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good-coloured fruit is wanted. Do not shut the 

 house at all, let the weather be what it may ; but if 

 several days together continue cold, wet, and dull, light 

 a fire to raise the heat a little, but on no account close 

 the house. Keep the young wood thin. 



THE PEACH HOUSE AND WALL-SCREEN PEACHES. 

 Last month's remarks are applicable here as a rule ; but 

 discontinue the syringing, if the fruit is ripening. A 

 sharp eye must be kept upon the red spider ; and some 

 sulphur should be kept placed on several money slates, 

 so that the sun can play full upon them ; this will give 

 off fumes sufficient to keep the spider in check (see 

 last month). 



As regards all the other departments, last month's 

 directions may be referred to. 



SEPTEMBER. 



THE EARLY AND LATE VINERIES. The chief thing 

 now is to ripen the young wood thoroughly and to 

 bring the growth to a standstill. To promote this 

 withhold all stimulants, and place the sashes on the 

 frames, so as to prevent the rains falling on the border. 

 Admit all the air possible to the branches, so that the 

 ripening of the wood can be perfected by the influence 

 of the atmosphere. 



THE PEACH HOUSE. Daily watering of Peaches in 

 pots (but no syringing) must be done, if the fruit is 

 ripening. The cordon Peaches should be regulated in 

 the new wood by pinching in the laterals, but the 

 young wood right and left for next year's fruiting 

 must not be pinched in, only the sub-laterals and all 

 such growth as is not required for fruiting. 



