruned in the winter 

 or spring. See Cultivation of RASPBERRIES. 



Budding must be performed this month, beginning 

 with Cherries, Apricots, or Plums, and continuing with 

 Peaches, Nectarines, Pears, and Apples ; but the rota- 

 tion of these must be determined by an examination of 

 the state of the young wood of the sorts to be budded, 

 as it is necessary the young shoots should be sufficiently 

 ripened to ensure success in the operation. 



September. 



Continue to nail up all fruit trees close to the wall, 

 in order that the young wood may be properly ripened. 



Towards the middle of this month, cut off close to 

 the principal shoot "all such lateral side-shoots of the 

 Vine as were before shortened back to one joint, as the 

 principal eyes now will not push out any new shoots: 

 this will give the plants air and light, and materially 

 assist in ripening both their wood and fruit. 



Protect the Grapes from wasps and the large blue 

 flies, by putting the bunches in thin gauze bags. In 

 some seasons, particularly in hot and dry summers, 

 wasps and flies are so numerous that they attack every 

 description of fruit as it becomes ripe. They may be 

 destroyed very readily by hanging up bottles on differ- 



