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give a good soaking of water ; and if 

 the borders are not mulched, let a thin 

 covering of manure be laid on to pre- 

 vent evaporation, and nourish the Vines 

 in the heat of summer. Vines that are 

 swelling-off their crops should be liber- 

 ally supplied with water if the weather 

 be dry and warm. Shut them up early 

 with sun-heat, rising to 85° or 90°. Put 

 on a little air for the night between 

 6 and 7 p.m., and use no more fire than 

 is necessary to prevent the heat in 

 Muscat-houses from falling below 75°, 

 and other varieties 70°, as a minimum 

 for the night. Should red-spider make 

 its appearance, attack it immediately 

 by hand sponging; or where the water 

 is quite clean, the syringe may be used. 

 Want of sufficient water at the root 

 and insufficient ventilation are condi- 

 tions which favour red - spider, and 

 these conditions must be avoided. 

 Late crops now being thinned should 

 be more freely thinned than Grapes 

 that are to be cut before winter. And 

 as Grapes swell very rapidly at this 

 season, attend to thinning both 

 bunches and berries immediately they 

 are the size of Radish-seeds, except 

 shy-setting sorts, which should be left 

 uothinned until it can be seen which 

 are the properly fertilised berries. 

 Attend regularly to the pinching of 

 all lateral growths immediately they 

 appear. Vines planted this spring 

 will now be getting a good hold of the 

 border and growing rapidly. Tie them 

 to the wires as they grow, and allow 

 those that are to be cut down for per- 

 manent Vines to make as much foliage 

 as there is room for without crowding. 

 Temporary Vines to be cropped next 

 year should have the laterals stopped 

 at the second joint. If pot-Vines have 

 not been already shifted into their 

 fruiting-pots, let them be attended to 

 at once. Place them in a light posi- 

 tion near the glass, and encourage 

 them by every possible means to grow 

 freely, stopping them when 6 or 7 feet 

 long. 



Peaches. — Keep Peaches that are 

 ripe and ripening well ventilated ; and 

 if any of the fruits are shaded with 

 leaves, push them aside so that sun 

 and air can play freely about them 

 When the early crops are all gatheerd 

 give the trees a good washing with 

 the engine ; and if there is any red- 

 spider on the foliage, mix a hand- 

 ful of flowers of sulphur with the 

 water. Give inside borders a good 



soaking of water as soon as the crop 

 is all gathered. Look over the trees 

 and remove at once any shoots that 

 are causing a crowd of foliage. Supply 

 trees that are swelling-off their crop 

 abundantly with water, in cases where 

 the borders are inside. Syringe the 

 trees every fine afternoon when the 

 house is shut up, with sun-heat at 80° 

 for a time, and do not let it sink below 

 65° by morning. Thin the fruit and 

 tie in the shoots in later houses. Keep 

 green - fly down in the latest cool 

 houses by fumigation with tobacco or 

 syringing with Simpson's Wash. Young 

 trees planted this season will now be 

 growing freely ; keep them neatly tied 

 in to their trellis, and pinch the points 

 out of any strong-growing shoots that 

 are getting ahead of the others. 



Figs. — "Where the crop is ripening, 

 keep the air drier, and ventilate more 

 freely to insure good flavour. As soon 

 as the first crop is gathered from old 

 and fruitful trees, give the border a 

 fresh mulching of good manure, and 

 water freely to encourage the second 

 crop now showing on the young wood. 

 Where there is a fruit at the axil of 

 every leaf, some of them should be 

 thinned off, or they will be deficient 

 in size and the trees will be overtaxed. 

 The earliest plants in pots now swel- 

 ling-off their second crops should be 

 liberally supplied with liquid manure. 

 An occasional dusting with Standen's 

 Manure will help them. Figs luxuri- 

 ate in a warm, moist atmosphere, and 

 except when the fruit are ripening, 

 should be freely syringed every after- 

 noon at shutting-up time. 



Melons. — Expose ripening fruit to 

 all the sun possible, and ventilate 

 freely. If the weather be bright, do 

 not let the plants become too dry at 

 the root. The soil should at this 

 season be moderately moist till the 

 crop is perfected. Sprinkle advancing 

 crops on fine afternoons. Mulch the 

 surface of the borders in Melon-houses 

 with rotten dung, to prevent evapora- 

 tion and the necessity for frecpuent 

 waterings. Stop the lateral growths 

 of later crops one joint beyond the 

 fruit. Impregnate those in bloom, and 

 plant out more plants to ripen their 

 crops in August. Sow more seeds for 

 later crops. A heavy loam is best for 

 summer crops of Melons, and it should 

 be beaten firmly in forming the bed. 



Cucumbers. — Xow is a good time to 

 plant out a number of plants in cold 



