. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. I 575 ]. FRUIT TREES IN POTS. MORE attention is now being given to the culture of fruit trees in pots, especially stone fruits and Grapes. In the case of stone fruits, as soon as the fruits are gathered the trees can be placed outside to ripen and rest, and the house used for some other purpose. An empty house is especially valuable in October now that so many Chrysanthemums are grown, and there are other purposes to which valuable space could be put in winter that will occur to anyone interested. A
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. I 575 ]. FRUIT TREES IN POTS. MORE attention is now being given to the culture of fruit trees in pots, especially stone fruits and Grapes. In the case of stone fruits, as soon as the fruits are gathered the trees can be placed outside to ripen and rest, and the house used for some other purpose. An empty house is especially valuable in October now that so many Chrysanthemums are grown, and there are other purposes to which valuable space could be put in winter that will occur to anyone interested. ApriCOtS.—The Apricot is not always satisfactory as a pot tree, though when a house can lie given up lo il it does well, but in this case we should prefer to plant it out in soil that was freely dressed with old plaster and wood ashes, and the house should he constructed with movable lights, so that the trees can be fully exposed when the fruit has been gathered. We have seen very heavy crops in cool houses under these conditions. The ventilation is a most important matter. Success to a considerable extent hinges upon this being :<s perfect as possible without cold currents being created. Cherries.—Cherries are not so much grown under glass as formerly ; they do not succeed so well with other fruit, but when a light house can be given up to them Cherries are very prolific, and they are easily protected from birds, which is not so easy to do outside, for even when netted the birds somehow seem to find their way inside. For pot culture Cherries should be budded on the Mahaleb stock. In preparing the potting compost do not forget the old plaster, for lime is essential for allstone fruits, especially for Cherries. When failures occur it is usually through imperfect ventilation when the trees are in blossom or from a deficiency of lime in the soil. Fruit trees are easily kept free from green and black fly by vaporising with nicotine. And il is true economy in every sense to be
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