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root-prune trees growing with such excessive vigour that they 

 do not flower. 



Currants and Gooseberries. — Propagate by cuttings. 



Fi^s. — Eoot-prune if growth is excessive. 



Raspberries. — See last month. 



Strawberries. — Plant . 



OCTOBER. 



Apples, Pears. — Continue lifting and root-pruning. Fruit 

 intended for keeping should be laid thinly on airy shelves, 

 where it will be safe from frost. Order fruit trees of all kinds 

 and trench the ground in preparation for planting them. 



Peaches and Nectarines. — Cut away old bearing wood. 



Yines. — Prepare the border, and plant either this month 

 or next. 



Insects. — At the begirming of the month tie grease-bands 

 round Apple trees to trap the codling moths. 



NOVEMBER. 



Apples, Pears, Plums, etc. — Plant new trees. Prune, 

 cutting back to two buds side-shoots shortened in June or July. 

 Fork over the ground, and manure when necessary, applying 

 potash and phosphate, or stable manure. Prune trees on walls. 



Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches. — Plant. 



Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries, etc. — Dig, manure, 

 and plant; cut out old canes of Loganberries and Blackberries. 



Nuts.— Plant. 



Yines. — Prune as soon as the leaves fall. If the rods 

 are infested with mealy-bug, rub off the loose bark and paint 

 with paraffin emulsion. 



Insects. — Dress the ground for Plum weevils, and destroy 

 the nests of the brown-tail moth, the egg-bands of the lackey- 

 moth, and the cocoons and eggs of the vapourer moth. Ex- 

 amine grease-bands for the codling moth, and, if necessary, 

 grease them afresh.. 



