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eights, filled with the same sort of vegetaljie 

 mould as is directed to be used for vines ; taking 

 ffreat care not to hurt the roots, nor to break the 

 leaders : then plunge them again into the hot-bed : 

 but if the heat of the old bed be too much de- 

 cayed, it will be necessary to have a new one pre- 

 pared before-hand to receive the pots as soon as 

 the plants are transplanted. If they grow vigor- 

 ously, it will be necessary to shift them into thirty- 

 twos. 



When the plants are above six inches high, they 

 should be carefully tied to small rods, leaving 

 only one stean for the first year. The rods should 

 be as high as the frames will permit. 



When the leaves begin to drop, they should be 

 carefully picked oif the pots, to prevent the plants 

 from getting mouldy, which would very much 

 injure them. 



The plants should be kept under frames, or put 

 into the green-house, in hard winters, to shelter 

 them from severe frosts. In the spring, about 

 March or the beginning of April, if from seed 

 ripened in this country, they may be planted out 

 against the walls where they are to remain ; but 

 if from seed imported from vine countries, I would 

 advise not to plant above one or two against the 

 wall, or in the hot-house, before you have obtained 

 a specimen of the fruit, and be satisfied that they 

 are worth cultivating. 



After they are planted, they should be cut at 

 the third eye, if strong ; but at the second, if 



