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with raspberries, strawberries, currants and goosber- 
ries ; not forgetting the choicest apples and grapes 
in the richest variety and profusion, have rewarded 
your labours from early in June, without intermission, 
down to this time, and your grapes, if carefully pack- 
ed in clean sand, or saw dust, may be preserved on the 
cluster, fresh, round the year. 
Make up your stock of grape wines for the year, 
in October ; it is less expensive (on account of su- 
gar) than the currant, and fa^ superior. 
DECEMBER. 
Plant out your vines, strawberries and raspberries, 
and prune such as stand, and give your garden a tho- 
rough preparation for the next season. Prune your 
stone-fruit generally this month, particularly your 
vines. Remove from your vines part of the bearing 
wood of the last season, and all straggling shoots ; 
preserve such shoots of the last summer’s growth as 
you wish to have stand for fruit the next season ; from 
these only will spring the bearing shoots. To im- 
prove this fruit as much as possible, shorten those 
shoots of the last summer’s growth, down to about 
six joints, and cut from half an inch to an inch from 
the eye, when you divide the shoot. All unthrifty 
branches must be removed. 
Plant out of your nursery, such trees as you wish 
to have stand for fruit, and plant such peach stones 
as you wish to propagate, and where you would 
choose to have the trees stand, and guard them by 
stakes. Take up such shoots as have sprung from 
your quince-trees, and other trees and vines, and 
place them where you wish them to grow. Dress 
alt your fruit-trees and vines with rich compost, or 
