i^22 Gardening Under Glass 



weather will permit. When the nights are warm 

 enough leave a circulation of air night and day, 

 until the crop is ripe. 



The other trees are brought into the house 

 about jNIarch 1st, and the Cherries and Plums 

 from the middle of March to the first of April. 

 These latter do not set their fruit unless a free 

 circulation of air (top and bottom) can be given 

 while in flower, hence the idea of bringing them 

 in late, as bj^ the time they open their blossoms, 

 the ventilators may be opened slightly day and 

 night. 



When the fruits are swelling, the trees require 

 liberal feeding until coloring commences, when 

 nothing but clear water must be given or the 

 flavor of the fruit will be seriously impaired. 



When the fruit is ripening, the trees must be 

 kept drier at the roots — of course, not dry 

 enough to cause wilting or shrivelling, but only 

 watered when they are quite dry, and then not 

 watered again until they are really dry. This is 

 the only way to secure good flavor. 



After all the fruits have been gathered, the 

 trees can be plunged outside in a sunny position 

 and given a good treatment by feeding once a 

 week. This will help them to finish their growth 

 and ripen their fruit buds for next year's crop. 



About the middle of September the roots of all 



