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ally. Admit air freely at all times. The object now is, by careful management, 

 to preserve the foliage in a healthy state for the next two months, that a 

 supply of properly-elaborated sap may be stored up for next season. In 

 thinning the later crop of grapes, lay out the bunches well, and leave the 

 berries thinner than the early ones : the grapes will keep all the better from 

 not being too thickly set in the bunch. Muscats and St. Peter's will require 

 constant fires to set their fruit freely. 



1261. Vines training in pots for nest season's fruiting requiie daily atten- 

 tion and stopping : when they have attained a proper length required for 

 fruiting, stop the laterals and expose the principal leaves to the light. Water 

 with liquid manure when the pots are full of roots. 



1262. Pinery. — The principal crop of summer pines, now swelling their fruit, 

 must be encouraged by frequent waterings, using liquid manure alternately. 

 Support each fruit in an upright position, and remove useless gills and suckers, 

 i-eserving only sufficient of the latter for stock. Shade with some hght mate- 

 rial during the middle of bright sunny days, unless vines are grown over 

 them ; bearing in mind that the more light they get the better will be the 

 colour and flavour of the fruit. Give air early, increasing it as the day 

 advances, and close earl3'- in the afternoon, at which time the plants, beds, 

 and interior walls should be damped over. When the nights become warmer, 

 a little air may again be put on, which will assist the colouring of the fruit. To 

 insure strong sturdy plants, maintain a uniform bottom-heat of 90° during 

 the season of active growth. The frosty nights which occasionally occur, and 

 cloudy or rainy days, require that this temperature should be kept up by fire- 

 heat. 



1263. Withhold water from fruit directly a change of colour is discernible. 

 If the fruit is growing in pots, lift them on the surface of the bed, which will 

 help to improve both colour and flavour. Fires will be requii-ed, to allow 

 for extra ventilation, which at this period of the crop's ripening is more than 

 ever necessary. Do not allow the bottom-heat to decline. That portion of 

 the fruiting stock which did not show fruit in February will now be most 

 likely to show. These should be taken care of, as they will bring heavy fruit 

 in October. To assist them, remove the suckers and gills, and keep them 

 regularly supplied with weak manure-water, and frequently damp with the 

 syringe. Plants which have been kept back for autumn supply should now be 

 induced to fruit, backward plants being dry for that purpose, and exposed to 

 the light. When the fruit appears, shift plants requiring more pot-room, and 

 place them where they are to ripen. The most suitable sorts for autumn and 

 winter use are the two varieties of Cayenne, Black Jamaica, and Queens. 

 When ripe fruit is required next April or ]May, a portion of them should now 

 be selected, and have their final shift. The best early pines are the Old 

 Queen's, Prickly Cayenne, and the Black Antigua. 



1264. Succession pines should, at the end of the month, be growing very 

 ' fast, and require air in liberal quantities, both back and front. Water as 



they require it, using liquid manure occasionally, clarified, to prevent ita 



