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colouring and ripe, see former "Calendar." Suckers from 

 those plants that have fruited up to this time will now be 

 ready to pot. Shade them from the sun during the hottest 

 part of the day for ten or fourteen days, by which time they 

 will be making roots. Syringe them lightly in the after- 

 noon at shutting-up time, and when they have made roots 

 about 2 inches long, water them with water at 85. After 

 this they soon begin to grow freely, and should have an 

 abundant supply of air to keep them stocky. 



Grapes. Early houses, where the wood is thoroughly rip- 

 ened, may now have the lights removed off them where such 

 are movable, if the wood require painting and other repairs ; 

 these, and all alterations in the way of heating, should also 

 be carried out forthwith. Should the weather be dry, late 

 grapes that are swelling off and about the colouring -point 

 copiously water with manure- water, and slightly mulch if it 

 has not been done before. Apply a little fire-heat on damp 

 dull days, and always at night during such weather, with a 

 little air on all night. Take every precaution to keep wasps 

 and flies from preying on ripe grapes. Keep a constant eye 

 to vines in all stages, and see that red-spider does not get a 

 footing. Where the fruit are all cut, an occasional syringing 

 and a free circulation of air night and day will keep the 

 foliage clean. If any of the vines from which fruit has just 

 been cut have their roots further from the surface of the 

 border than is desirable, treat them as has been directed. 

 Pot-vines intended to fruit early next season should by this 

 time have their wood as brown and hard as a cane. Expose 

 them to full sun and a free circulation of air. Should they 

 show any disposition to make young lateral growths, remove 

 them at once, inducing them to maturity and rest as soon as 

 possible. Avoid exposing them outdoors in windy positions, 

 which destroys the foliage before it has fully done its work. 



Peaches. Look carefully over all trees from which fruit 

 has been gathered, and if there are many shoots that will 



