. The fruit garden. Fruit-culture; Fruit trees. 352 THE FRUIT GARDEN. Part of Fig Branch (Pinched), Showing Fruit and Successional Shoot THE FIG The fig is grown in the west and south of France in the open air. In the neighbourhood of Paris it needs a wall or a sheltered situation and a warm soil, as at Argenteuil. Here it also must have protection in winter by covering with straw. Warm and light land best suits the fig. The amateur who may have but little room should place it in the warmest corner of the garden. When grown for commercial purposes the plants are placed 4 metres apart in the ro
. The fruit garden. Fruit-culture; Fruit trees. 352 THE FRUIT GARDEN. Part of Fig Branch (Pinched), Showing Fruit and Successional Shoot THE FIG The fig is grown in the west and south of France in the open air. In the neighbourhood of Paris it needs a wall or a sheltered situation and a warm soil, as at Argenteuil. Here it also must have protection in winter by covering with straw. Warm and light land best suits the fig. The amateur who may have but little room should place it in the warmest corner of the garden. When grown for commercial purposes the plants are placed 4 metres apart in the row, with 3 metres between the rows. The fig is propagated by layers ; the shoots will root the same year as layered. Pruning.—This consists, firstly, in removing all the wood buds upon shoots of the previous year, except one or two at the base ; secondly, in removing the wood which has borne fruit immediately after the spring gathering. Varieties.—The best are :—The White Fig, the Violet Fig, La Barhillonne, La Dauphine, La Rouge de Bordeaux. Each district has its own commercial varieties. Figs are used fresh, for preserving or for confectionery. They are largely grown in Bordeaux, Provence, the Western littoral, Brittany, and Argenteuil. THE RASPBERRY Raspberries are not fastidious as to situa- tion or soil. In order to have an abundance of good fruits it is well to avoid very hot and also shaded situations, as well as excessively dry soils. Propagation is effected by means of one-year-old suckers. These are taken every year from clumps in full bearing. Each clump should have no more than six stems in order to produce the finest fruits and a continuous crop. Pruning.^—The second crop of fruits in August and September is borne upon the shoots of the same year, and for the spring crop upon the wood of the preceding year. Every year, therefore, in winter the wood which has produced fruit in spring, and which is dead, must be removed. The best growths of the year must be se
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