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ON VINERIES. 



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vinery will now be drawing to a close, and what remains 

 will consist in carrying out the directions given in the 

 previous calendars, as everything now will be at work. 

 The requisite attention should be paid to each advancing 

 crop, according as the state of its growth demands. 

 Keep a strict watch on the red spider. If allowed to 

 become established on the foliage before the grapes are 

 cut, it will seriously compromise the chances of next 

 year's crop. It is therefore of the utmost importance to 

 attack the pest vigorously when detected, so that its 

 ravages may be stopped before the period of ripening, 

 when the means of eradicating it cannot be so well 

 applied. It may be kept down by carefully sponging the 

 leaves with a little soft soap and rain-water. Of course 

 this will require the greatest care. 



MAY. 



1st Week — It will have been observed, in a former 

 calendar, that I recommend, where very late grapes are 

 required, that the vines should be retarded from breaking 

 in the spring; yet it must be borne in mind that, after 

 they have once started into growth, the treatment must 

 vary according to the weather. See article referring 



to date grapes grown in pots. The most important part 



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