AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 251 



No. 2. 



PEARS, WITH STRAWBERRIES, AND CURRANTS OR GOOSEBER- 

 RIES, &C. 

 rig. V2'\ 



A, A. (LirL'lerf.) I'eard twenty feet by twenty-two, or ten feet by twenty-two, standing 

 along tlie centre of strawberry beds. 



B, E. (Stars.) Gooseberries, or currants, or raspberries, fonr to eight feet apart. 



C, C. strawberries ; bed fonr feet wide. 



LABELING AND DIAGRAM. 



All fruit-trees should be labeled when planted, and, in ad- 

 dition to this, a correct diagram of each plot shoulil be pre- 

 pared, so that at a glance the name of every variet}' you pos- 

 sess may be known. See page 215. 



CHAPTER XVm. 



Pruning:; various Oljjects, Periods, and Modes of. — Cleaning and Scrap- 

 ing Fruit-trees. — Fruiting; healthful Tendency to. — Tlie Law of iwema- 

 ture or forced Fruiting, and various Modes of its Ajiplication. 



PRUNING. 



We prune to weaken and to strengthen, and often simply to 

 balance — that is, to check or invigorate relative portions of the 

 same tree or plant, to give it symmetry, or promote its blos- 

 soming and fruitfulness. 



It becomes important clearly to distinguish the varieties of 

 a process from which such varied results are obtained. The 



