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of water at a time, thus a good garden engine 

 is very useful, and saves time. Trees in the 

 borders of course require less water, but they 

 should be soaked when it is done. 



By the time June comes, the fruit will be 

 getting large, and syringing be required vigor- 

 ously. There is now no danger of shaking down 

 the young fruits. Some plums can be put out 

 of doors, and some apricots also, but not unless 

 so needed from want of room. Every care must 

 be given to ventilate the house by night and by 

 day, or the worst consequences will follow. The 

 potted trees should be lifted up once this month, 

 and once in July, to check the luxuriance of the 

 roots getting into the borders. Plenty of water- 

 ing and syringing in July, and fresh compost 

 placed on the surface of the pots, to be washed 

 in by the daily waterings. July or August is 

 the best time for removing trees for fruiting in 

 the open air, as the season is most propitious for 

 them; and, after having been prepared by the 

 two previous breakings-off of the roots (when 

 lifted, as before directed), they suffer no check, 

 and the fruit is of a suitable size for being com- 

 pletely ripened. Some trees can be placed near a 

 west wall to retard them by a fortnight, so as to 

 have a succession of fruits. When the windy 

 autumn comes, care must be taken not to let the 

 ripe fruits be shaken off by gusts of wind. 

 Ventilators to leeward are then invaluable. 



