li< FOREIGN MODES OF CULTIVATING 



cold and change of weather, and therefore produce 

 better fruit than those which are sent to us from 

 abroad and have been reared in a warmer country 

 more congenial to their nature. It is therefore ne- 

 cessary that we should try to get plants that have 

 already been accustomed to our country, by propa- 

 gation from suckers for a number of years, for in 

 that case they may be reared with very little 

 trouble. 



The most convenient time to take away the 

 suckers is from the middle of June to the end of 

 the month. Both suckers and crowns must be put 

 in sandy earth in little pots, as in this manner they 

 strike their roots best ; but when the plants have 

 grown larger, they must be transplanted in the fol- 

 lowing year in richer and less sandy earth, and in 

 larger pots, care being taken that the earth is not 

 loosened from the roots in shifting them. The most 

 convenient time for transplanting them is in March, 

 when the plants must be taken from the hot-house 

 and put in a bed of earth under a frame. Care 

 must be taken in shifting them into other pots, to 

 make the earth adhere well to the roots, and to 

 water them well afterwards, and not to use too 

 large pots, as they take up more room, are not 

 so easily handled, and are less proper for growing 

 large fruit than those of a moderate size ; the most 

 convenient pots for transplanting are ten inches in 

 diameter within the rim, seven inches at bottom, 

 and ten and a half inches deep. 



