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must be kept to screen it from the frost. A good mulching 
of rough manure should be given before the not weather 
sets in, and thorough waterings of manure and rainwater 
given at intervals, until the fruit has ripened, when, unless 
the weather be very hot and dry, the watering may be 
discontinued. As the fruit begins to ripen, the superfluous 
young shoots should be cut back, and those that are 
ripened should be tied in, thus exposing the fruit to the 
sun. It has also been found beneficial to give a good 
mulch of rough manure during winter, to protect the roots 
from severe frosts. 
The fruit is excellent, and is worthy of being more 
widely cultivated than it is at present. There are many 
bare walls which might profitably be covered with Apricot 
trees, and if attention is paid to the simple details given 
here, a large quantity of this fruit could easily be produced. 
The Plum is very extensively grown, and its cultiva- 
tion seems to be fairly well understood. The trees are 
generally raised by budding or grafting, and may be planted 
as bushes, standard, or wall trees. If the time can be 
spared, maiden trees should be procured, when they can be 
shaped as desired. If bush trees are required, the stem 
may be cut down to within 1 2 in. of the base, and not 
more than three shoots allowed to grow up, w'hich should 
be trained outwards to form the principal branches of the 
Varieties- 
Breda 
Hemskirk 
Moorpark 
Orange 
Royal 
Turkey 
THE PLUM 
