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half rotted sods, or good loam from an old pasture, with 

 a handful or two of fine bone dust, or our special ferti- 

 lizer, to each pot, and a little well decomposed stable 

 manure, makes an excellent compost. Pot firmly, being 

 careful not to bruise the roots in pressing down the soil, 

 and place in the pot a strong stake three feet six inches 

 long. 



The temperature of the house may now be increased 

 to 60° or 65° at night, and 10° or 15° more by day. 

 Give air moderately at the top of the house, and keep 

 the walls, floors, and whole house, in clear days, well 

 sprinkled with water, so as to secure a very moist atmos- 

 phere. 



STOPPING, TO MAKE DWARFS FOR EARLY FORCING. 



By the middle of April, the vines will have made five 

 or six inches growth, short-jointed and solid. Pinch ofi^ 

 the leading shoot about one inch above the fourth eye. 

 The three lower leaves will now develope very rapidly, 

 and the lateral of the upper eye will make its appear- 

 ance. When the upper lateral has grown two joints 

 long, pinch it off within one inch of the main cane. 

 The main eye will then start. If the three lower eyes 

 are not very prominent, let the lateral of the upper eye 

 run to three or four joints, in order to allow time for 

 the lower eyes to develope their laterals. But when the 

 lower eyes are very prominent, and the lower laterals are 

 well developed, you may takeoff entirely the upper lateral. 



