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a house are these. Peaches and nectarines will 

 succeed well if grown under the same conditions. 

 During the growing period, and, in fact, until the 

 fruit commences to ripen, it will be necessary to 

 use the syringe liberally to check the " red spider," 

 etc. ; but if cherries and plums are introduced into 

 the house, they wiU ripen their fruits, especially the 

 cherries, much earlier, and as soon as the cherries 

 begin to colour, syringing should be discontinued, 

 or the water would cause much of the fruit to crack 

 and spoil. 



Then with regard to plums : if these are syringed 

 when the fruit is ripening, much of the fruit 

 will crack, and the beautiful dense bloom will be 

 destroyed. The preserAation of the " bloom " on 

 plums is quite as, important as in the case of 

 grapes. Hence the reason for advising partitions, 

 or a partition in a house, as this wiU be most 

 ad^'antageous. 



As a substitute for syringing when the fruit is 

 ripe or ripening, a frequent damping of the borders 

 and paths of the house may be carried out, espe- 

 cially where all " stone fruits " are grown. 



The partition referred to should correspond 

 with the ends of the house as near as possible. In 

 large houses, where two paths are used, it wiU be 

 best to have two doors the width of each path. 

 Only a small amount of brickwork will be needed, 



