94 FRUIT TREES IN POTS [ch. 



Never use any virine, or clear liquid from a stable, 

 as the result would be fatal. 



July. — The earliest varieties of peaches will in 

 all probability be ripening now, and care should be 

 taken not to syringe the ripe, or nearly ripe, fruits, 

 as the water would damage them very much. 



It is a good plan to place all the early A'arieties 

 together in one part of the house. This can be 

 done either as they ripen, or when arranging the 

 trees in the early part of the season. 



As a remedy against red-spider, etc., keep the 

 border underneath the ripe fruit well sprinlded, 

 instead of syringing. This treatment will apply 

 to all varieties, as they ripen. 



Nectarines ripen a little later than peaches, 

 but it will be necessary to treat them in the same 

 manner during the ripening period. 



After the fruit is gathered from the early 

 kinds, and also some of the mid-season ^-arieties, 

 the trees may be placed out-of-doors, in a position 

 with plenty of light, and a south or as warm an 

 aspect as possible. The trees should be plunged 

 in the ground to the depth of two-thirds of the 

 pots. A little rough cinder ash should be placed 

 at the bottom of each hole when plunging, as 

 this will assist drainage, and prcA'ent the ingress 

 of worms. 



The trees should be watered whenever dry 



