. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. at tb»fruits are easily protected by netting, whichmust also be employed to prevent damage bybullfinches in the early spring. Pruning.—The shoots of bush trees intendedfor furnishing fruit for culinary purposes shouldnot be thinned severely, as, provided the fruit isclean and mature, quantity and not quality is thechief consideration. But cordon and espaliertrees, grown especially for a supply of dessertfruit, require extra thinning. Apples, Pears,Plums, Cherries, Gooseberries, Currants, Rasp-berries
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. at tb»fruits are easily protected by netting, whichmust also be employed to prevent damage bybullfinches in the early spring. Pruning.—The shoots of bush trees intendedfor furnishing fruit for culinary purposes shouldnot be thinned severely, as, provided the fruit isclean and mature, quantity and not quality is thechief consideration. But cordon and espaliertrees, grown especially for a supply of dessertfruit, require extra thinning. Apples, Pears,Plums, Cherries, Gooseberries, Currants, Rasp-berries, Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines mayall be pruned, but the work must not be carriedout when the wood is frozen. Old branches, in- tended to be grafted in the coming season, shouldbe cut back to a desired length whilst the sap isstill dormant; if this is delayed, the bark will dieback from the cut surface and seriously affect theresults. If scions are needed later on, they shouldbe cut off at once and placed in a damp situationsheltered from drying winds and the direct raysof the PLANTS UNDER GLASS. By F. Jennings, Gardener to the Duke of Devonshire,Chatsworth, Derbyshire. General Remarks.—The most importantquestion for the gardener to consider is thetastes of his employers, for his duty is to-produce plants and flowers for whatever sea-sons of the year they require them. Hiswork is simplified if he has every convenience at his dis-posal, namely,plenty ofmoney, goodplant housesand frames,labour, andlast, but notleast, a goodclimate. Agardener inthe northerncounties oftenfinds he hasto cope withmany difficul-ties that hissoutherncolleag u e scannot under-^^B ^^^ stand, and for ^^ ^ this reason all young gar-deners should endeavour to gain experience bothnorth and south during the time they are stilljourneymen. In many of the northern counties,and especially near great manufacturing centres,plants that in the south can be hardened off out-of-doors during the summer m
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