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vourable indeed, fire-heat will be cjuite unnecessary; 

 and if the mercury stand so high as 70 Q , as the 

 nights are now at the shortest, it need not be ap- 

 plied. 



Unless a considerable number of fruit come off 

 together, there need not be a r regular potting of 

 crowns and suckers, but that matter may be defer- 

 red till most or all of the crop be gathered. In- 

 deed, with respect to the suckers, if they have been 

 thinned as directed in April, and if the stocks be 

 healthy, (more particularly such as have been shaked 

 out and fresh potted, as hinted at in February,) they 

 will grow as well, if left on the mother plants, as if 

 taken off and potted, while the roots of these are 

 vigorous, provided they be often and plentifully wa- 

 tered. The crowns may be stuck into the front 

 part of the bark-bed, as they are gathered from the 

 fruit, where they will strike root as freely as any- 

 where. 



But in the case of a large proportion of the crop 

 coming off early, the plants should be sorted, and 

 those in fruit should be placed together in classes, 

 according to their forwardness. The suckers of 

 those cut, and also the crowns, gathered and stuck 

 into the bark-bed, as above observed, may then be 

 potted. See directions on this subject the first of 

 August ; when it is supposed the whole, or greater 

 part of the fruit will be cut, and when a general 

 potting may take place. 



