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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[DzcEuaz& 7, 1895, 
FRUIT GROWING FOR SMALL 
GARDENS.* 
(Continued from р. 612.) 
Pzans.— We next come to Pears. These are not such 
in smaller proportions than 
scarce. There is no really good Pear worth growing 
for July and August; Jargonelle is perhaps the best, 
but it ie very difficult to get it just right, as it goes 
sleepy without warning, and for that reason is not to 
be крот ef pe it ere it is grs ripe, and 
keep i cool room for a day or two. Ep, ep- 
"e om Williams’ Bon Chrétien ; Pede Louise 
onne 
B de Jersey (Fondante d'Automne) f; 
for mber, Marie Louise (d (Emile 
d'Heyst); November to De ber, né d 
baking, and ready from December to March, is 
Catillac. 
Late-keeping fruit must always be left hanging 
on the trees as long as possible, as it will then keep 
better, be more fully flavoured, and should not be 
picked until it readily parta from the tree, except in 
ather, with as 
little handling as possible. A large number of fruits 
soon shrivel, and often do not keep through being 
picked directly a few premature windfalls occur 
(which are invariably worm-eaten), instead of being 
on the tree 
Sound fruit should be E in & dark —.— free 
and well ven 1 on slotted shelves, 
easily асс essible; and с uld be UE not to 
mix any diseased or raised ыи with i 
PLUMS AND CHERRIES, 
We will next turn our attention to Plums and 
Cherries, about which little need be said, as the 
cultivation suitable for Apples and Pears is equally 
suitable for these. They are usually grown as 
trained trees against a wall or fence, where they 
succeed are easily protected from birde; 
they will do equally well as pyramids, where they 
can also be well protected from birds by the use of 
the ud spem will be found very handy 
for Currants as ; black cotton is better than 
white, as the birde are unable to see it until they 
become entangled, and are therefore much more 
frightened, 
The Гули: varieties of Plums are good, 
end of July and beginning of 
pere His" Early Prolific, a deep purple 
August, Denniston’s Superb Gage, e e 
September, Victoria, bright red on rene side, and 
yellow on the other ; October, Coe’s Golden чем 
bride yellow, with dark red spots, G ne er ripe 
Golden Drop Pium, wrap them separately 
s week afterwards, and store in 
eases ыны a cool, dry room, Fruit treated 
ill 2 until Christmas. Probably the 
best all-round Plum is the Victoria, of which such 
t into the 
ndantly, and 
should therefore be thinned shortly after the fruits 
are formed, and later on, when nearly fully formed, 
can be again thinned, and used for preserving 
е к“ мну or stewing; the ирди 
on the will then grow to a good size, 
Lo splendid dessert fruit. r vem 
Cherries are good bearers, and well- 
— sorta: end of June, Early Rivers, black ; 
before the St 
Azami Society, from а Paper 1 by Mr. J. C. W. reatham Hill 
in parentheses 
give a more extended list of good 
эзүү of July, May Duke, dark red; middle E 
d of July, Bigarreau, red on sunny side, yellow o 
shaded side; August and September, Ча. Tox 
red, but this is only suitable for eulinary purposes 
and Cherry-brandy. If only one is grown, choose 
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GoOSERERRIES 
require somewhat similar treatment as to planting 
and pruning, and are usually grown in the shape of 
a busb, and are not unfrequently allowed to grow into 
a tangled thicket, making it very difficult to pick the 
fruit, which is then very small and not fully 
flavoured, A general rule to be followed when 
pruning, is to allow a clear 6-inch space between 
е summer, it will 
They are easily raised from cutti 
be firm, hard, and free from Lem, about 15 to 18 
inches long, from which every 
be picked off for about 12 a 14 i 
length, so that 4 to 5 inches can be inserted in the 
ground, leaving a straight stem of 9 to 12 inches 
high; the cutting is pruned back to about four or 
five eyes above this to form the branches. When 
these have grown about a foot, Bae should be 
shortened about 9 inches to prevent them from 
drooping and inen touching the ground, The 
d be carried out on precisely 
t 
next it can be cut entirely away— provided, of course, 
it does not crowd the bu They can be planted 
about 2} feet apart while young, and when they 
touch each other, the intermediate ones sbould be 
dug ий в “з replanted elsewhere, 5 to 6 feet apart. 
