CH. 7.] PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 159 



When the fruit begins to colour, the 

 houfe fhould be opened by fun-rife, and 

 fhould not be fhut till" fun-fet, unlefs to de- 

 fend the fruit from heavy rains ; paying 

 little refped to funftiine at this time : air 

 being as eflential to the flavour of the 

 fruit, as the rays of the fun ; and the more 

 fo, when thefe are excluded. 



After the crop is all gathered, let the 

 houfe be expofed for the Winter, as be- 

 fore. 



SECTION VII. 



On Watering, WaJIring, and Steaming tie Peacl-Houfe. 



PEACHES, when in a growing ftate, re- 

 quire plentiful waterings ; and the 

 border fhould always be kept in a mode- 

 rately moift condition : withholding a littlq 

 in the time of fetting and ftoning, and to- 

 tally from the time the fruit begins to co- 

 lour. After the crop is gathered, give a 

 few hearty waterings, to bring the border 

 irtto a proper ftate for the Winter. 



Wafn thrice a-week, with the hand- 

 engine, from the commencement of the 

 forcing, till the flowers begin to open; 



withhold 



