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quire to be potted oftener than twice in a season. 

 The first time should be about the end of April, when 

 the suckers and crowns of the former year's fruit 

 (which remained all the winter in those pots in 

 which they were first planted) should be shifted 

 into larger pots. The second time for shifting them 

 is in the beginning of August, when you should 

 shift those plants which are of a proper size for 

 fruiting the following spring. At each of these 

 times of shifting the plants, the bark-bed should be 

 stirred up, and some new bark added, to raise the 

 bed up to the height it was at first made ; and when 

 the pots are plunged again into the bark-bed, the 

 plants should be watered gently all over their 

 leaves, to wash off the filth, and to settle the earth 

 to the roots of the plants. If the bark-bed be well 

 stirred, and a quantity of good fresh bark added 

 to the bed, at this latter shifting, it will be of great 

 service to the plants ; and they may remain in the 

 same tan until the beginning of November, or 

 sometimes later, according to the mildness of the 

 season. 



" In the summer season, when the weather is warm, 

 the plants must be frequently watered ; but you 

 should not give them large quantities at a time : 

 you must also be very careful that the moisture is 

 not detained in the pots by the holes being stopped, 

 for that will soon destroy the plants. In very warm 

 weather they should be watered twice or three times 

 a week ; but in a cool season, once a week will be 

 often enough j and during the summer season, you 



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