206 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
MARCH. 
THE Earty VINERY.—The bunches will now be 
formed, and the young wood may be stopped two joints 
above the bunch. I find that it is not a good practice 
to stop the young wood (the fruit-bearing laterals) too 
soon, nor too near the bunch; one bunch of fruit toa 
lateral is quite enough. All superfluous wood and 
spray about the base of the lateral should be taken off. 
Maintain a heat of 75° to 80°. A moist heat may be 
encouraged in the house; no air is necessary. 
Tue Late VINERY.—The vines are still quiet, but 
the eyes are beginning to swell. Water the pot 
Strawberries well, and keep the house close, notwith- 
standing the sun heat. 
THE PeacH Hovuse.—All pruning/must be finished 
at once. If the Peaches are in pots, water them libe- 
rally. Probably the days will be sunny, with sharp 
frosts at night. Admit air from nine o’clock in the 
morning till three o’clock in the afternoon on sunny 
days. Should sharp frosts occur, and the trees be 
in bloom, some slight protection will be necessary if 
there are no other means of warding off the effects of 
the frost upon the blossom. It is a certain and in- 
expensive method to have a two-inch flow-and-return 
pipe running close to the front of the house on the 
ground, heated by a common small saddle boiler. The 
cost would be very little for a house from forty to sixty 
feet. long, and a little fire put in at five o’clock in the 
evening would heat it quite enough to ward off the 
frost for the night. This would be better than screen- 
ing the trees with gauze or tiffany. Admit no air if 
