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not become too dry, and give water enough to prevent tteir 

 suffering without inducing much growth yet. Let the night 

 temperature stUl continue to range at 60°. If it so happens 

 that they are strong and well rooted, or if any portion of 

 them are such, it will he better to shift them into their fruit- 

 ing-pots by the end of the month than to run the risk of 

 their becoming pot-bound, and consequently more likely to 

 fruit prematurely. Later plants are best not shifted till 

 March. Take off and pot any suckers that may be on plants 

 of winter-fruiting sorts from which the fruit is cut. 

 t* Vines. — Attend to grapes stUl hanging as directed last 

 month. Prune all vines as soon as the fruit is cut from 

 them, and dress all cuts made after this season with styptic, 

 to prevent any chance of their being weakened by bleeding 

 in spring. "Wash and otherwise clean and dress succession 

 vines and vineries. Eemove superfluous bunches from all 

 free-setting sorts as soon as ever it is apparent which are best 

 to leave. Shy-setting sorts are best left till it is easily seen 

 which are set most perfectly. Should the weather be cold, 

 avoid hard forcing, which in dull sunless weather only debili- 

 tates and defeats the end in view. Keep vines in bloom 

 steadily about 65° at night, with a rather dry atmosphere. 

 Shy-setting sorts may be impregnated by drawing a dry clean 

 hand over the bunches and tapping the vine-stems at mid- 

 day, or a bunch of some free pollen-making variety may be 

 rubbed or shaken among the blooms of shy sorts. Take 

 advantage of forcing on bright sunny days if time is import- 

 ant, shutting up with sun-heat at 80°. Where the early crop 

 is from pot-vines, and now swelling off freely, water regu- 

 larly with manure-water, and the heat for such may be a few 

 degrees more than is desirable for permanent vines. Air- 

 giving should be carefully attended to wherever vines are 

 started, and in all progressive stages a close stagnant atmo- 

 sphere is ruinous to vines. Stop the growths as previously 

 directed. Start succession vineries. See that all vines now 



