The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR
THE WEEK.
(From the Gordeoor'3 Magazine.)

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tiD escellent weekly journal, contrdninsi much valinnii
Inlormation for amateur and professional gardeners.]

KITCEIRN GARDEN.

Select the most heavily.manured quarters for the reception
of all the members of the great breed,o fondly, particularly
Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts. It is little short of sheer
waste of time and labour to plant either on poor hungry soil.
Encourage Capsicums and Tomatoes th it were planted out
late with copious supplies of water, for not a day mutt be
lost with them. Tomatoes will require frequent stopping
and training to make them fruitful it too very good plan
to stop at one Joint above the cluster of fruit. The prickly
is the best Spinach to sow now, as it is less likely to run in
case of very hot dry weather. Plant out • batch of early.
sown Coleworts, and now another bed for late autumn supply.
Sow French Beaus arid thin out those now just up. It is im-
possible to have • good crop of these it left crOtrued In the
lowans sown, auto frequently done.

Fitl IT GARDEN.

The supply of Strawberry plants for forcing next year must
be thought about. It is well-nigh impossible to have good
crops unless the runners are layered sufficiently early to
make good plants with well, ripened crowns by the autumn.
Select the strongest runners and peg them down in sixties
, filled with good turfy loam, and keep them well supplied
whit water. Some growers advise plunging the pots In
which the runners are layered. Undoubtedly there Is au
advantage in so doing, but, considering the short time they
are required to remain on the beds, it is not worth the
. trouble. Where it is intended to form now plantations, the
refiners should be layered at the same time as those for
, forcing, and then planted out directly they are sufficiently
rooted to bear the removal from the parent plants. Where
the beds to propagate from are limited, it will be well to get
, off those intended for forcing, and, when these are removed,
! layer for the outdoor beds.
I The young growth of Peach and Nectarine trees will require
their final thinning. It is absurd to lay In treble the quantity
of wood required, with the idea that it Is not yet kno•n
what may be wanted. There is no more difficulty In fixing
upon the quantity of wood required to be left now than there
,is at the winter pruning Nall in the remaining young
growth as speedily as possible, for two reasons; one to expose
' the fruit to the full Influence of 114 ht and air, and the other
: to give the wool an opportunity to get thorowdily well
ripened. Lear in mind that we seldom get either flower-buds
or fruit on immature wood. Points and pears require
stopping at the third or fourth /eat, to Induce the formation
of bearing spurs. Morello cherriea require Touch the same
training :1.9 peaches, as they Mar principally on the young
wood, rhough they will bear on the Nacre, but the former is
preferabl... l'iy the engine vigorously OH the Peach, Nectarine,
Cherry, and Plum, or they will soon get infested with green
or black aphides and red spider. Where the points of the
shoots of any of these are taken poversion of by a colony of
black-fly, dip them in a strong dose if tobacco-water. Unless
this or some other remedy Is adopted and put in practice at
once, the young wood will be completely ruined for this searion,
and the trees wilt receive a check from which It will take
them several yearn to recover.
Thin the fruit of all wall-trees, If not already done, to the
quantify each individual is capable of carrying There Is
nothing gained In weight, but much lost in quality, size, and
appearance of the fruit, In compelling each tree to carry
twice the quantity it is able to properly mature.

FLOWER GARDEN.

Poses must have abundant supplies of water now, if floe
blooms are a consideration. Trim away the brier-suckers as
f ant as they come fly, for they rob the tree, and prevent it
Il..werleg • r making such good wood silt otherwise would
du Stocky intended for bed ling should he lo,.ked over at
'once and all superfluous shoots removed. aed the strung
rambling growths upon which buds are to be inserted short-
ened back This is far preferable to lowing them to grow
wild until the time comes for putting the buds in, and then
trimming them up If cut in DOW, an may be iteedint, they
will break before budding time, and the atop will flow freely
when it is wanted. Buds which remain dormant until the
ripring do not generally make such good plants as buds that
start away Pool, alter being entered, and make ripe hard
shoots before whiter sets in. When the young growths are
too sappy in the autumn, lift the stock gently with a fork in
October ; Otte will slog the growth sod sake all sale. Ads