CONTENTS. 



IX 



Temperature, watering, &c., 

 Eipening the fruit, 

 Second crop, . 

 Insects and diseases. 

 Packing figs, . 



The Melon, .... 



Growing melons in dung-beds or pits, 

 ' Sowing the seed, and management of young plants, 



Training and stopping, . 



Soil and planting, &c., . 



Moulding up — temperature, . 



Impregnation, watering, &e., . 



Culture in melon-houses trained on wires near the 

 of house, depth of soil, &c.. 



Preparing the plants, planting, &c., 



Watering, &c., .... 



Temperature and syringing, . 



Ventilation, 



Impregnation, training, and stopping. 



Very early forcing, .... 



Varieties, 



Insects and diseases. 



The SlKAWflBRBT, .... 

 The test runners, .... 

 Preparing runners for their fruiting-pots, 

 Soil and potting, &o., 

 Strawherry-house, . 



Forcing 



Setting and thinning the fruit, &c.. 

 Insects to which they are subject, . 

 Strawberries in a greenhouse or pit, 

 Tying up the fruit-stalks, &c.. 

 Packing ripe strawberries for carrying. 

 Preparing fruit for exhibition, 

 Varieties for forcing. 



The Ctjoumbee, .... 

 The seed-bed, .... 

 Sowing the seeds, and treatment of the y 

 Pruiting-pits, planting-out, &c.. 

 Preparing the pit for the plants, soil, &c, 



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"oung plants. 



