RATIONAL FRUIT CULTURE. 117 



FRUIT-GROWER'S CALENDAR. 



JANL'AHY. 



Apples, Pears, Plums. — Plant in mild weather; prune. 

 Nail in trees on walls, renewing all old bands. ' 



Currants and Gooseberries.— Insert cuttings in the open 

 ground. 



Strawberries. — After frost any recently-planted runners 

 that have been loosened in the ground should be made firm 

 again. 



Yines. — ^Propagate by means of single eyes. 



FEBRUARY. 



Apples, Pears, Plums. — Planting should be completed aa 



soon as possible. Any trees which are to be grafted should 

 be headed back, and suitable shoots for scions should be 

 selected, and laid in soil under a north wall. 



Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches. — Prune and nail in. Spray 

 Peaches which were attacked by leaf-curl in the previous year. 



Currants and Gooseberries. — Prune towards the end of the 

 month. 



Vines. — If there is any doubt about the buds breaking 

 evenly, the rods should b.e slung down horizontally from the 

 wires. 



