PINE- APPLE FRUITING -HOUSE, 



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COMPENDIUM OF THE CULTURE, 



TIUENNIAL COURSE, BIENNIAL COURSE. 



1848. 

 Aug. 15. 



1849. 

 Feb. 14. 



April 1. 



July. 

 Aug. 



1850. 

 Mar. 1. 



Nursing-Pit. 



Crowns and Suckers of 

 the New Providence 

 and other large vari 

 eties planted ; also 

 small crowns and 

 suckers of the Queen 

 pine. 



Small offsets of the 

 Queen pine dibbled 

 into the tan. 



The above potted or re 

 potted ; the balls of 

 earth preserved entire. 



C The intermediate shift- 



&amp;lt; ing : time determined 



by expediency. 



Succession-Pit. 



The plants from the nurs 

 ing-house are shifted 

 into larger pots : the 

 greater part of the 

 earth is renewed, and 

 the roots pruned. 



June 1. Second intermediate shift 

 ing 



Fruiting-House* 



Between this period and 

 September 15, the 

 plants after having 

 been shifted into full- 

 sized pots, are intro 

 duced from the succes 

 sion-pit. 



1850. 

 Aug. 15. 



1851. 



March. The surface of the pots are 



top-dressed. 

 1851. 



June. ( Fruit ripens, and the course 

 Aug. ^ concludes. 



1848 

 Aug. 15, 



Nursing-Pit, 



Large crowns and suck 

 ers of the Queen pine 

 planted. 



1849. 



Feb. 14. Large offsets of the Queen 

 pine dibbled into the 

 tan. 



Mar. 15. The above potted or re 

 potted ; the earth or 

 tan is shaken away, 

 and the roots pruned, 

 the pots transferred 

 into hotbeds or pits. 

 First intermediate shift- 



June 15. 

 Aug. 1. 



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Second intermediate shift 

 ing. 



Succession-Pit. 

 1849. 



Oct. 1. Plamts introduced from the 

 nursing -pit; but not 

 shifted unless intend 

 ed for early spring 

 forcing. 



1850. 

 Feb. 15, 



Fruiting-Housc. 



Plants shifted for the last 

 time, and introduced 

 from the 

 pit. 



1850. 

 Sept. ( 

 Dec. i 



Fruit ripens, and the coursa 

 concludes. 



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