Apples may be planted. - Blossoms of wall fruit, protect. - Budded (Trees), last summer, remove insects from buds, and shoots from stocks below. - Cherries may be planted. - Disbud wall trees of superfluous buds. - Forcing fruits, in hot-house, attend to. - Grafting (late kinds of apples, pears, and plums), may be done still, b. - Grafts, lately inserted, see that the clay is firm, and rub off shoots below the scion. - Heading down wall and espalier trees, finish, b, if not done last month. - Insects, search for and destroy. - Lime (early in the morning), dust over the leaves of trees infested by caterpillars. - Liquid Manure, give to trees newly planted. - Mulch round the roots. - Peaches may be planted. - Pears may be planted. - Plums may be planted. - Propagating by layers, cuttings, suckers, and seed, finish, b. - Pruning, finish, b.; stop young shoots. - Stake trees newly planted. - Strawberries, water daily in dry weather those in bloom, if dry. - Vines, propagate by layers and cuttings, b.; summer dress; in vineyard stake and hoe frequently; old borders manure. - Wall-fruit, thin generally. - Wasps, destroy; every one now killed prevents a nest.

Orchard #1

Apples (Espalier), Prune, Etc

Apricots, prune and train in frosty weather. Brine, apply with a scrubbing brush to stems and brances of fruit trees, to destroy insects, eggs, and moss. - Cherries (Wall and Espalier), prune and train. - Currants, prune. - Espaliers, prune and regulate. - Figs, protect from frost. - Fork the surface around fruit trees. - Gooseberries, prune. - Mulch, put around newly planted trees. - Nectarines, prune and train in frosty weather. - Peaches (see Nectarine). - Pears (Espalier), prune, etc. - Plums (Wall and Espalier), prune. - Pruning, attend to generally. - Raspberries, prune. - Snails, destroy in their torpid state. - Stake and support trees newly planted. - Standards, remove dead and irregular branches from. - Trench and prepare borders, etc, for planting. - Vines, prune and train. - Wall Trees generally, prune and regulate. - Walls. It is a very beneficial plan to paint these by means of a white-washer's brush, with a liquid mixture of 8 lbs. lime, 4 lbs. soot, and 8 lbs. sulphur. It destroys and banishes insects, as well as by its dark colour promoting the warmth of the wall.

The liquid employed, in which to mix the above, should be urine and soapsuds in equal proportions.

Orchard #2

Ants, destroy; the ammonia water from gas-works, or boiling water poured into their haunts is effectual. - Apricots, finish summer regulating, b. - Blighted Trees, clean by the water engine; lime dust, etc. - Budding, commence in cloudy weather, or during evening, e. - Fig Trees, prune. - Gooseberries, Currants (Wall and Espalier), regulate, b.; remove blighted shoots; summer prune, e. - Nectarines, finish summer regulating. - Newly planted Trees, stake and fasten; give water in dry weather; liquid manure to the weakly; keep mulch round. - Pears (Wall and Espalier), properly regulate, b. - Plums (Wall and Espalier), properly regulate, b. - Scarify, trunks of hide-bound trees, rather than in winter, but this affection will never occur, if they are scrubbed in January with brine. - Snails, Slugs, search for, morning and evening. - Strawberries, water in dry weather. - Thinning fruit on walls, complete, b. - Vines before omitted, finish, regulating, b.; and those done in May re-examine.

Orchard #3

Apricots, prune, if before neglected, b.; young ones, head down. - Blossoms of wall fruit protect. - Currants, finish, planting and pruning, b. - Espaliers, generally finish regulating, b. - Figs, prune and train, and plant, being best time; make layers; plant cuttings. - Fork over the borders and quarters, if before omitted. - Gooseberries, prune, if before neglected, b.; finish planting, b.

- Grafting, in mild weather, is best done this month. - Grafts, prepare. - Mulch round the trees newly planted, to keep the roots moist. - Nectarines, neglected before, prune, b; young, head down. - Peaches, before neglected, prune, b.; young, head down. - Planting omitted complete, b. - Pruning, complete, without fail, b. - Raspberries, finish planting, b. - Strawberries, finish dressing, b.; plant; and in pots for successive forcing. - Suckers, for stocks, may be planted. - Support with stakes trees newly planted. - Stocks, raise from seeds of Apples, Pears, Quinces, and Medlars. - Trench, etc. ground for planting - Vines, finish pruning without fail, b.; plant cuttings, and make layers.

Orchard #4

Apples, prune; plant. - Apricots, prune; plant. - Berberries, plant. - Cherries, prune; plant. - Currants, prune; plant; cuttings plant. - Figs, rub off green fruit; train, but do not prune. - Fork over ground about fruit trees. - Gooseberries, plant; prune; cuttings . plant. - Medlars, plant. - Mulberries, plant. - Mulch round trees newly planted. - Nectarines, prune; plant. - Nuts (Filberts), etc, plant. - Peaches, prune; plant. - Pears, prune; plant. - Plums, prune; plant. - Pruning and planting generally should be done; it is the best season. - Quinces, plant. - Raspberries, prune; plant. - Services, plant. - Stake trees newly planted. - Standards, plant; prune. - Stones of fruit sow. - Strawberries, dress, if not done last month. - Suckers, remove. - Trees for forcing, remove. - Trench and manure ground to be planted, if not done months ago. - Vines, prune; plant. - Wall Trees and Espaliers generally, prune and plant; it is the best for their winter regulation. - Walnuts, plant. - Water all newly planted trees. - Weeds, destroy generally, and clean up.