VIU 



CONTENTS. 



Spur-praning for next season's crop, 



Training, 



Keeping grapes through the winter, 



General management of borders, 



Eenovating exhausted vines, . 



The pot-culture of grapes. 



Inarching vines, . 



Setting up grapes for exhibition. 



Packing grapes, 



Insects to -which vines are subject, 



Diseases to which vines are subject. 



The Peach and Neotamne, . 

 Peach-house for early forcing, 

 Peach-house when ripe peaches are not rec[uired before July, 

 Drainage, depth, and width of border. 



Soil, 



Varieties for early forcing, 

 Propagation and selection of trees, 



Planting 



Pruning and training, . 



Disbudding, or summer pruning, 



Tliinning the fruit, 



Root-pruning, 



Forcing and general management. 



Dressing the trees and borders, 



Temperature, 



Ventilation, .... 



Moisture in the air and syringing, 



Setting the fruit, . 



Watering 



Ripening and gathering the fruit. 

 Packing peaches to be sent to a distance, 

 Insects, .... 



Diseases, .... 



The Fig, .... 

 Fig-house, .... 

 Soil and formation of border, . 

 Varieties of figs, . 

 Propagation, .... 

 Time and manner of planting, 

 Training and general management the first year. 

 Pruning and pinching, 



