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THE PINE-APPLE, . . . : . ''. . '. '-. "'. 1 



Pineries, .......... 2 



Varieties of pines, ......... 9 



Soil, 13 



Propagation, .......... 15 



Suckers, 16 



Succession plants spring treatment, ..... 20 



Succession plants summer and autumn treatment, . . 27 

 Fruiting plants, . . . . . . . . .35 



Retarding and keeping pine-apples after they are ripe, . . 40 



How to keep up a constant succession of ripe fruit all the year, 42 



Plants that miss fruiting, ....... 45 



The planting-out system, ....... 46 



Insects to which the pine is subject, . . . . .47 



THE GRAPE VINE, 50 



Site for vineries, . . . . . . . . .52 



Vinery for early forcing, 53 



Vinery for late grapes, 56 



Drainage, .......... 59 



Borders their composition, . . . . . .61 



Varieties of grapes, 68 



Selecting vines for planting, . . . . . . .70 



Preparing young vines for planting, . . . . .71 



Time and manner of planting vines, . . . . .77 



Treatment the season they are planted, ..... 81 



Management of vines the second season, . . . . 86 



Management of vines the third and fruiting year, . . .90 

 "Weight of crop, thinning, disbudding, &c., .... 96 



