JANUARY. 



duce shoots, whereas the round swelling eyes produce 

 ©nly fruit huds. 



VINES, 



Prune vines this month in mild weather, if not done 

 in the fall. Last summer's shoots must be shortened 

 to three eyes ; from those eyes w^ll spring the shoots 

 that will bear fruit next summer. Cut off all dead and 

 ftuperduous wood, because only the shoots above men- 

 tioned will bear fruit. 



GOOSEBERRIES AND CURP^WTS. 

 Cut out irregular branches, and those that are old 

 and worn out. Those trees bear fruit upon branches 

 and shoots of one, two, and three years old; thin the 

 trees so that they can have the benefit of sun aud 

 air among the branches. 



RASPBERRIES. 

 Prune raspberry plantations ; cut away close to the 

 ground all the wood that bore fruit last year. Last 

 year's shoots only will bear next summer ; leave four 

 or five of the best of those standing upon each root; 

 the remainder cut off close to the ground. Those 

 you leave standing, must have about one-third of their 

 length cut off, and be supported with stakes. Dig 

 the ground betvveen the roots : take awa^^ straggling 

 rooU • ' any shoots that have sprung up between the 

 main roots. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Make a hot bed two feet high ; (See kitchen gar- 

 den in January for making hot beds) cover it a r^out 

 ten inches deep with rich earth ; take plants out of 

 natural beds, with a ball of earth round them; place 

 them in the earth that covers the hot bed ; put on the 

 glasses till the steam rises ; then raise them behind to 

 let it out and admit air; cover the glasses with straw 

 or mats every light; admit air daily, and w^ater the 

 bed twice a week. 



