692 A MONTHLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



JULY. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Borecole transplant. Transplant Broccoli. Transplant Brussels 

 Sprouts. Caulifloii'er transplant from the April sowing. Sow Walcheren 

 Broccoli. Cabbage sow in the last week for a crop to come in in 

 May. Celery transplant into trenches ; earth up ; water. Endive 

 make a second sowing. French Beans earth up, and make the last 

 sowing in the latter end of the month. Lettuce make a sowing in the 

 first and last week. Peas make two last sowings of early sorts. 

 Potatoes take up early sorts. Radishes sow on a cool border. Plant 

 out Walcheren Broccoli. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Pinery discontinue watering those plants which are ripening their 

 fruit; keep a moist atmosphere in the succession-house. Vinery 

 carefully avoid raising a dust when the fruit is ripe ; give air freely ; 

 maintain a high temperature, and a moist heat ; further cut grapes, 

 and in late houses water freely ; shut up early with 90. Peach-house 

 when the fruit is all gathered, give the trees several good washings 

 over-head ; give abundance of air till the leaves begin to decay, when 

 the lights may be removed. Cherry-trees in pots should now be placed 

 in a shady situation. Fig-house when the first crop is gathered, 

 water the trees liberally to bring forward the second crop. Orchard- 

 house attend to summer -fruiting ; fumigate with tobacco-smoke, 

 to destroy green-fly ; top-dress pots with rich compost water or 

 sewage ; give abundance of air, leaving doors and ventilators open ; 

 gather ripe fruit, and remove Cherries and early Apricots out ofd oors 

 as soon as the fruit is gathered. Melons pay proper attention to the 

 plants ; stop and water freely ; cut the fruit before quite ripe, to pre- 

 vent it cracking ; finish in a warm vinery or pine stove. Finally thin 

 wall-fruit. Prune, stop, and tie espalier trees. Bud fruit trees. Pot 

 Strawberry runners for forcing. Mat Currants and Gooseberries to 

 preserve them. Stop the shoots of vines against walls two joints above 

 the fruit. Water forced Strawberries that are planted out. 



AUGUST. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



American Cress sow to stand the winter. Transplant the main 

 crops of Borecole and Broccoli. Plant out a good breadth of Walcheren 

 Broccoli for winter use. Cabbage sow for main spring crop ; trans- 

 plant for Coleworts. Carrots sow to stand the winter. Cauliflowers 

 transplant to come in during the autumn ; sow for the main spring 

 crop. Celery transplant into trenches, and earth up for blanching. 

 Endive make the last sowing, and transplant from former sowings. 

 Lettuce sow for standing through the winter ; transplant from former 

 sowings. Onions sow for standing through the winter. Radishes 



