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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[June. 



in the first or second week of the month, to shorten the said 

 shoot or shoots, to three, four, or five eyes, according to their 

 strength : and by this practice each shoot will send forth two, 

 three, or perhaps four lateral shoots the same season, to fill 

 the vacancy. 



The above method of shortening the young shoots of the 

 same season, may likewise be practised on young trees, to 

 procure a supply of branches to form the head of a proper ex- 

 pansion as soon as possible. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The strawberry-beds must be duly supplied, in dry weather, 

 with water, as the plants will now be in blossom, and the fruit 

 setting and advancing in growth. 



The waterings should, in a very dry time, be repeated every 

 two or three days, from the beginning till about the middle of 

 the month ; for about that time, the principal crop of most 

 kinds of strawberries will be about setting and swelling to their 

 respective sizes : and while the fruits are taking their growth, 

 the plants should be encouraged, by keeping the earth in the 

 beds always moist in a middling degree, and the advantage 

 will plainly appear in the size, as well as the quality of the 

 fruit. 



DESTROYING INSECTS. 



Continue assiduously to destroy every species of insect on 

 their first appearance, particularly the red spider and gi'ccn 

 fly, which, if dry weather take place, will be in great abund- 

 ance ; the garden-engine and fumigation will, as already no- 

 ticed, keep both under. 



BUDDING. 



This operation may be commenced on some trees this month, 

 and continued until August. {See next month.) 



