Gardening Notes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2604, 21 May 1887, Page 2

Gardening Notes.

Wb are now enteriiig'iipoii a season which, lo the. gardener' shoujoL be ono of'the busiost iiiHifi-yearHaud,- - it would be money well spent by,those who have the menus if they woulddsot to wort' some of tlio" flnnmjrad'. labour, with which Mastcrton'at frpsent abounds. If it is intended to oxtend your garden, break up. new ground, or make and mend roads or garden walks, now is the time tho work ~ should bo vigorously set about, no time should be wasled. .-;,.'. Tube Planting

i Should commence at once. May and' 1 June may be considered.best, though, ■ in case of necessity, it may he con--1 tinned till the hegiiung.of.'September. Knrly planting has many advantages. Trees, though apparently/dormant—- : which is especially noticbabla in those having deciduous leaves—are, neverI tholess, not altogether at rest. 'ln trans- : planting, some of the tendortibres of the i rcots will always bo danifljcd or destroyed, and somo now one3,lwve to be i formed before the trees, begiu to grow : again. This willtakepjace.it onceiftrans- ' planted early, while the ground is still ! waun and 'moistened''.by; autumnal rains;and before the cold and wc(i winter sets in, tlio plant is.' oayAihwl ■ and commences, to ,gi:pw v/pßusJy with the approach of spring, laved till lateriih the spawn there is but little inducement for.the'formation Of.- new .roots •until the spring- ( suns warms tho ground again j but tlion, warn) and dry weather may sot in before the treoes have time to get established, and though it may not die, it will in moßfc cases receive so - severe a chock in its growth that its , ■-. ' vigor may bo destroyed for years to ' '"-.' com, if not for ever. A T mi'!y planted trees must be pruned. Damaged of bruised roots must be cot away- with a '-.':■ sharp knife, or tsbbrten'ed .till only sound wood remains,"'-'-A. clcbo relation j ; exists between the and tbV i , branches,'and the fcrms; #uvitig been •-.' broken, ik, the lat|ar}:flhoold, with -i -.... newly planted I roes, Always be'cutvj ' ' back. If Ibis i 8 neglected the tipper > '-■■■' eyos only will break, as • the eanJias' a ' '' natural fcendoucy to l'; towards the fop,the!ow% onei'.rpain* 1. ing dormant. Cut,' therefore, al\lead ; +.u% ing branches (of young trees) back to ; , (torn three to six eyes, which will in- ■ \ duco. them to break.'jpgiilarly and to ' > I; form n«w healthy shopta in. their new i :, position. Trees tto gears';. old are ■' '. preferable'to Joiigernbd older ones. In %,% selecting trees; ohoose such as.are''?S grafted .well up from tho ground, and having a clean 'straight stem, healthy"-. and vigorous "shoots;., and (a; sure f. : :t siga --x>£,_. health) r-a. Bmooth bark, :;"!*':|l Two year old trees should have •;;'I from four; to six branches ? stand-: :% ing as regularly as possible atthe' v ':£ height you intend to see the future 4% crown commence. Each of tbes^ia ; - i 'M shortened : as ground "for planting£abould ", be Weill.- ? trenched; but in case of heed/ thqugh V by no means tobe

Say eighteen inches deep by threo -feel •'■ in diameter, may be dug in unlvenclicd , land for each tree. Be particular to ' have the. (limiting holes well drained, an (ho winter ruins will lie. stagnated therein, and when warm weather, sets in, vender the soil hard and soddened, It may not bo necessary to recommend .Varieties of fiuii of proved usefdlness, '»• /buLshpnWflny renderreqnimnsto.do be/niosMitppy 'to comply,.. v- tn|t^',fs; however, one-ft'iiiCwe Uo and -"-:V-.s/^ix- ? con*fide"i»llv lecomniend, find that. V ;.; W s the"" Cbsjiyros Khlu.", It \ is per-' ,-:je'fctly hardy in .this climate,'as it fruits - freely. the -open.:: The ' eolor'.a'fid.flesh ofthefroitissiriiilarto. - that.of anapricot/butinore juicy," ind JB of.cpleasante'i' flavor. In fact,, the. ■ * flint,'.when fully ripe, is quite delicious,; and .'it is a' wonder that it is ru?b 'more' widely grown in (Mb country, H is a most handMine and ornamental dessert fruit, ripouing.in April. "Siv Josoph Paxtou O.io.,eu)ineiit botanist calls it "Tlio jdivinc.pear, t-nlil tube the forbidden ■■ -'ficuit i»i" il»p. auuiciitß, -aiul so delicious v iiß to cause' oblivion! o '' The size of the . . 'iniit is from 2.Jinclics to threo inches in diameter. There are other improved ' '!kiudsof this 'fruit 'though notipiito mi hmdy, known in iho enkmics as the \Jflpimese Peisim'm ins, Thcso should do well in,this distrid, our wiiilcrs vall-Ufti'diiniiige them providing they .j.arp planted.among other lie.es, to mifso >,then) till the 'dior.ni:e in season 'has .trbeen,.'(jvci'.come. This.nnuosl necessary i.jas .the. trees, vhenMinpotted, have. i. ■.•tendencyto luako. growth' assooii as &,:.(pjalited which our frosts will quickly H ' cut off, thnx'hy destroying all liio Wvkt'Cfllly good eyes which repicsout the tßMwnbryo branches of (ho tree, Notany little protection the I ■ .Persimmon may require the first year, ; it will.amply repay tho cultivator for his pains. ».■' GWrauts and gooseberries should be •■;•;. .shifted now if required, or new planta'.•■.'■".tipns.nmde, as the next year's crop ,; will bo Iss's jeopardised by getting ,;•,. -them early into tho places in which ;•.'..- they are to fruit, Fork in a good ..•-•drehsing of manure among the trees in ••• old plantations, Put in cuttings of choice sorts; the cuttings to be straight '.- ripe shoots of this year,- and all the .- -.lower, buds removed, so as to provcut .'■; the growing up of suckers, All fruit trees may bo better pruned .<■•■. now than later in ibo season, as the .-.. .' deudaud dying brandies can be bottai: •,•_. "discerned whilo the trees bavo a few. •••• leaves on them, than when they aic /"i.;y-'qwit« bare There is no mystery as to ;';' : y-, the pruning cf standard tires,- Never ;■' -.Jop off large- blanches if'it can lit:

Sv'.. avoided ; theii* removal in a positive. 'J'/jL: in.jfiry to thetree,. Nover cut carlcssly, '■s& or hlJo'a' a liongb lo fall off when Ijnlf ''■;:•.; cut through. Remove a branch w'no.rt! ■;.;■,.. .two cross each oilier; remove those (but

..•;.'■ ttcreeii llioso below thenr from tb« mui ; ; •:.-. fceqitbe bnjjda o,f.ibelrqr-sopeii, sol bat part is'.equally,exposed lo air ...■''and light; and midijber that Waring .■'■■•' : trees ieiy seldom grow too vigorously, •;,'■• ,: ov make wood where it is not wanted, "■■'■■' '.and (be less use of kuifo and saw, the ;.',-: ..belter. •'-.■'