238 VINES 
flats the last week in July, kept potted on until 
in four-inch pots, then benched. However, they 
can be grown just as successfully in large pots or 
boxes, as in regulation benches. The house 
should be light and have sufficient head room for 
the development of the plants (six feet is plenty). 
Immediately after being set, the vines should 
be staked, and the stakes secured at the top in 
some manner. Keep the house on the dry side 
at night, but in the daytime a little moisture is 
advisable. In all cases, the plant should be 
kept to a single stem and this pinched back when 
it reaches the desired height. Water carefully, 
especially when the young plants are first placed 
in the benches. When water is necessary, be 
sure to wet the entire bed or pot to the bottom 
and not merely on the surface. Also, you should 
spray the young plants on bright days as a pre- 
_ventive against the red spider. If rust should 
appear, immediately try to dry off the atmos- 
phere and spray only early in the morning, with 
Bordeaux mixture. 
When the flowers begin to open, the house 
must be kept drier. If the weather stays clear 
and but little fire heat is necessary, a gentle 
tapping of each vine will suffice to scatter the 
pollen and set the fruit; but in the dark, dull 
