AUGUST. 



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AUGUST. 



Wood, Nailing in. Nail in all useful 

 wood this month without fail ; trees will 

 scarcely require it after. Remove every 

 shoot that is not really wanted : this may as 

 well be done now as at any other time. 



August. Glasshouses for Fruit, 

 &G., Work in. 



3. FRUIT UNDER GLASS, HEATED AND 

 UNHEATED. Grapes, Muscat. Fires, 

 especially to houses containing Muscat 

 grapes, should be made each evening and 

 during wet dull days, that abundant venti- 

 lation may be kept on. 



Peaches, Management of. As the houses 

 are cleared of fruit, the trees should be 

 gone over, and the wood not required for 

 fruit next season should be cut away ; tie 

 the remaining shoots neatly in, without 

 injuring the leaves, removing the laterals as 

 you proceed ; this will allow more light and 

 air to reach the shoots intended to carry 

 next season's fruit, and assist towards 

 maturing well-developed fruit buds. To 

 ripen the wood, close up the house early in 

 the afternoon with a temperature of 85. 

 In the evening again open the house as 

 much as the sashes will allow ; fires should 

 be made in wet weather, accompanied by 

 air. The aim should be a dry and rather 

 high temperature by day, and as cold a one 

 by night as circumstances permit. Keep 

 down red spider by well syringing every 

 morning, with air on the house. When the 

 leaves begin to change colour, and the wood 

 becomes brown up to the point, the sashes 

 may be removed. 



Peaches in Pots. Fruit trees in pots, in- 

 tended for forcing, if the wood is well 

 ripened, supposing they have been growing 

 under glass, may be removed to the foot of 

 a south wall, and in a few weeks to a shady 

 cool place to rest. 



Pines for Early Forcing. As soon as the 

 house for next season's fruiting is ready, 

 the plants should be transferred there at 



once ; the most forward plants should be 

 selected, and have their final shift before 

 removal. When it is desirable to have 

 fruit early, say in April or May, the fruiting- 

 pot must not be too large, as it will be 

 necessary to get the plants into rest early. 

 As a rule they should have their pots well 

 filled with roots by the middle of Septem- 

 ber ; and while growing, allow them all the 

 light you can command and a proportionate 

 quantity of air. The best pines for very 

 easy forcing are the black Antigua, common 

 Queen, and the Providence ; to assist them, 

 a few Jamaicas may be started in October, 

 as they take a couple of months longer to 

 ripen. 



Pines, Sizes of Pots for. As the plants 

 are to ripen their fruit in the pots they are 

 now placed in, the size will be regulated by 

 the kind of pine grown, and in some 

 measure by the size of the plant. For 

 Queen's and pines of similar habit, pots of 

 from 12 to 15 inches diameter will be 

 sufficiently large; while pots from 15 to 18 

 inches will be quite large enough for the 

 largest Providences and Cayennes. 



Pines for Summer Crop. The plants for 

 the summer crop may remain for a week or 

 two, unless there are reasons for potting 

 them immediately. They may have a larger 

 shift than recommended for the above, and 

 should be kept longer growing in the 

 autumn. 



Pines, Watering. Pines in fruit will re- 

 quire water often, as the pots at this time 

 will be fuller of roots than earlier in the 

 season. Syringe well each ; warm, and close 

 the house afterwards. The pines for winter 

 fruiting will now be in bloom, and while 

 such is the case be careful to keep the 

 syringe from the flowers. 



Ventilation in Vinery. Whenever the 

 leaves in the early house show indications 

 of ripening, the sashes should be removed 

 and the vines fully exposed ; beyond stop- 

 ping any late laterals, the vines should not 



