FRUIT GARDEN.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 156, 11 July 1911, Page 2

FRUIT GARDEN.

Push on the work of tree-planting, as in a tow weeks' time the season will be over, and every effort should now be made to finish the work before very dry, windy weather comes along to lessen the chances of succoks. All pruning should be finished during tho present month. The early flowering trees should be pruned first. The almond needs very little pruning; this is the first kind of tree to blossom. Plum, peach, cherry, and apricot, to be followed bv the pear and apple, these being the last to require attention, and here let me add, unless properly pruned, the trees are much better left alone. Gooseberries and currants require attention in the shape of pruning; the gooseberry fruits upon the previous year's wood, and also upon spurs on the older wo;:d. The black currant produces its fruit upon last year's wood, red and white currants produce their fruit upon wood of all a^es; therefore, methods fo pruning must vary a little.