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FOR LATE FORCING, 



Bring forward the pots into a bottom heat, at any 

 time previous to the first of April, and pursue the same 

 course as in early forcing. 



COMMON MANAGEMENT OF POTS IN THE COLD VINERY, 

 OR ORCHARD HOUSE. 



Bring the pots out of the cellar about the middle of 

 April, having top-dressed them the fall before, and 

 soak them in manure water. Bend down the canes, as 

 directed for vines in forcing, until the buds are well 

 broken, say two inches long. Then stake them upright. 

 Use very dilute manure water freely, or the special fer- 

 tilizers required by the grape, increasing the strength 

 of the manures as the vines gain vigor. 



Treat the vines in all respects as before directed for 

 forcing, and for common vineries, as to stopping, ma- 

 nuring, &c. 



These pots will fruit with other vines in August and 

 September. 



The pots may also, if convenient, be brought along 

 gradually in the hot-house, and fruited from time to 

 time in the cold vinery, before the vines in the borders, 

 so as to ripen at the end of June, or first of July. They 

 may then be removed to a cool room, and if well ripen- 

 ed, and the bunches are properly thinned, they may be 



