. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. APPENDIX. 415 cut off to a bud, (or rather to two or three buds, with the best only allowed to grow,) at each of the points b b b I, so that strong upright shoots are now growing, as indicated by dotted lines, for a crop next season. Bunches of fruit will form on these the present year, but they must be rubbed off early, that the vigor of these
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. APPENDIX. 415 cut off to a bud, (or rather to two or three buds, with the best only allowed to grow,) at each of the points b b b I, so that strong upright shoots are now growing, as indicated by dotted lines, for a crop next season. Bunches of fruit will form on these the present year, but they must be rubbed off early, that the vigor of these shoots may not be retarded. In this way, a constant succession is kept up. The two right hand fruit-spurs in fig. 311, show the ordi- nary length they are allowed to grow before the ends are pinched off, the upper one being already shortened, and the lower showing the point at c where it should be nipped. It must never be forgotten that the full growth and per- fect ripening of the fruit, depends wholly on healthy, well developed leaves, to furnish food to the forming berries- Hence they must have plenty of room, light and air for their healthy development. And hence too, the entire error of the practice of picking off the leaves to let in the light on the fruit. The longer the shoots or spurs extend themselves the better, before they are pinched off, provided they do not interfere with each other. Cold Grape-House, p. 394. A great improvement in cheapness, is represented in the annexed figure, (312.) The walls are made by setting posts into the ground, and cov- ering with a rough, whitewashed, board- siding. The cover of glass is greatly sim- plified and cheap- ened, by fixed sashes, the necessary ven- tilation being effect- ed by the board shut ters, a a, opening out- Fig. 312. wards on hinges, and placed at intervals along the back and front walls. Fig. 313 represents a portion of the glass roof—b b are the rafters ; c c are cross-bars, made of strips of inch board about t
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