. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 5' WINTER WORK AMONG FRUITS.' HE above is the title of a paper by Mr. L. B. Pierce, a well-known member of the Ohio Horti- cultural Society. We make a quotation from it on Winter Pruning; but in reading them our readers should be cautioned about the difference in climate. Winter pruning must mean late fall and early spring pruning with us in Canada, because our winters are seldom mild enough to favor this work in that season. Besides this, it is important to coat with paint, or var
. The Canadian horticulturist. Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario; Fruit-culture. The Canadian Horticulturist. 5' WINTER WORK AMONG FRUITS.' HE above is the title of a paper by Mr. L. B. Pierce, a well-known member of the Ohio Horti- cultural Society. We make a quotation from it on Winter Pruning; but in reading them our readers should be cautioned about the difference in climate. Winter pruning must mean late fall and early spring pruning with us in Canada, because our winters are seldom mild enough to favor this work in that season. Besides this, it is important to coat with paint, or varnish, all large wounds of our fruit trees, unless made fresh in the height of the growing season, in order to prevent the drying of the wood, and cut portions of the bark; also to prevent injurious action of the cold upon the exposed cells. The longer I grow fruit, says Mr. Pierce, the more apparent it seems that a grower of all kinds has many advantages over the specialist. The grower of a single kind has but three or four weeks in which to market his crop, if it be anything except apples, and if his one crop fails he must depend upon something outside of fruit for a living until another fruit season. On the other hand, the grower of all kinds is occupied in marketing from June until January or later, and the same team and wagon and many of the conveniencies used in gathering and marketing can be used all through the season. The grower of summer fruits who has a local market may supplement his garden with a winter apple orchard, and thus find work for himself and team until near Christmas. Any one possessing a number of acres of orchards of the various fruits, can generally find work for all mild days in pruning, removing brush and rubbish and putting the orchard in first-class order. It used to be supposed that pruning must not be done when the trees are frozen. By doing the pruning in winter many large orchardists are able to keep a part of their men employed, when the men n
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