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spending amount of moisture. Water them liberally with 

 manure-water, and syringe them overhead every fine after- 

 noon. If a stock of fresh soil for next year is not already 

 stored, now is a good time to do it. 



Gh'apes. As houses get cleared of the fruit, keep the 

 foliage healthy and active as long as possible. Red-spider 

 must be prevented by keeping the house cool and by frequent 

 vigorous syringings, and by preventing the borders from 

 becoming too dry. Grapes intended to hang through the 

 winter should be carefully examined, and if the berries are 

 at all likely to be too thick when they attain their full size, 

 thin them a little more. Muscats, even in the most favoured 

 localities, should still be fired at night, to keep the minimum 

 night heat from falling below 75, and the atmosphere from 

 becoming stagnant and unwholesome. Leave a little air on 

 all vineries throughout the night, especially as soon as the 

 grapes show the first signs of colouring. Remove all fresh 

 lateral growths as they appear. Stop young vines intended 

 to bear next year, when they reach the top of the house, and 

 their lateral growth confined to two leaves from each joint, 

 one of which may be removed when the wood begins to get 

 brown. It is not yet too late to plant vines struck from 

 eyes this spring. If borders can be prepared for them any 

 time this month, they will run the whole length of the roof, 

 and make fine vines next year. If pot- vines have been for- 

 warded as directed, they will now be strong canes, with full 

 buds, and their wood changing to a brownish hue. Give 

 them an increased circulation of air : do not allow them to 

 make any fresh lateral growths, and see that they are fully 

 exposed to the sun ; for unless their growth be thoroughly 

 hard and well ripened, no great success can be counted on in 

 the way of fruit from them next year. 



Peaches. Give fruit that are colouring abundance of air 

 night and day, and see that none of them are shaded with 

 leaves. Copiously water with manure- water, and mulch the 



