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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 247, 25 August 1879, Page 2

mHE FLOWER, FRUIT, & KITCHEN i- GARDEN. , FOR AUGUST, THIS should bo a busy month in'ail gardens, for draining, digging, trenching, planting of trees, hedges, bulbs, etc, Dig round manure; prune fruit trees cutting away a cross shoots leaving only such branches as ougt to remain, do not follow the absurd practice of cutting back the leaning branches with the idea of making the trees dwarf. In cutting the tree back it only forces growth encourages blight and waste fruit. Those that believe in cutting back to cause fruit bearing or to make a chvarf should inspect the result upon hedge rows under the same treatment, and they will see that edges that are cut are the tallest and the most branchy but without fruit. If you want haws take the hedge that is left to grow without cutting, So we have found the same result in fruit growing. In planting out young trees water them well, put shelter round young pines and ciiprcssus. Early sowing of cabbage ccd may now be made of the following sorts: Sugar Loaf, alsocaulillowcr in a dry sheltered spot. Onions to ensure a good crop should be sown this month, the sorts to sow are is one of the best crops and keeps best for large onions, try giant roccoa, Sow carrots early and late sorts. Sow turnips towards the end of the month, also parsnips and potatoes. Sow parsley as edgings or in beds, also peas and broad Windsor beans. Flower seed will lie bettor sown this month than later; shelter them from the sun and frost. Sow rhubarb in well dug rich ground the stalks will be lit for use in Autumn.