. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 850. Rhododendron, received from Europe, ready for forcing. the water. This is a good remedy for greenfly, spider, etc., and produces a fine, glossy foliage. It is better to disbud by degrees rather than to remove a large quan- tity of foliage at once, which would naturally cause a check to the tree, Disbudding
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 850. Rhododendron, received from Europe, ready for forcing. the water. This is a good remedy for greenfly, spider, etc., and produces a fine, glossy foliage. It is better to disbud by degrees rather than to remove a large quan- tity of foliage at once, which would naturally cause a check to the tree, Disbudding requires good judgment. The shoot, if not needed, should be pinched, leaving three or four leaves to develop the fruit. Trees that are properly cared for during the summer months need little pruning in the winter. Probably the hardest task of all to the grower is thinning the fruit, but this must be done. There cannot be any set number for a tree to carry. Judgment must be used in that respect. Necta- rines can be cropped more heavily than peaches. After the crop is gathered, all the useless wood should be cut away to allow plenty of light and sunshine around the wood that is intended for the following season. When the wood is thoroughly ripened it is in condition to stand zero weather. The temperature ot peach houses can go down below zero without a bud being killed. In fact, it is not necessary to use any artificial heat until starting the house. Close the house down frosty nights; open up in the morning before the temperature rises much, and avoid exciting the buds. Sometimes one has warm days during the winter months. On such days it is well to keep doors as well as ventilators open. All the peaches and nectarines recommended for the peach house are admirably adapted for pot work. Other fruits may be added to these, as apples, pears, plums, cherries, figs, apri- cots, etc. (see articles un- der these headings). The following are some of the best varieties the writer has gr
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