. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. should be ready to bear a lightcrop the next year. For this they must be forced to make a goodgrowth the first fall. Prune the privet hedge and all shrubs and give them good shapeand let them strengthen the buds they are to form for next years Fig. 242.;—Paper-lined berry-boxes sometimes used for marketingplums. 344 WORK BY SEASONS growth. Hips of roses and ripe seed of other flower
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. should be ready to bear a lightcrop the next year. For this they must be forced to make a goodgrowth the first fall. Prune the privet hedge and all shrubs and give them good shapeand let them strengthen the buds they are to form for next years Fig. 242.;—Paper-lined berry-boxes sometimes used for marketingplums. 344 WORK BY SEASONS growth. Hips of roses and ripe seed of other flowering plants maybe saved for future planting. Evergreens can be fairly well transplanted in August if plentyof soil is taken with the roots. Slip a box with one end removedunder the roots as you dig them. Take dirt and all to the newlocation. September.—Stop cultivating the orchard by September growth should be stimulated in the fall. The cover crop, if notplanted in August, should be planted now. It will help check thefall growth, and will help save the nourishment in the soil for useof the trees next year. It will prevent washing of the soil and willform a carpet for the fall picking of Fig. 243.—Thin peaches, apples and other large fruits to give them room and strength forgrowth. The fruits are enough larger to pay for the work. (New Jersey Station.) The bearing orchard should have the closest attention duringthe fall. All fruits that are ready for harvest should be taken fromthe trees by hand before they fall to the ground. Order your trees and shrubs for fall planting. Those who gettheir orders in first have them filled with the best stock. October.—It is well to mulch between the rows of raspberries,blackberries, currants, and gooseberries. Do this late in Octoberafter it is too late to stimulate growth this season. The mulch willprotect the soil from packing, protect the roots from winter, andenrich the soil for the next years growth. If manure is
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