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June. If all has gone on well, the trees will have swollen 

 their fruit to a good size, and a portion or the whole of the 

 trees may be removed to a sheltered place in the open air 

 about the 10th of the month. By removing only half of 

 the trees there will be a better circulation of air around 

 those remaining, and both the fruit and foliage will receive 

 much benefit. Besides a much greater number of trees may 

 be put into the house if it is the intention to remove a por- 

 tion to the open air in June. Up to this time the young 

 shoots will not have advanced sufficiently to require the 

 space they must have later in the season. 



Select a sheltered spot and remove the trees, placing them 

 at 5 or 6 feet apart, half plunging them in the soil. Now 

 cover the earth in the pots with half-decayed cow or horse ma- 

 nure, and water freely every evening and in very dry weather, 

 morning and evening. Syringe well every night. 



Commence now to thin out the fruit, and begin thp pinch- 

 ing of the shoots, as directed on a preceding page, whether 

 upon the old system or the new one of M. Dubreuil. Upon 

 this summer pinching will depend the future shape and char- 

 acter of the tree. 



If any red spiders make their appearance, they should at 

 once be looked after. The readiest way we have found to 

 get rid of them is to syringe the trees lightly, tipping them 

 on one side so that the under side of the leaves may be wet. 

 Then take sulphur and thoroughly dust every leaf; allow the 

 sulphur to remain three or four days, when a complete 

 syringing will wash it all off and with it the red spiders. 



July. All the trees, both in and out of the house, will 

 need plenty of water, and occasionally liquid manure, until 

 the fruit is nearly grown. Then the syringing should be dis- 

 pensed with, and the waterings less frequent. By the last of 

 the month the early sorts will begin to color. Attend to the 

 pinching of all vigorous shoots. 



August. As the fruit begins to ripen it is sometimes 

 attacked by bees ; when this is the case a thin gauze netting 

 will keep them ofif. Ventilate the house freely night and 



