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Catch Crops. 



Tobacco, cassava, cocoes, yams, pines, corn, sweet potatoes, banana 

 and plantains. 



Tillage. 



After the plants are establishe 1, deep tillage and the cutting of 

 roots is highly injurious. 



Drainage, 



It is absolutely necessary to keep the land well drained, so that the 

 sub-soil will be sweet. 



Pruning. 



Remove gormandizers, an 1 pinch back long shoots. Beyond this 

 very little should be don •. 



Irrigation. 



Yery little is required, and the water should not be allowed to lie 

 on the ground 



Forcing fruit so as to gi t it in the good season. 



Pruning. 



We want to have our oranges full during the months of July, Au- 

 gust and September, so that we must resort to artificial means, as fol- 

 lows ;— Pick every ora ge off the trees in November, then 

 prune and sti nulate so as to cause the trees to put forth young buds 

 from which blossom will come By pruning I mean the removal of 

 all fruit, absolutely ; then with a sm 11 saw remove all thorns from 

 the stems, and s iw a way all rotten branc les, dead wood, gormandizers, 

 &c, leaving space for light to play fully upoa the tree. Remove all 

 moss and fungus and weeds under the tree over an area the size of 

 its diameter and fork round to allow light to penetrate the soil. Saw 

 off exposed, rotten or bad roots, and both on branches and roots paint 

 all sores with zinc paint. 



Wash. 



Extra light allowed by the removal of the supenuous wool will act 

 as a stimulant ; but in addition to that a wash should be applied to 

 the bark and stem of the tree which will destroy all insects and fun- 

 goid growths. For this purpose the following recipe is recommended : 



1 quart Soft Soap. 



1 " Black Carbolic Acid, 

 rub together and then add 2 quarts slightly warm water. Stir until 

 a thorough emulsion takes place ; then add 8 quarts of warm water 

 making a total quantity of 12 quarts. Agitate for a considerable time 

 and apply with a white-wash brush beginning at t \Q top of the tree 

 on branches not less than one inch in diameter, immediately after 

 pruning. 



The tree will produce many more blossoms than it can bring to 

 maturity, so that you must leave according to your judgment of the 

 strength of the tree, as many, only, as it can support. The fewer you 

 leave the quicker your fruit will come in. 



The extra sun in July and August will brighten the colour of the 

 fruit more quickly than October and November sun, the former biing 

 more sunny months. 



