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THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



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VINES. 



Vines on the walls should be attended to, and regidarly 

 pruned, and their shoots laid in, according to circumstances. 

 Few insects injure the vine on the open wall. The red spider 

 is its greatest enemy, but it may always be kept under by a 

 plentiful supply of water, administered with the engine. The 

 ihrips sometimes attack them on the walls, but most generally 

 on those leaves or shoots, which have been injured by frost. 

 Fumigation will rid the vine of this enemy, as well as of the 

 Hy. Some of the turtle insect sometimes visit the vine, but 

 we have never observed them commit any other injury, than 

 causing a mucilaginous substance to flill on the leaves, which, 

 in a certain degi-ee, is injurious to them. They are to be de- 

 stroyed by being rubbed off, which, on account of their size, 

 is no difficult matter. The species of this genus, which visit 

 the vine, are the Coccus hesperidum and Coccus ciadonidum. 



PRESERVING FRUITS FROM BIRDS. 



Cherries on wall, and standard trees should be protected 

 from birds, by means of nets. They should be put on walls, 

 as recommended for screening the blossoms, that is, so far as 

 regards setting them out properly with sticks from the wall. 

 Standard-trees may be secured by covering the top of the tree 

 with a large net, and securing it at the bottom. 



Cherries are sometimes cultivated in an inclosure by them- 

 selves on dwarf-standards, and in this way they are easily pre- 

 served from the attacks of birds, by securing them by means 

 of nets. In some parts of the Netherlands, regular cherry- 

 gardens are formed, and are secured from birds by similar 

 means. In some parts of England, cherry-grounds are en- 

 closed with high wire fences, sufficiently fine to prevent the 

 birds from getting in, and secured over the top by means of 

 large nets, which are supported sufficiently high to allow the 

 trees to attain tlicir desired height; underneath these trees, 

 which are regularly trained dwarf-standards, strawberries, 

 currants, and gooseberries, are planted, which, being pro- 

 tected from birds, remain long on the plants, after all the fruits 



