PRUNING.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 59, 26 August 1875, Page 7

PRUNING.

j Gooseberry and currant bushes may ) have all their lateral or side shoots cut ' short, that is down, .to half an inch, leavi ing the end short on. All branches that grown inward should „be cut clean I off. Black currants may require weakly branches primed off. Wall tiees must have all shoots that grow s trig tit t ont from the wall cut off, all weakly ■ branches removed, and the best laid in and nailed to the wall. Orchard trees fc should have all the waste wood cut out of the head, the cross branches and >' those growing inwards removed. Raspberry canes only require shortening. ' Turf. — The appearance of a garden - depends greatly on the .quality of the s turf' and the way in which it is kept.. 1 Close cutting and continual rolling, is, i the secret of good turf. On good soil' l* little else is requisite, but on poor' sandy soil the verdure must be maintained by 1 occasional waterings with liquid ma- - nure, and a dressing with" gu'anbdr soot, i if the lawn be not so near the house as 3 to render such applications objection- • able. ; § ;. ";'/■■ ■'•■•/ C •; Mulching. —This operation consists, in spreading a layer of stable dung #veif 3 the roots of trees oi* plants-' and itttfmes i of drought watering, throughjt jx. Ait^ f a : a tirrie tlte dung riiay .. We'- .foMesPin t<s the soil.