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arises from the check given to the circulation of the sap, by which 
means more fruit is produced with less luxuriance in growth. The 
naked hole of the tree is also hid from the sight. Having lately had 
occasion to visit some parts of Lancashire, we found the same plan of 
training about to be adopted on the whole of the fruit borders at 
Rossel-Hall, near Poulton, the seat of Hesketh Fleetwood, Esq. ex¬ 
cept that the cross bearers and posts are constructed of iron instead 
of wood, all the longitudinal bars were to he made of wood. In ours, 
at Chatsworth, the trellis is about seven feet six inches wide, within 
which breadth there are nine longitudinal deal bars, one inch wide 
and an inch and a half deep; the cross bearers on which the bars 
rest are three feet six inches distant, and two inches and a half broad, 
and one inch a half deep, and are nailed on the top of square posts 
sunk into the ground at the hack and front of the trellis. These 
posts are two inches and a half square; there is also another row of 
posts, along the centre of the cross hearers, seven feet distant from 
each other. The height of the trellis in the front is one foot, 
and two feet at the back. The whole cost for wood, nails, and 
labour would amount to about two shillings per yard, and for paint, 
and painting the same, sixpence per yard. This would include any 
turnings round the edges of the walks—or other little alterations in 
the form which might he necessary. If the bars were placed closer 
together, of course the expense would he greater. 
ARTICLE V. 
OPERATIONS IN THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN-GARDEN, 
FOR OCTOBER. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Apples should now be gathered in fine days, and carefully placed 
in the fruit-room, packed in earthen jars, and placed in a dry cellar, 
or pitted after the manner of potatoes. 
Cherry-Trees, which have been infested during the summer with 
the black louse, (Aphis Cerasi,) should have a good syringing with 
a mixture of soap-suds and tobacco-water. 
Fig-Trees .—About the end of the month. Fig-trees, on the open 
walls, may be pruned and nailed. Cut away all those old shoots that . 
have gained the top of the wall, on purpose to give place to the last 
i year s shoots that are in the rear. 
Gooseberry and Currant-Trees may he pruned when the leaves 
have fallen. Leave a good supply of young wood from the bottom. 
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