Th hey а wn in the form of a three-prong 
toa a wall or wire fence 
my they take up but little room and bear remark- 
well. 'They should be planted 18 to 20 inches 
he so that each branch is 6 inches from its 
neighbour. If the young wood made during the 
year is under a foot long, the bushes require manur- 
ing when the fruit is setting next spring, but not 
otherwise, 
Gooseberries are often infested with caterpillars, 
which if not checked, will seriously injure the tree, 
of by dusting the trees all 
over ап i 
should be repeated two or three times. 
them off on to calico sheets is effectual. Ер.] Spar- 
rows and finches also attack the buds in spring, but 
the use of the garden-webber will soon prevent their 
depredations. The best kinds to grow аге, White- 
smith, white ; Early Suiphur, yellow; Keepsake, 
green; ‚ red—this is a good variety for 
training gridiron fatbion ; Red Champagne is the 
fullest flavoured for dessert, but it does not bear 
quite so freely as Warrington 
Rep Currants 
in the bush form, but the best 
tem 
branches about 6 d ER 
they give no further tr 
never been allowed to grow more thau 1 foot а year, 
the buds will 1015 all the way up, from which 
clasters of Curr. hang. Seven branches will 
usually be found suficient, and when from 4 to 5 
— in four or five years FE the tree will boi fally 
e buds are а tasty morsel for the 
— 1 2 the spring, they should be protected, 
otherwise one has to mourn the absence of fruit, and 
the trees are reduced in bearing properties for the 
next aes or two. nder these circumstances, it ia 
bette: е autumn pruning till late 
— as — birds will then take the buds on the 
— •³·¹·¹-w-· 
new growths, which are to be cut back in eference 
to those which are retained at their Жы... A 
handy form which is sometimes adopted, j 
the tree in the form of a miniature 
underneath. Manuring and cultivation are the 
for Gooseberries, Red Dutch is the мё 
either bushes or standards, and White Datch ig the 
best white sort, of which one bush will usually be 
found sufficient. 
Brack Currants, 
There is no easier fruit to pen = 
Currant, which requirea no trai ae 
whatever. Unlike all other — that have been 
described, suckers are induced to grow up from the 
roots every year, as the finest fruit is borne оп 
young wood; the older and weaker wood is ent оц 
80 800n as the fruit is gathered, to allow the tres to 
confine its energy to producing healthy new shoot, 
which should be left about 5 or 6 inches apart, 
d 
should od 
roots, but slighfly picked ар vina fork and manured 
every year with а top-dressing, which also protects 
the roots which are near the surface from injury 
from frost, and from becoming dry during summer, 
points of the new 
The easiest method to get rid of them both is to cut 
them off and burn them, Black Champion and 
Lee's Prolific are the best varieties to grow, 
RASPBERRIES, 
If one part of a garden is moister than another 
Raspberries will do better there than elsewhere, as 
they require a good deal of moisture, and the soil 
should be thoroughly good for at least 18 inches 
deep, to ensure strong canes and large fruit, Al 
planting in the autumn, the canes En be et 
to induce — 
make good-sized roots, uit d ix lay the 
not 
down to about 9 inches from the 
them to 
foundation for strong, healthy stools; if this is 
pak жай canes should be allowed to grow each year, 
and the 
fr uiting i is over, в — be cat right down ; all grow- 
ing rooted suc 
ah. 
When planted to form rows, two lines of wires 07 
laths should be run 2 and y) fe 
respectively, and the alte 
about 2 feet, and the Peces pe 4 feet 6 inches f? 
5 feet; the stools should be 6 inches apart, and the 
rows from 4 to 5 feet, according to the h 
canes are left, 
0 y 
which do not require stakes, and are usually gro " 
extensively for market purposes, Carter's 
being the best for this purpose ; Sepe is, The 
ever, the best of all, but requires stak 
Strawberry i is the last fruit I propose to ia it 
this evening, for, although Peaches, Nectarinet 
Apricots should, perhaps, have been 
they require special walls, localities, and 
which excludes them from general cultivation A 
small gardens, and are, in fact, far better г E 
cool orchard-house 
WBERRIES, : 
like all other plants, require to b? 
planted, It із no use making a 
forcing the roots in, and treading the Les 
of th e so many Cabbage-plants, 
expect them to grow when probably two-tbi 
be, all the 
тев, together with the old canes, when 
sho 
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cluded, Ë 
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