A MONTHLY CALENDAR OP OPERATIONS. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Pinery pot succession-plants ; top-dress fruiting plants ; increase 

 the temperature from 75 to 85. Vinery raise the temperature of the 

 first house to 65 and 70, and top and tie the shoots; keep a moist 

 atmosphere ; attend to succeeding crops ; start a third house. Peach- 

 house remove all foreright shoots from the trees; when the fruit 

 is set, syringe them. Cherry-house increase the heat, after the 

 bloom is set and stoned, to 60 ; introduce more plants. Orchard- 

 house finish pruning all the trees ; in frosty weather shut up early, 

 and protect unheated house with tiffany, canvas, or mats ; water freely ; 

 heat still in the morning to prevent the frost laying hold of wet 

 surfaces. Fig-house water freely, both at the root and overhead. 

 Melons plant out from last month's sowing. Strawberries give air 

 freely while in flower. Prune and nail peaches and nectarines, and 

 afterwards protect them with nets or other covering. Finish plant- 

 ing fruit trees. Graft fruit trees. Introduce more Strawberries into 

 heat ; gather when ripe. 



APRIL. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Beans plant twice, and earth up the early crop. Sow Borecole. Broc- 

 coli sow the winter varieties. Brussels Sprouts sow in the beginning 

 of the month. Cabbage prick out the February sowing. Cardoons 

 sow for early crop. Sow main crop of Carrots, Beet, Salsify, and 

 Scorzonera. Cauliflowers plant out those wintered in frames. Celery 

 prick out the early-sown on a slight hotbed. Cucumbers sow to 

 plant out on ridges. French Beans sow, in the beginning of the month. 

 Lettuce fill up the autumn plantations. Onions transplant the 

 autumn sowing, and also those sown in boxes in February. Peas 

 sow twice in the month ; earth up and stick early crops. Radishes 

 sow twice in the month. Spinach sow in the first and third week. 

 Turnips thin, and sow in the latter end of the month. Vegetable 

 Marrow sow in the middle of the month. Ridge Cucumber sow 

 about the first of the month. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Pinery add fresh tan between the pots of fruiting-plants, and 

 sprinkle them overhead frequently ; pot suckers that have been 

 wintered in dung-beds. Vinery when the grapes are in flower, keep 

 a dryish minimum temperature of 75 ; when set, keep a very moist 

 atmosphere, and commence thinning them immediately ; push on 

 the successi on- houses ; give air freely in mild weather, shutting up 

 early in the afternoon. Peach-house partially thin the fruit before 

 stoning, afterwards thin to the quantity required to ripen off; syringe 

 the trees daily in fine weather, and smoke them occasionally, to keep 

 down insects. Cherry-house after the fruit is stoned, give the trees 

 a good root- watering, which will probably be sufficient till the fruit is 



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