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sprouts are sufliciently developed to allow of their 

 boin^ distinguished one from the anotheh 



Q. Mow should the sprouts be treated after they 

 have been pricked or replanted? 



A. Immediately after they have been replanted the 

 sprouts must be watered, the windows covered with 

 rugs or mats hermetically closed, and should not 

 be opened before two or three days. 



Q. What is to be done at the expiration of these 

 two or three days ? ., 



A. Afttn' these two or three days, llic windows are 

 slightly opt3ned, if the woalhor is not too cold, loaii* the 

 sprouts, the openiug of the windows ought to take 

 place eai'ly in the morning or laLe in the aftt-rnoon, 

 because bclween the hours of ten and three the win- 

 dows should be closed and covered with the mats. 

 Or the fourth or fifth day, the mats are to be remov- 

 ed, the sprouts having sufficient vigour to withstand 

 the action of the rays of the sun. 



Transplantation. 



Q. What is to be finally done with these replant- 

 ed sprouts ? 



A. As soon as the sprouts have acquired sufficient 

 vigor, and as soon as the exterior temperature is 

 warm enough to save them from the frost, that is^ 

 in the first ten days of June, they are generally 

 transplanted. 



