An encyclopædia of gardening; (1826) (14768940421)

Identifier: encyclopdiaofgar00loud (find matches)
Title: An encyclopædia of gardening;
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ard apri-cots, Abercrombie observes, * do not come into bearing under a considerable number of years, some-times ten or twelve; but then the fruit, in a congenial situation, is abundant and of the finest flavor. So,when the prevailing fault of a particular sort is mealiness, and yet it cannot be expected to ripen on even adwarf standard, the medium course of training the plant to a trellis almost touching a south wall, will im-prove the flavor. 4530. Mode of training. The fan method is very generally adopted with this tree :Forsyth prefers the horizontal manner, and Harrison also trains horizontally, but so asto let the branches have an elevation to their extremities of 20 degree*, varied, however,according to the luxuriancy or weakness of the tree. With young trees he proceeds tofill the wall by heading down, twice a year, in the same manner as with the apple andpear. The result produces a tree (Jig. 493.) not essentially different from Forsythsengraving. (Tr. on Fr. Tr. chap, xxiv.)
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4531. Mode of hearing. The varieties of the apricot, in general, bear chiefly uponthe young shoots of last year, and casually upon small spurs rising on the two or three Book 1. ALMOND. 721 year-old fruit-branches. The Moor Park bears chiefly on the last year*s shoots, and onclose spurs formed on tlie two-year-old wood. The bearing shoots emit the blossom-budsimmediately from the eyes along the sides ; and the buds liave a round and sw^elling ap-pearance. 4532. Pruning wall-trees. The general culture of the wall-apricots comprehends a summer and wintercourse of regulation by pruning and training. 4533. Smnmer jiruning. Begin the summer pruning in May or early in June, and continue it occasion-ally in July, August, &c. This pruning is principally to regulate the young shoots, of the same year.In the first place, take off close all the fore-right shoots, and others that are ill placed or irregular, or tooluxuriant in growth; taking care to retain a competent supply of choice, well p