42 ON THE CULTURE 



the twentieth of the latter month, as plants grown 

 in that season are very liable to be retarded in 

 their growth, while those sown from about the 

 twentieth of December to the beginning of 

 January will grow much stronger and quicker, 

 as they possess the advantage of the increase of 

 the season. An experienced framer, however, 

 can grow plants at any time of the year, and 

 from those sown at the above time, he may 

 expect to cut fruit by the twentieth of March or 

 towards the latter end of that month, according 

 to the weather ; much depending upon that and 

 the situation of the framing grounds, which 

 should at all times be open to the sun, and 

 defended from the winds. 



