OCTOBER. 



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FATHER WIMER APPLES AND PEARS, 



When these fruits have tb^ir full growth they 

 will quit the branches ref^dily — they must be gath- 

 ered in dry weather, abou.t noon, or thence till 

 evening — be careful not to bruse the fiuit in gath* 

 «ring — lay them in heaps in a dry place, each kind 

 separate, and there let them remain about ten day« 

 or a forti-tight to sweat — afterwards wipe them se- 

 parately with a dry cloth, and lay them up in 

 casks or cheats, Vv^th clean dry straw round the 

 packages. Cover the fruit with ^^traw, and exclude 

 ihe air as much as possible fromi the fruit. 



TRAJVSPLAJVT FRUIT TREES- 



This month you may transplant standard and es- 

 palier fruit trees that have shed their leaves. T# 

 make a plantation of espaliers, trench the ground 

 two spades deep, working in rotten dung if the 

 |^r*)und be poor, and if light and sandy, mix some 

 ■urface earth also, particularly about the spots where 

 the tress are to be planted. The distances for 

 each kind is stated in February. 



CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. 



Plant these shrubs from nursery beds, about six 

 feet apart, the rows eight feet apart, unless you 

 want them round beds and borders ; in which 

 case plant them about six feet apart ; prune old 

 trees, and dig about their roois — prune the bran- 

 ches to regular distances, keeping tbe hearts of 

 the trees open and clear of wood, that the sun may 

 be admitted — cut off suckers from the roots, and 

 branches from the lower parts of the stems. A 

 number of shoots produced this summer must be 

 cut ofi, and supply their places with young shoots; 

 any principal branches that are decayed shouW 



