IN INDIAN SUMMERS 



Violets. — The time is near when Violets that are in- Sept. 

 tended for flowering in frames in winter must be lifted. 10-30 

 As a preparatory measure, they may be checked by 

 driving a spade round them a few inches away from 

 the central crown. If Violets are being grown in pots, 

 any runners which form should be cut off, or they will 

 rob the old plants. 



Fruit 



Gathering-. — The gathering and storing of fruit will 

 continue to engage attention. Several of our best 

 Pears, notably Beurre Diel, Souvenir du Congres, Con- 

 ference, Fertility, Marie Louise, Doynne Boussoch, Pit- 

 maston Duchess, and Emile d'Heyst may be expected 

 to be ready for gathering by the end of September. The 

 individual fruits on the trees may vary, and none should 

 be forced off. 



Muscat Grapes. — Muscat of Alexandria, that long- 

 berried, long-bunched, golden-yellow Grape, is one of 

 the finest flavoured varieties which we have, and growers 

 who succeed in ripening a good crop of it may be con- 

 gratulated. The house should be kept dry, and a little 

 heat maintained in the pipes in dull, damp weather. 



Melons. — Early crops of Melons will have been 

 finished, and if later ones are being grown the blooms 

 will probably be open. They should be pollinated in 

 accordance with previous instructions. 



Raspberries. — If the old canes from which fruit has 

 been picked have not yet been removed, they should be 

 cut out without delay, and the young shoots thinned 

 to half-a-dozen of the best from each root. 



Strawberries. — Plants in small pots, raised from 

 layers in early summer, should be transferred to 6-inch 

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